Edward A. Allworth

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Edward Alfred Allworth (born December 1, 1920 - October 20, 2016 in New York City ) was an American historian . He was professor emeritus of Turco -sowjetische studies, director of the Center for the Study of Central Asia and member of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University .

During the Second World War Allworth was active for the US Army in Normandy. His scientific career led him from Oregon State University , where he received his bachelor's degree, via a master’s degree from the University of Chicago to Columbia University , where he completed his studies in 1959 with a Ph.D. graduated after being one of the first American visitors to visit Soviet Central Asia in 1957. After serving at Reed College and the Ford Foundation , he returned to Columbia University. Here he became the founding director of both the program for Soviet nationality problems, which began in 1970, and the Center for the Study of Central Asia, which was established in 1984 . In the 1980s Allworth was a number of official exchange programs between American and Soviet students; later he was invited by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, as well as the Uzbek and Kazakh academies, to conduct research on various topics on site. His numerous scientific publications include writings on Soviet Afghanistan, the Crimean Tatars, Tajikistan and studies on the Uzbek intelligentsia.

Works (selection)

  • Uzbek literary politics , Mouton & Co., 1964
  • The nationality question in Soviet Central Asia (ed.), Praeger Publishers, 1973
  • The modern Uzbeks from the fourteenth century to the present: a cultural history , Hoover Press, 1990
  • Central Asia, 130 years of Russian dominance: A historical overview , Duke University Press, 1994
  • Muslim Communities Reemerge: Historical Perspectives on Nationality, Politics, and Opposition in the Former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia (Co-ed.), Duke University Press, 1994
  • The Tatars of Crimea: Return to the Homeland , Duke University Press, 1997
  • The preoccupations of Abdalrauf Fitrat, Bukharan nonconformist , Das Arab. Book, 2000
  • Evading Reality. The Devices of ʿAbdalrauf Fitrat, modern Central Asian reformist , Brill, 2002

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In Memoriam: Edward A. Allworth (1920-2016). Harriman Institute, Columbia University, October 25, 2016, accessed October 26, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Allworth, Edward A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allworth, Edward Alfred (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1920
DATE OF DEATH 20th October 2016
Place of death New York City