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Thomas Carlson
Oklahoma State University
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
History Department
Oklahoma State University 101 Murray Hall
Stillwater OK 74078
United States
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Christian Studies
Assyrian Studies
Armenian Studies
Medieval
Minorities
13th-18th Centuries
7th-13th Centuries
History Of Religion
Mediterranean Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iraq
Anatolia
Armenia
Kurdistan
Syria
Specialties
Religious Diversity
Religious Identity
Islamization
Languages
Syriac (advanced)
Arabic (intermediate)
Armenian (intermediate)
Persian (intermediate)
Greek (advanced)
Latin (intermediate)
Hebrew (intermediate)
English (native)
French (advanced)
Spanish (advanced)
German (intermediate)
Portuguese (intermediate)
Italian (elementary)
Turkish (elementary)
Russian (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2012 | History | Princeton University
MA | 2009 | History | Princeton University
MSt | 2007 | Oriental Institute | Oxford University
M.Div. | 2006 | Divinity School | Trinity International University
BA | 2002 | English | University of Washington
BS | 2002 | Mathematics, Computer Science | University of Washington
Abstracts
A Necessary Other: Muslim and Christian Leaders in Medieval Eastern Anatolia and Jazīra The Long Shadow of Sasanian Christianity: The Limits of Iraqi Islamization to 950 The Garden of the Reasonable: Inter-Religious Collaboration and Competition in Late Medieval “Islamic” Medicine Enslaving Dhimmis: Rulers, Fiqh, and Religious Diversity in Late Medieval Türkmen States Moving Beyond Babel and Balkanization: A Digital Tool for the Polyglot Medieval Middle East Beyond Relevance or Irrelevance: The Social Function of Law and Jurists in Late Medieval Egypt