内亚与阿尔泰研究哲学博士

内亚和阿尔泰文化研究集中于中国，俄罗斯，伊朗西部和巴基斯坦之间的草原，山区，森林和绿洲地区的人民的历史和文化。该地理区域包括中亚（即前苏联中亚，新疆，伊朗东部和阿富汗），哈萨克斯坦，巴基斯坦，西藏（包括青海，四川东部，甘肃和云南西北部）北部，蒙古和满洲。阿尔泰语系包括突厥语系，蒙古语系和通古兹语系。<br> <br>内亚和阿尔泰语研究委员会监督对内亚感兴趣的研究生的工作不仅限于语言或历史，但涵盖语言学，历史，宗教，艺术史和一般文化研究。人类学委员会，东亚语言和文明系，历史，艺术和建筑史，语言学，音乐，近东
Inner Asian and Altaic Studies  focuses on the history and cultures of the peoples in the steppe, mountain, forest, and oasis areas between China, Russia, western Iran, and Pakistan. This geographic area comprises Central Asia (namely former Soviet Central Asia, Xinjiang, eastern Iran, and Afghanistan), Kazakhstan, the northern regions of Pakistan, Tibet (including Qinghai, eastern Sichuan, Gansu, and northwestern Yunnan), Mongolia, and Manchuria. The Altaic languages include the Turkic group, the Mongolian group, and the Tunguzic group. The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies supervises the work of graduate students whose interest in Inner Asia is not confined to languages or history alone, but encompasses linguistics, history, religion, art history, and general cultural study. Courses relating to Inner Asian studies are given by members of the committee and other faculty in the Departments of Anthropology, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, History, History of Art and Architecture, Linguistics, Music, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, South Asian Studies (formerly the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies), and by the Committee on the Study of Religion. Harvard is preeminent among the very few universities where Inner Asian and Altaic studies may be pursued. Harvard's library holdings in East European, East Asian, Islamic, and South Asian areas led to a development of strength in the Inner Asian and Altaic fields prior to the actual establishment of this program. The research centers and degree programs that exist at Harvard on the four sides of the Inner Asian area have contributed much material directly relevant to the study of this region. Among its vast holdings, Harvard possesses outstanding collections in many languages including those of Arabic, Chinese, Indian, Iranian, Russian, Tibetan, and Turkish, which comprise the most important primary sources for the study of this area. These collections can be found in the Widener, Harvard-Yenching, Houghton, Dumbarton Oaks, Tozzer, Fung, and Fine Arts libraries.