Beatrice Forbes Manz

Ph.D. in Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Harvard University, 1983
Associate Professor of History, Tufts University
Center Associate, Davis Center

Contact Information
Department of History
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
617.627.2539
Beatrice.manz@tufts.edu

Research Interests
Medieval history of Iran and Central Asia, history of nomads, Mongol Empire, popular religion and Sufism.

Current Projects
Revision of book on Timurid history, Chapters for Cambridge History of Inner Asia: the Chinggisid Age, and for New Cambridge History of Islam, book: Nomads in the Middle East.

Selected Publications
The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane, Cambridge University Press, 1989

Central Asia in Historical Perspective, Westview Press, 1994 (ed.)

"Timur's Career and its Uses," Journal of World History, vol 13 #1 (2001)

"Multi-ethnic Empires and the Formulation of Identity," Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol.26 #1 (2003)