Prof Michal BIRAN
Asian Studies & Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
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Objects of Research
The Mongol Empire
Central Asian History (esp. 10-14 centuries)
Nomadic Empires
Mobility and Migrations
Cross Cultural Contacts between China the Muslim World and Europe
Conversion
Collective Memory
Kitans and Qara Khitai
Chaghadaids
Ilkhanids
Prosopography
Digital Humanities
Historiography
Social History
Cultural History
Political and Military History
Chinese Studies
Islamic Studies
Inner Asian Studies
Medieval Urbanism
Fieldworks
Pre-modern Languages
Projects Management
Mobility, Empire and Cross Cultural Contacts in Mongol Eurasia
ERC
5 years (1/2013-12/2017)
http://mongol.huji.ac.il/about
Comparative Study of Empires
Humboldt Foundation
2015-
http://mongol.huji.ac.il/projects/comparative-studies-imperial-history
Publications
[book] 9780521066020
[book] 978-1138984301
[book] 978-1851685028
[edited volume] Asiatische Studien 71/4: In the Service of the Khans: Elites in Transition in Mongol Eurasia
[edited volume] 0824875087
[book] 978-1138984301
[book] 978-1851685028
[edited volume] Asiatische Studien 71/4: In the Service of the Khans: Elites in Transition in Mongol Eurasia
[edited volume] 0824875087
Ongoing Publications
[book] 9780521066020
[book] 978-1138984301
[book] 978-1851685028
[edited volume] Asiatische Studien 71/4: In the Service of the Khans: Elites in Transition in Mongol Eurasia
[edited volume] 0824875087
[book] 978-1138984301
[book] 978-1851685028
[edited volume] Asiatische Studien 71/4: In the Service of the Khans: Elites in Transition in Mongol Eurasia
[edited volume] 0824875087
Research Themes
animalsbiographyclimateconversioncuisinediaspora phenomenaempireenclavesencyclopaediasenvironmentethnic history‘ethnicity’foodhistoriographykhans & khanateslegitimacy (political and/or religious)lexicographylibraries & librarianslocal networksmappingmigrationsminorities (ethnic)minzu (民族)miraclesmulticulturalismmultilingualismnetworksnomadic societies & way of life, nomadspastoralismpilgrimagesrefugeesreligion (‘popular’)religion(s)rulershipslaves & slave tradestate & state-buildingtranslation & translatorstrans-nationalismtravels and travellerstribes & tribalismurbanisationviolencewaqfswarfareyasa