Ron Sela :: Faculty
Assistant Professor, Central Eurasian Studies
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of History
Office: Goodbody Hall 141
Phone: (812) 856-7017
E-mail: rsela@indiana.edu
Education
Ph.D., Indiana University, 2004
Current Doctoral Students
Research Interests
the history and historiography of Islamic Central Asia in the 16th-19th centuries; political and cultural self-representation in Central Asian sources, and Central Asia’s role in the history of the Islamic world
Courses Recently Taught
- Introduction to Central Asian History
- Central Asia under Russian Rule
- Ethnic History of Central Asia
- Sources for the Study of Central Asian History
- Travel Literature in Central Asia
- Nations, States and Boundaries (for the Program in International Studies)
Publication Highlights
Islamic Central Asia: An Anthology of Historical Sources (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, forthcoming). Co-authored with Scott Levi.
Ritaul and Authority in Central Asia: The Khan's Inauguration Ceremony. Papers on Inner Asia no. 37 (Bloomington: RIFIAS, 2003), 79 pp.
“Invoking the Russian Conquest of Khiva and the Massacre of the Yomut Turkmens: The Choices of a Central Asian Historian," Asiatische Studien/Etudes Asiatiques LX:2 (2006), pp. 459-477.
“The Heavenly Stone' (Kök Tash) of Samarqand: A Rebels' Narrative Transformed," Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 17/1 (January 2007), pp. 21-32.
"A Different Reassessment of Tīmūr's Legacy in Central Asia," in Emir Timur ve Mirasi, ed. Abdulvahap Kara and Ömer İşbilir (Istanbul: Doğu Kütüphanesi, 2007), pp. 23-31.
Current Research Projects
- a book on the history of Central Asia in the 18th century
- a book project on Tamerlane’s legendary biographies
- an edited volume on the history of Islam in the region
- a research project on stories and storytellers in Central Asia
