Anthony Hyman

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Anthony Hyman
Born(1946-04-17)17 April 1946
Died19 December 1999(1999-12-19) (aged 53)
Resting place
School of Oriental and African Studies
Notable worksAfghanistan Under Soviet Domination, 1964–81 (1982).
SpouseHilary Hyman[1]
Funerary monument with his father Alan Hyman at the Brompton Cemetery, London

Anthony Hyman (17 April 1946 – 19 December 1999) was a British academic, writer, broadcaster, and Islamicist.[1]

Anthony Hyman was a son of the author, journalist, and film writer Alan Hyman (1910–1999). His siblings were the author Miranda Miller, the artist Timothy Hyman, and Nicholas Hyman.[citation needed]

Hyman was a student at the

Iranian politics closely.[citation needed
]

In 1982, soon after Afghanistan increased its importance in

radicalisation. He was concerned about the disintegration of Afghan unity under pressure from tribalism and sectarianism. In later years, he was particularly critical of the Taliban and of what he saw as their narrow vision of Afghanistan’s future.[citation needed
]

In the early 1980s, Hyman was also secretary of the Afghanistan Support Committee and worked with the Afghan Refugee Network and with

collapse of the Soviet Union, Hyman became absorbed with Central Asia, travelling there, learning Russian, acquainting himself with the politics and cultures of the new states and introducing these countries to a wider audience through his writings. As with Afghanistan, he advocated a higher-profile European interest in these countries and their needs. He was a founding director of the charity Links, which worked to resolve conflict and promoted democracy in the region in the early years of transition.[citation needed
]

Hyman was at various times a research associate of the Royal Institute of International Affairs at

Oxford University. He was also associate editor of the journal Central Asian Survey.[citation needed
]

A Memorial Lecture was set up at

SOAS, University of London in 2002 and has run annually since that time. Its aim is to encourage discussion and debate about Afghanistan and its neighbours.[2]

Selected publications

Hyman published the following books among others:[3]

  • Hyman, Anthony (1982). Afghanistan Under Soviet Domination, 1964–81. New York: St. Martin's Press.
    ISBN 978-0-312-00926-7
    .
  • ——; Ghayur, Muhammed; Kaushik, Naresh (1989). Pakistan, Zia and After--. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications.
    ISBN 81-7017-253-5
    .
  • —— (1994). Political Change in Post-Soviet Central Asia. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs.
    OCLC 481153860
    .

References

  1. ^ a b Page, David (21 January 2000). "Obituaries – Anthony Hyman". The Guardian.
  2. ^ "Anthony Hyman Memorial Lecture". Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus. UK: SOAS University of London. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. Amazon.co.uk. Amazon
    . Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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