Johan Elverskog
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October 7, 1968
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| Born | Carl Johan Elverskog October 7, 1968 |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BA) Indiana University (PhD) |
| Thesis | Buddhism, History and Power: The Jewel Translucent Sutra and the Formation of Mongol Identity (2000) |
| Doctoral advisor | György Kara |
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| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | Southern Methodist University |
Carl Johan Elverskog (born October 7, 1968) is a Swedish-American historian. His scholarship focuses on Sino-Inner Asian history during the Ming and Qing periods, the history of Buddhism among Mongolian and Turkic peoples, and environmental history.[1] He is currently a Dedman Family Distinguished Professor and a Professor of Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University.[2][3]
Elverskog has been praised for his extensive contributions to the study of Asian history and described as "the preeminent English-language translator of Mongolian classics working today."[4] He is the recipient of the American Academy of Religion's 2011 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion and the Association for Asian Studies' 2026 Joseph Levenson Book Prize (pre-1900 China).[5][6][7] He has been a resident fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the National Humanities Center,[8] and twice at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study.[9] He was a 2021-2022 Berlin Prize Fellow.[10]
Elverskog received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.[10] He then studied Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University Bloomington, earning his M.A. in 1995 and his Ph.D. in 2000.[9] A 2011 review of contemporary trends in Mongolian studies in the Chinese-language journal, Mongolian and Tibetan Quarterly, observed that he was "one of the more prominent figures to have graduated from Indiana University with a PhD in Mongolian studies in recent years."[11]
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