Michael W. Charney | |
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| Born | 27 December 1967 |
| Known for | Editor-in-Chief of the SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Michigan |
| Thesis | Where Jambudipa and Islamdom Converged: Religious Change and the Emergence of Buddhist Communalism in Early Modern Arakan, 15th-19th Centuries (1999) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | SOAS University of London |
Michael W. Charney (born 27 December 1967) is a military historian of Asia,a Myanmar specialist,and a Professor of Asian and Military History at SOAS University of London,where he teaches international security,strategic studies,and Asian military history. [1] He is one of contributing authors of Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History. [2]
His has M.A. degrees in Asian Studies at the University of Michigan and Asian History at Ohio University. [3] After receiving his PhD in History at the University of Michigan in 1999,Charney joined the Centre for Advanced Studies at the National University of Singapore (1999-2001) as a postdoctoral research fellow for two years working on migration studies and religion studies.
In 2001,he began teaching in the history department at SOAS. From 2003 to 2010,he was the Editor-in-Chief of the SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research . [3] In 2019,he moved to the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy,also at SOAS. [1]
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