Rob Haug
@robhaug.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Islamic World History at the University of Cincinnati
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Got to see the largest surviving fragment of the 17th century Chehel Sotoun rug today. Marketed as the largest rug ever produced when it was cut up and sold off in pieces. Legend has it that it took 2 elephants to carry it from the Deccan to Isfahan. Who knew this was at the Cincinnati Art Museum?
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Got to see the largest surviving fragment of the 17th century Chehel Sotoun rug today. Marketed as the largest rug ever produced when it was cut up and sold off in pieces. Legend has it that it took 2 elephants to carry it from the Deccan to Isfahan. Who knew this was at the Cincinnati Art Museum?
Went to the Cincinnati Observatory for their Halloween event and my niece would not leave the car until I took my costume off.
October 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Went to the Cincinnati Observatory for their Halloween event and my niece would not leave the car until I took my costume off.
Or these functional versions from Kokand?
August 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Or these functional versions from Kokand?
How about this guy from the National Center of Archaeology in Tashkent (originally from Kanka)?
August 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
How about this guy from the National Center of Archaeology in Tashkent (originally from Kanka)?
Was lucky enough to get a tour of Sanjar Shah with Michael Shenkar just days before this article was published. He showed us where the mural fragments were from (and where they've found evidence for more). Such an incredible site.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
August 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Was lucky enough to get a tour of Sanjar Shah with Michael Shenkar just days before this article was published. He showed us where the mural fragments were from (and where they've found evidence for more). Such an incredible site.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Saturday we took a group trip to Samarqand on the Afrasiyab high speed train to see the Timurid sights. It was a lot of work and a lot of fun and something that couldn't be done without everyone at the ASPS and TSUOS. Looking forward to doing it again for 2027.
August 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Saturday we took a group trip to Samarqand on the Afrasiyab high speed train to see the Timurid sights. It was a lot of work and a lot of fun and something that couldn't be done without everyone at the ASPS and TSUOS. Looking forward to doing it again for 2027.
Over 300 participants from 30 countries came to Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies for four days of panels, films, performances of traditional music, and business meetings culminating in a pseudo-Uzbek wedding at the Hotel Uzbekistan that saw everyone on the dance floor.
August 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Over 300 participants from 30 countries came to Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies for four days of panels, films, performances of traditional music, and business meetings culminating in a pseudo-Uzbek wedding at the Hotel Uzbekistan that saw everyone on the dance floor.
For the past 2 years (especially the last 6 months or so), I've been busy organizing the 10th biennial convention of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies. The convention was held this past week in Tashkent.
August 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
For the past 2 years (especially the last 6 months or so), I've been busy organizing the 10th biennial convention of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies. The convention was held this past week in Tashkent.
Along the Amu Darya...
August 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Along the Amu Darya...
After my presentation today, I was so hungry I could eat a horse. Well, at least a part of a horse on a nice plov. When in Turan?
August 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
After my presentation today, I was so hungry I could eat a horse. Well, at least a part of a horse on a nice plov. When in Turan?
But I also found some time to do some research for my paper at Ming Urik.
August 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
But I also found some time to do some research for my paper at Ming Urik.
They are very nice bags custom made for the ASPS.
August 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
They are very nice bags custom made for the ASPS.
If you're coming to the ASPS conference, odds are you'll get a goodie bag hand packed by myself and co-chair Dr. Kazuo Morimoto.
August 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
If you're coming to the ASPS conference, odds are you'll get a goodie bag hand packed by myself and co-chair Dr. Kazuo Morimoto.
My Rep @repgreglandsman.bsky.social voted to thank ICE for tearing a nursing baby away from its mother and deport its veteran father.
July 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My Rep @repgreglandsman.bsky.social voted to thank ICE for tearing a nursing baby away from its mother and deport its veteran father.
Post your favorite Dr. Who. Wrong answers only.
July 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Post your favorite Dr. Who. Wrong answers only.
Meanwhile @repgreglandsman.bsky.social is big on bipartisanship.
June 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Meanwhile @repgreglandsman.bsky.social is big on bipartisanship.
Here's another group of ICE agents @repgreglandsman.bsky.social is thankful for...
June 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Here's another group of ICE agents @repgreglandsman.bsky.social is thankful for...
Great seats for Pachuca vs FC Salzburg at the FIFA Club World Cup.
June 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Great seats for Pachuca vs FC Salzburg at the FIFA Club World Cup.
Cincinnati showing up.
June 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Cincinnati showing up.
Twenty years after their debut and marking their return to Epitaph, The Process of Belief is one of Bad Religion's best albums. And the follow up The Empire Strikes First includes one of my favorite songs by them, Los Angeles is burning.
May 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Twenty years after their debut and marking their return to Epitaph, The Process of Belief is one of Bad Religion's best albums. And the follow up The Empire Strikes First includes one of my favorite songs by them, Los Angeles is burning.
Spotted inside a campus building today. Anyone want to guess the department?
March 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Spotted inside a campus building today. Anyone want to guess the department?
Great show from Mdou Moctar at the Woodward Theater tonight. Check em out when they're in your town.
February 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Great show from Mdou Moctar at the Woodward Theater tonight. Check em out when they're in your town.
