Michael W. Charney (born 27 December 1967) is a military historian of Asia, a Myanmar specialist, and a Professor of Asian and Military History at SOAS University of London, where he teaches international security, strategic studies, and Asian military history.
[1] He is one of contributing authors of Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History.
[3] After receiving his PhD in History at the University of Michigan in 1999, Charney joined the Centre for Advanced Studies at the National University of Singapore (1999-2001) as a postdoctoral research fellow for two years working on migration studies and religion studies.
In 2001, he began teaching in the history department at SOAS.
[3] In 2019, he moved to the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, also at SOAS.