Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS)

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CESS Honorary Members

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The scholars listed below have been awarded the title of Honorary Member of the Central Eurasian Studies Society.  We are honored to have these important figures associated with our Society. 

Ludwig Adamec, Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz., USA; elected 2006; see webpage for biographical information)

Thomas T. Allsen, Professor Emeritus of History, The College of New Jersey (Ewing, N.J., USA; elected 2006)

Edward Allworth, Professor Emeritus of Turco-Soviet Studies at Columbia University (New York, N.Y., USA; elected 2001/3)

Shagdaryn Bira, Academician and Secretary-General of the International Association for Mongol Studies (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; elected 2001/3)

C. Edmund Bosworth, Professor Emeritus, Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester (Manchester, United Kingdom; elected 2007)

Yuri Bregel, Professor Emeritus of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University (Bloomington, Ind., USA; elected 2001/3; see webpage for biographical information)

Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, Institut d’Études politiques de Paris, and Member of the Académie Française (Paris, France; elected 2001/3; see webpage for biographical information)

Ilse Cirtautas, Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization at the University of Washington (Seattle, Wash., USA; elected 2001/3; see webpage for biographical information)

Elena Davidovich, Senior Researcher (ret.), Institute of Oriental Studies (Moscow, Russian Federation; elected 2006)

Richard Frye, Aga Khan Professor of Iranian-Emeritus at Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass., USA; elected 2001/3)

Gyorgy Kara, Professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University (Bloomington, Ind., USA) and Corresponding Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest, Hungary; elected 2001/3; see webpage for biographical information)

Anatoly Khazanov, Ernest Gellner Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisc., USA; elected 2001/3)

Janos Harmatta, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest, Hungary; elected 2004)

Halil Inalcik, Bilkent University, Dept. of History (Ankara, Turkey; elected 2005)

Lars Johanson, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Seminar für Orientkunde (Mainz, Germany; elected 2005; see webpage for biographical information)

Sergei Grigor'evich Kliashtornyi, Institute of Oriental Studies, St. Petersburg Branch (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; elected 2004)

Boris Anatol'evich Litvinskii, Institute of Oriental Studies (Moscow, Russian Federation; elected 2007)

Vladimir Aronovich Livshits, Institute of Oriental Studies, St. Petersburg Branch (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; elected 2007)

Morris Rossabi, Professor of History, Columbia University (New York, N.Y., USA; elected 2007)

Denis Sinor, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University (Bloomington, Ind., USA; elected 2001/3; see webpage for biographical information)

Tadeusz Swietochowski, Monmouth University (West Long Beach, N.J., USA; elected 2005)

Asom Urunbaev, Institute of Oriental Studies, Uzbek Academy of Sciences (Tashkent, Uzbekistan; elected 2006)

Irina Vital'evna Zakharova, Senior Researcher at the Omsk Branch of the Unified Institute of History, Philology and Philosophy of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Omsk, Russian Federation; elected 2001/3; see webpage for biographical information)

Natal'ia L'vovna Zhukovskaia, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russian Federation; elected 2004)

The CESS Executive Board selects Honorary Members who have made a substantial and important contribution to the development of some field of Central Eurasian Studies, whose legacy may include important findings, defining theories, and sustaining institutions.  CESS Honorary Members are typically in retirement and/or have an extensive career of scholarship behind them, though they typically also are such dynamic individuals that they remain engaged in scholarship, and potentially, in the life of the Society.  The Board seeks a selection of scholars who represent a variety of fields and regions of study, as well as various schools and regional traditions of scholarship.

Honorary Members enjoy free membership for life.  They are encouraged to be active participants in the life of the Society, and to apply their experience and scholarly weight toward advancing the Society's efforts to strengthen scholarship in this field.

If you would like to propose an appropriate scholar for consideration as a CESS Honorary Member, please send your suggestion, including also, if possible: a) a short description of that person's contribution to Central Eurasian scholarship, b) the person's current honorary titles and institutional affiliation, and c) contact information, including a fax number and e-mail address.  These should be sent to: Central Eurasian Studies Society <CESSmuohio.edu> (see Contact Information for other means of contacting CESS).

Former Honorary Members:

Boris Il'ich Marshak (9 July 1933 - 28 July 2006), Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; elected 2004)

Roziya Galievna Mukminova (31 December 1922 - January 2007), Department of Ancient and Mediaeval History at the Institute of History, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences (Tashkent, Uzbekistan; elected 2001/3)

Omeljan Pritsak (7 April 1919 - 29 May 2006), Dept. of History, Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass., USA; elected 2001/3)

Galina Anatol'evna Pugachenkova (10 February 1915 - 19 February 2007), Institute of Art History (Tashkent, Uzbekistan; elected 2005)

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