HIST 328/6: Eurasian Nomads and Nomadism between Empire and Nation (A History of Managing Diversity)
Ismael Biyashev
1/2024
New Curricula for New Histories of Northern Eurasia
SUMMARY:
Opening the series “New Curricula for New Histories of Northern Eurasia,” Ismael Biyashev publishes the syllabus of his course “Eurasian Nomads and Nomadism between Empire and Nation (A History of Managing Diversity).” The course presents nomads as a complex and historically evolving phenomenon that cannot be conceptualized as a stable “thing” beyond specific historical circumstances and intergroup relations.