Khazanov, Anatoly M.

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KHAZANOV, Anatoly M.

KHAZANOV, Anatoly M. Russian, b. 1937. Genres: Anthropology/Ethnology. Career: Academy of Sciences of the USSR, junior scholar at Institute of Ethnography, 1967-75, senior scholar, 1975-81, acting junior scholar, 1980-85; Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, visiting professor, 1985-86, professor of sociology and social anthropology, 1986-90; University of Wisconsin-Madison, professor of anthropology, 1990-, fellow of Institute for Research in the Humanities, 1992. Centre for the Study of Nationalism, Prague, co-director, 1996. Moscow State University, senior lecturer, 1974, 1975, visiting professor, 1978, 1979; Chernigov Pedagogical Institute, senior lecturer, 1975; Kiev State University, visiting professor, 1976, 1979; Leningrad State University, visiting professor, 1977; Trenton State College, distinguished visiting professor, 1988-89; Victoria University of Manchester, honorary Lord Simon visiting professor, 1990; guest lecturer at colleges and universities around the world. Conducted anthropological field work throughout Eastern Europe and Asia. Publications: Nomads and the Outside World, 1984, rev. ed., 1994; Soviet Nationality Policy During Perestroika, 1991; (ed. with Ofer Bar Iosef, and author of intro) Pastoralism in the Levant: Archaeological Materials in Anthropological Perspectives, 1992; After the USSR: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Politics in the Commonwealth of Independent States, 1995. IN RUSSIAN: Essay on the History of the Sarmatian Military Act, 1971; (with V.P. Alexeev and L.A. Fainberg) Primitive Society: Main Problems of Evolution, 1975; The Gold of the Scythians, 1975; The Social History of the Scythians: Main Problems of Development of the Ancient Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes, 1975; (with A.I. Pershits, L.E. Koubel, and M.A. Chlenov) The Primitive Periphery of Class Societies, 1978. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews in English to anthropology journals in the United States and abroad. Contributor of articles in Russian to Russian and Ukrainian anthropology journals. Address: Department of Anthropology, 5240 Social Science Bldg., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1180 Observatory Dr., Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A.