Daniel Waugh

Daniel C. Waugh is a historian based at the University of Washington. He did his undergraduate work at Yale University, and in 1963 graduated with a B.A. in Physics. In 1965, he finished his Master's on the Regional Studies of the Soviet Union at Harvard University, and seven years later he completed his Ph.D. at the same institution. The same year, 1972, he began his employment at the University of Washington, and has remained there ever since. He now teaches in three different departments, namely the departments of History, of International Studies, and of Slavic and East European Languages and Literature. His main academic interests are Central Asia and medieval and early modern Russia, although he once focused on Ottoman history. He is the current director of the Seattle Silk Road Project and editor of the journal of the Silkroad Foundation.