Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky

In brief

Date - 30 September 2024

Guest speaker - Dr Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Title - Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State

Format - Book talk and Q&A

About the speaker

Dr. Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky is a historian of global migration and forced displacement and Assistant Professor of Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research examines Muslim refugee migration and its role in shaping the modern world.

He is the author of the recently-published 'Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State' (Stanford University Press, 2024), his book that explores the origins of refugee resettlement in the modern Middle East. It focuses on the migration of about a million Muslim refugees from Russia to the Ottoman Empire between the 1850s and World War I. The book shows that the Ottoman government constructed a refugee regime for Muslims, which functioned parallel to the immigration system. He will be discussing the publication at this event.

How to join

Events are free and everyone is welcome. This seminar is online; you can email a colleague in IMES for joining information. Details to follow.

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