Denis Sinor

Denis Sinor

Denis Sinor (April 17, 1916 - January 12, 2011)[1] was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Central Asian Studies at the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University and a tenured lecturer at Cambridge University between 1948 and 1962, and was one of the world's leading scholars for the history of Central Asia. Sinor wrote eight books and edited an additional thirteen. He authored more than 160 articles in several languages, more than 150 book reviews, and also contributed to Encyclopaedia Britannica.[2] Sinor also served as editor of the Journal of Asian History starting with the publication's inception in 1967.

Selected works

  • Inner Asia. History-Civilization-Languages. A syllabus. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.. 1969. ISBN #. 
  • Inner Asia and its contacts with medieval Europe. London: Variorum. 1977. ISBN 9780860780014. 
  • The Uralic languages : description, history, and foreign influences. New York: Brill. 1988. pp. 518. ISBN 9789004077416. 
  • The Cambridge history of early Inner Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1990. ISBN 9780521243049. 
  • The Uralic and Altaic series. London: Curzon Press. 1996. ISBN 9780700703807. 
  • Studies in medieval Inner Asia. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate. 1997. ISBN 9780860786320. 

References

  1. ^ Obituary for Denis Sinor
  2. ^ Denis Sinor Alliance of Distinguished and Titled Professors, Indiana University

External links

  • Denis Sinor Department of Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University
v · Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University
Former faculty: Yuri Bregel · John Krueger · Thubten Jigme Norbu · Denis Sinor


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