Henry Misa (pictured next to the Samanid Mausoleum in Bukhara) is a doctoral candidate in Central Asian history. His research focuses on the environmental history of Central Asia during the ninth through eleventh centuries, combining different types of historical evidence from primary sources, archaeology, paleoclimatology, and archaeobotany.

Recent event:

Conference paper, "O'rta asrlardagi Markaziy Osiyo Tarixshunosligi va manbashunosligi bo'yicha yangi tadqiqotlar: savdo aloqalari va iqlimshunoslik misolida (New Research in Medieval Central Asian Historiography: trade connections and climatology)," at Akademik Ubaydulla Karimov Tavaludining 105 yilligi munosabati bilan sharqshunoslarning an'anaviy XX xalqaro konferensiyasi ("The twentieth International conference of Orientalists on the anniversary of the birthdate of Academician Ubaidulla Karimov") at the Abu Rayhon Beruni Institute of Oriental Studies (Academy of Science of Uzbekistan). Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Recent publication:

“A Climate for the Khans: Reinterpreting the Economic History of the Khivan Khanate with Paleoenvironmental Evidence.” Central Asian Survey (2025): http://doi.org/10.1080/02634937.2025.2483318. With Alisher Khaliyarov.  

Courses taught:

History 2700: Global Environmental History 

History 1681: World History until 1500 

Academia:

http://osu1.academia.edu/HenryMisa