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Military historian of Asia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael W. Charney (born 27 December 1967) is a military historian of Asia, a Myanmar specialist, and a Professor of Asian and Military History at SOAS University of London, where he teaches international security, strategic studies, and Asian military history.[1] He is one of contributing authors of Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History.[2]
Michael W. Charney | |
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Born | December 27, 1967 |
Known for | Editor-in-Chief of the SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Thesis | Where Jambudipa and Islamdom Converged: Religious Change and the Emergence of Buddhist Communalism in Early Modern Arakan, 15th-19th Centuries (1999) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | SOAS University of London |
His has M.A. degrees in Asian Studies at the University of Michigan and Asian History at Ohio University.[3] After receiving his PhD in History at the University of Michigan in 1999, Charney joined the Centre for Advanced Studies at the National University of Singapore (1999-2001) as a postdoctoral research fellow for two years working on migration studies and religion studies.
In 2001, he began teaching in the history department at SOAS. From 2003 to 2010, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research.[3] In 2019, he moved to the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, also at SOAS.[1]
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