Douglas Northrop


Name: Douglas Northrop

Title(s):

  • Associate Professor of Central Asian History
  • Director, CREES

Contact Information: northrop@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CREES
  • CMENAS
  • WCED

Department Affiliation(s):

  • History
  • Near Eastern Studies

Education Background: B.A., Williams College 1989; B.A., Cambridge University 1991; M.A., Stanford University 1993; M.A., Cambridge University 1995; Ph.D., Stanford University 1999

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

  • Russian and East European Studies
  • Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Related Countries:

  • Uzbekistan
  • Kazakhstan

Research/Teaching Specialization: Central Asia; Social/Cultural History; Enviromental History

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Modern Central Asia; Power and Resistance under Stalin; Race, Nation, and Empire in the Soviet Union; Travel Literature in Central Asia: Contemporary Issues in Central Asia; Graduate Colloquium on Central Asia; Gender and the Family in Central Asia