Biography

Dilnoza Duturaeva is a Lecturer in Medieval History at the Department of History and the Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of York, specializing in subjects related to Global History with a focus on the non-European perspective. Her research interests include Imperial China, history of Central Asia, transregional nomadic empires, Silk Road studies, Sino-Islamic relations, diplomacy, trade, and cross-cultural exchange in pre-modern Eurasia. 

She studied History, Arabic and Persian at Tashkent University of Oriental Studies, where she also completed her Master's degree. She then received her PhD in History from the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan. During her doctoral studies, she had research stays at the University of Halle-Wittenberg and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before joining the University of York in 2022, she held research fellowships and positions in Paris, Tashkent, Bonn and Nanjing.

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