Michael Gervers

Michael Gervers is a medievalist with interests that have led him to develop projects in England, Iran, and Ethiopia, growing from long-term interests in Crusader Europe and Central Asia. Gervers teaches at the University of Toronto where he co-directs the Central and Inner Asian Studies conference.

resources on the web

Central and Inner Asian Studies
Central and Inner Asia Studies (CIAS) is affiliated with the Asian Institute at the University of Toronto. It has hosted eleven annual multi-disciplinary conferences on a wide variety of topics relating to the region. These have been attended by an international group of experts including many from Central and Inner Asia. The conference proceedings are published in the series, Toronto Studies in Central and Inner Asia, coedited by Michael Gervers, Uradyn E. Bulag & Gillian Long.
http://www.utoronto.ca/cias/ 

DEEDS Project
The University of Toronto Documents of Early England Data Set (DEEDS) research project is a database culled from medieval property exchange documents for use by social and economic historians.
http://res.deeds.utoronto.ca:49838/research/ 

MAZGABA SEELAT
A Database for the Recording of Ethiopian Art, Architecture and Culture.
http://128.100.218.174:8080/ethiopia/about.html