Dr Flora J. ROBERTS
Leiden Institute for Area Studies
Objects of Research
environmental history
social history of the USSR
sayyidology
cultural capital
CE Languages
Historical Periods
Research Themes
agricultureanti-Semitismbilingualismcivil war of Tajikistanclans & clan structureclimatecolonialismcottondemocracydeportationsembroideryempireenvironmentheritage transmissionhistorical novelkhans & khanateskolkhozeskorenizatsiiamaddahs & maddah-khwanimaqamsnuclear energyOGPUoperaoqsoqolqawmqazisrailwayrefugeesreligion(s)religious personnelsaintly lineagessatiresayyidsschools & schoolingsecularism & secularisationsedentary societiesshash-maqamsynagoguestextilestoy (party)tribes & tribalismUSSRviolenceWWII