Michael T. Krautkraemer

Region of Specialization: Central Asia and Xinjiang
Language of Specialization: Uyghur

Email:: mtkrautk@indiana.edu

Education

2021 Ph.D., Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University (expected)
2016 M.A., Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University

Grants and Fellowships

2020 United States Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research – Title VIII Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union, Federal Title VIII Grant

2019 United States Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research – Title VIII Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union, Federal Title VIII Grant

2018 United States Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research – Title VIII Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union, Federal Title VIII Grant

2017 Summer Pre-Dissertation Travel Grant, Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs, Indiana University

2017 Islamic Studies Travel Grant, Islamic Studies Program, Indiana University

2015 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, Turkish

2014 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, Uyghur

2014 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, Persian

2013 Recruitment Fellowship, Department of Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University

Selected Employment and Experience

Graduate Assistant, Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center (2017-2018)
Associate Instructor, Department of Central Eurasian Studies (2015-2017) – classes include “Oil, Islam, and Geopolitics;” “Empire of the Mongols;” “Saints of the Silk Road;” and “Alexander, Jesus, and Other Islamic Heroes.”

Languages studied

Uyghur (excellent)
Kyrgyz (good)
Turkish (good)
Chinese (conversational)
Hungarian (basic)
Chaghatay Turkic (reading)
German (read with dictionary)
Uzbek (read with dictionary)
Manchu (read with dictionary)
Old Turkic (read with dictionary)

Dissertation Title

Everyday Devotions: Living, Working, Praying, and Dying in Xinjiang

MA Thesis Title

“All the Works and Days of Hands: An Exploration of Trade Manuals from Xinjiang (risālah) and a Translation”

Doctoral Committee

Dissertation Advisors: Professors Ron Sela, Devin DeWeese, Gardner Bovingdon, Winnifred Sullivan

Publications

2020 Review of Warrior Saints of the Silk Road: Legends of the Qarakhanids, by Jeff Eden. In Journal of Asian Studies, 79 (1), 163-164.

2018 Review of Negotiating Identities: Work, Religion, Gender, and the Mobilization of Tradition among the Uyghur in the 1990s, by Ildikó Bellér-Hann. In Central Asian Survey, 37(2), 338-339.

Conference Participation

2020 “An Islamic History in Southern Xinjiang: Everyday Devotions.” American Historical Association Annual Meeting, January 3-6.

2019 “Cloistered by the Graves of her Forefathers: The Genealogy and Hagiography of a Female Saint of Yarkand.” Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, November 14-17.

2018 “Standing Ashamed Before God: Islam and Authority in Altishahr.” 25^th Annual Association of Central Eurasian Students Conference, February 23.

2018 “Lost in the Library: On Conducting Research in Archival Collections.” Association of Central Eurasian Students Brownbag Series, March 27.

Teaching Experience

At Indiana University Bloomington:

Saints of the Silk Road (Associate Instructor)
Alexander, Jesus, and Other Heroes of Islam (Associate Instructor)
Empire of the Mongols (Associate Instructor)
Oil, Islam, and Geopolitics (Associate Instructor)

Research Interests

Islamic History, Central Asia, Xinjiang, Uyghur religion, Real Presence, Negotiating Religiosity, Interaction between the Divine and the Human, Islam in China, Turkic languages,