Christopher I. Beckwith (born 1945) is a professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana University Bloomington is the principal campus of the Indiana University system. ... Bloomington is a diverse city in south central Indiana. ...
He received his Ph.D. degree from Indiana University in in Uralic and Altaic Studies (1977). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Indiana University Bloomington is the principal campus of the Indiana University system. ... Geographical distribution of Finnic, Ugric, Samoyed and Yukaghir languages The Uralic languages form a language family of about 30 languages spoken by approximately 20 million people. ... Altaic is a putative language family which would include 60 languages spoken by about 250 million people, mostly in and around central Asia. ...
He specializes in Asian language studies and linguistics, and teaches Tibetan and Central Eurasian languages. Linguistics is the scientific study of human language, and someone who engages in this study is called a linguist. ... The Tibetan language is typically classified as member of the Tibeto-Burman which in turn is thought by some to be a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. ...
Publications
Beckwith (1984): Aspects of the Early History of the Central Asian Guard Corps in Islam, Christopher I. Beckwith, Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi, Vol. 4, l984, 29-43.
Beckwith (1991): The Impact of the Horse and Silk Trade on the Economies of T'ang China and the Uighur Empire: On the Importance of International Commerce in the Early Middle Ages, Christopher I. Beckwith, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol. 34, 1991, 183-198.
Beckwith (1993): The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese during the Early Middle Ages, Christopher I. Beckwith. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987). ISBN 0691054940. First paperback edition, with a new afterword, 1993. ISBN 0691024693
Beckwith (2002): Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages. PIATS 2000: Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 9004124241
Beckwith (2004): Koguryo: The Language of Japan's Continental Relatives, Christopher I. Beckwith. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 9004139494
Beckwith (2006) Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages II. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 9004150145
Beckwith (1984): Aspects of the Early History of the Central Asian Guard Corps in Islam, Christopher I. Beckwith, Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi, Vol.
Beckwith (1991): The Impact of the Horse and Silk Trade on the Economies of T'ang China and the Uighur Empire: On the Importance of International Commerce in the Early Middle Ages, Christopher I. Beckwith, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol.
Professor of Central Eurasian Studies ChristopherBeckwith, Professor Emeritus of Folklore and Ethnomusicology Mary Ellen Brown, Professor of Biology Ellen Ketterson and Distinguished Professor of Biology Loren Rieseberg are among the 2004 fellowship winners.
The 80-year-old Guggenheim fellowships are given "on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment," to "men and women devoted to science and liberal studies, great teachers, creators of beauty, and generally to those devoted to pursuits that dignify, ennoble and delight mankind," according to the foundation.
Beckwith, a world-renowned expert on the languages and early history of Central Eurasia, will use his Guggenheim award to write a comprehensive history of Central Eurasia, focusing on the nomadic steppe empires and their connection with Silk Road commerce and the development and spread of science and technology.
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