内亚和阿尔泰文化研究集中于中国，俄罗斯，伊朗西部和巴基斯坦之间的草原，山区，森林和绿洲地区的人民的历史和文化。该地理区域包括中亚（即前苏联中亚，新疆，伊朗东部和阿富汗），哈萨克斯坦，巴基斯坦，西藏（包括青海，四川东部，甘肃和云南西北部）北部，蒙古和满洲。阿尔泰语系包括突厥语系，蒙古语系和通古兹语系。<br> <br>内亚和阿尔泰语研究委员会监督对内亚感兴趣的研究生的工作不仅限于语言或历史，但涵盖语言学，历史，宗教，艺术史和一般文化研究。人类学委员会，东亚语言和文明系，历史，艺术和建筑史，语言学，音乐，近东
The Inner Asian and Altaic Studies PhD program has been a center for the study of Inner Asia in the United States.<br>You will have the flexibility to study across broad disciplines and fields of study working with faculty across all the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. This enables you to develop a plan of study that best suits your interests and needs.<br>Harvard University is pre-eminent among the very few universities where Inner Asian and Altaic studies may be pursued. Harvard's library holdings in East European, East Asian, Islamic, and South Asian areas led to a development of strength in the Inner Asian and Altaic fields prior to the actual establishment of this program. The research centers and degree programs that exist at Harvard have contributed much material directly relevant to the study of this region. Harvard possesses outstanding collections in the Chinese, Iranian, Turkish, Arabic, Indian, and Russian languages which comprise the most important primary sources for the study of this area, as well as in Manchu, Mongolian, and Tibetan. These collections are variously held by the Widener, Harvard-Yenching, Houghton, Dumbarton Oaks, Gibb, Tozzer, and Fine Arts libraries.