Henry Misa
Areas of Expertise
- Islamic History
- Environmental History
- Central Asian History
- Interdisciplinary Studies
Henry Misa (pictured next to the Samanid Mausoleum in Bukhara) is a doctoral candidate in Central Asian history. His research focuses on the environmental history of Central Asia during the ninth through eleventh centuries, combining different types of historical evidence from primary sources, archaeology, paleoclimatology, and archaeobotany.
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Recent Publication:
“Paleoclimatology and the Historiography of Late Antique Central Asia: Methodological Reflections on Interdisciplinary History," Studies in Late Antiquity 9, no. 4 (2025): 692-706. https://online.ucpress.edu/SLA/article-abstract/9/4/692/214100/Paleoclimatology-and-the-Historiography-of-Late?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Courses taught:
History 2704: Water A Human History
History 2700: Global Environmental History
History 1681: World History until 1500
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