Bactriana is a multi-purpose research and teaching website. It is maintained by James Pickett, who is an Associate Professor in the History Department at the University of Pittsburgh (curriculum vitae). For now, this site remains a work in progress.
Why "Bactriana"? James' research focuses on a cultural world (the Persianate sphere) that historically transcended traditional area study divisions (especially Central Asia, South Asia, and Eurasia). Bactria was a region situated in what is now northern Afghanistan, and is just vague and archaic enough a term to gesture at a bygone cultural arena.