Good universities to study Central Asian history?

[keaganjoelbrewer]

I am a university student in Sydney, Australia. There is basically NO central asian history anywhere in Australia (=(). I am just about to finish my degree in Medieval Studies, and have been pursuing my interest in steppe history on my own.

I want to continue my studies by doing the medieval history of Central Asia and the steppes. I will probably do my Honours here in Australia for financial reasons, then save and go abroad for Masters and Ph.D.

Does anyone know good universities around the world for studying medieval Central Asia?

So far, the best I can seem to find is Harvard University in the U.S. They have a pretty big Central Asian department.

(English speaking is not completely necessary, but desired. If there are good universities in non-English speaking places I will just learn those languages).

[6ato]

hi,
what about going directly to one of the Central Asian countries, e.g. Kazakhstan?

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

If you are living in Australia, and if you want to study CA history, you can get into contact with Igor de Rachewiltz, who is one of the best Mongol history and linguist experts in the World: rspas.anu.edu.au/people/personal/dexri_pah.php

If you still want to study CA in the US, the best places are of course Harvard and Indiana, which has an entire Central Eurasian Institute established by Denis Sinor.

The Japanese are also very good at CA studies, but I don't think they have English education. As far as I know, the universities in Tokyo and Osaka have CA studies schools.

If you want to get more involved with archaeology, you can try Russia or the CA countries themselves, as 6ato said. I heard that there is an English-language CA school in St. Petersburg, but I didn't look for that yet, so you have to find it yourself (if you do find it, I would be glad if you would share that with us ;D)

[keaganjoelbrewer]

Woah! I had no idea Igor de Rachewiltz was Australian. Cool! =D

I followed up St. Petersburg university, and they have an Oriental Studies department which seems pretty cool. They have a bunch of Central Asian things.

Does anyone know anything about any of the universities in Central Asia itself? Which ones are good for history, languages etc?