Dr. Brian Glyn Williams is associate professor of Islamic
History at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Previously he lectured at
the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies. He has PhD in Central Asian History from the University
of Wisconsin and has a Master degree in Central Eurasian Studies and a Masters in Russian History from Indiana
University.
He has written two books, the Crimean Tatars with Brill (Leiden,
2001) and Afghanistan 101. An Introduction to the Theater of Operations with U.S.
Army Publications (San Antonio, 2008). His work in Islamic Eurasia has ranged
from Kashmir to Kosovo and includes four trips to Afghanistan. Dr. Williams
lived with the Northern Alliance warlord, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, in 2003
and 2005 and interviewed Taliban prisoners of war. His publications on
warlords, terrorism, and conflict in Afghanistan, and videos and photographs
from his trips can be found on his interactive website at: www.brianglynwilliams.com.
