S. Frederick Starr

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S. Frederick Starr (born March 24, 1940 as Stephen Frederick Starr) is an American scientist and jazz musician .

Life

Starr received his BA from Yale University in 1962 and his PhD from Princeton University , in Princeton , New Jersey . He speaks fluent Russian and so far (2011) has written more than 20 books and more than 200 articles on Russia and on Eurasian topics, in particular on Afghanistan , Singkiang ( Xinjiang ) and its culture and population, as well as on the Central Asian and Caucasus republics.

Starr began his relationship with the Turkic peoples as an archaeologist in Turkey and, together with George F. Kennan and James Billington, founded the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies , which led to the first intensive contacts between political researchers from the USA and Central Asia. He was the vice president of Tulane University in New Orleans , Louisiana . His close ties to traditional New Orleans jazz stem from this time . Starr has played with the Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble all over the United States, toured France and the Soviet Union in 1983 , and has appeared on television with the band in Italy, Japan, and Sweden in the years since. Starr has published a dozen books on New Orleans and Louisiana, the state's music, and its cuisine.

Starr was an advisor to three presidents of the United States on issues relating to Russia and the Soviet Union and to Central Asia. He has also prepared reports for the United General Staff, the Joint Chiefs of Staff , the United States on Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Caucasus . He is Professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC , affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , Maryland .

In 1994 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Fonts

on Eurasia and international relations:

  • Decentralization and Self-Government in Russia, 1830-1870. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey 1972, ISBN 0-691-03090-1 .
  • as editor: Russia's American Colony. Duke University Press, Durham, Oklahoma 1987, ISBN 0-8223-0688-3 .
  • (Ed.): Xingjiang: China's Muslim Borderland. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute. ME Sharpe, Armonk, NY 2004, ISBN 0-7656-1317-4 .
  • The New Silk Roads: Transport and Trade in Greater Central Asia. Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC 2007, ISBN 91-85473-35-9 .
  • with Forte E. Cornell (Ed.): The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in Georgia. Sharpe, Armonk, NY 2008, ISBN 978-0-7656-2508-3 .
  • Ferghana Valley: The Heart of Central Asia. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute . Sharpe, Armonk, New York State 2011, ISBN 978-0-7656-2998-2 .
  • Lost enlightenment. Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane . Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA 2013, ISBN 978-0-691-15773-3 .

on Louisiana and Jazz :

  • Red and Hot: The Fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union 1917–1980. Oxford University Press, New York 1983, ISBN 0-19-503163-6 .
    German: Red and hot: Jazz in Russia from 1917–1980. Hannibal, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-85445-062-1 .
  • (Ed.): Oberlin Book of Bandstands. Preservation Press, Washington, DC 1987, ISBN 0-89133-128-X .
  • Southern Comfort: The Garden District of New Orleans. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1989, ISBN 0-262-19283-7 .
  • Bamboula! The Life and Times of Louis Moreau Gottschalk . University of Illinois Press, 2000, ISBN 0-252-06876-9 .
  • New Orleans Cuisine: Fourteen Signature Dishes and heir Histories. University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi 2009, ISBN 978-1-60473-127-9 .

on other topics:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Struggle for Muslim Reason in FAZ of January 22, 2014, page 26
personal data
SURNAME Starr, Frederick S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Starr, Frederick Stephen (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American scientist and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1940