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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular

@leylaamzi.bsky.social
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Professor of Middle East and Islamic Studies @Rutgers Newark History | Ottoman Empire, Balkans, migration. Author: The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: sup.org/books/title/?id=33140

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
unsolicited advice to other mid-career folks: set aside a few hours each week to sit down and read new text, or old theory. I'm doing it to prep for my PhD course, and I missed this SO much.
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edin h @edinh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The commander of the UN peacekeeping forces, Thom Karremans, holding a glass of rakija, with smiling Ratko Mladić, while his soldiers were carrying out genocide a few miles away. Srebrenica, July 1995.
Photo of meeting in July 1995 -- Left side Mladić, smiling, 2nd from right Thom Karremans, commander of the UN peacekeeping forces, holding a toast drink while Mladić's soldiers were carrying out genocide a few miles away
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404 Media @404media.co · 22/08/2026
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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adnito @a-d-n.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
There is no 'remembering Srebrenica' without remembering the basic political reality that the West rewarded the perpetrators with almost half of Bosnian territory. The genocide is not resolved, it's not the past. The sheer existence of 'RS' is a continuation of the genocide.
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Ufff…
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
If you watched the viral video of Bosnian soccer fans shouting for Palestine ahead of game in toronto today, read this piece about Bosnian team grappling with legacy of genocide & displacement with 17 of its players born elsehwere. "Playing for the national team becomes a symbolic act of return."
africasacountry.com
The country they never left
Bosnia’s World Cup squad is built on the descendants of war and displacement, players raised across Europe and North America who are finding their way back through football.
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Ana Sekulić @anasekulic.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I'm sure everyone's heard about the Bosnian tattoos by now. I explored the story for the @newlinesmag.bsky.social, and if you’re curious about Ottoman Bosnia, Catholic women, and the stakes of turning complicated histories into myths, take a look: newlinesmag.com/essays/the-o...
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 23/04/2026
The kids these days say “AI” in the same way that people our age say “bullshit” (“you didn’t do that, that’s AI!”) and I think that’s beautiful
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
#visualpollutiontax
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edin h @edinh.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"would you work for a company that got business by threatening to kill the families of potential customers?" gave me the chills bsky.app/profile/chri...
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Julia Elyachar @jeelyachar.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Read @leylaamzi.bsky.social to see how all of this applies to the remaking of political order in Bosnia at the interface of empire, with fascinating insights (for me as an anthropologist of debt) into the role of fiscality in the remaking of identity, and how these pasts still shape our presents.
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Julia Elyachar @jeelyachar.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
As always the brilliant @leylaamzi.bsky.social, is too generous. Neither the concept of semicivilized nor illumination of how this archaic term is intertwined with dilemmas of attenuated sovereignty, structural indebtedness, and the making of international law is mine-
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🙏🙏🙏
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Great to be in such good company thinking together about Julia Elyachar’s concept of the semicivilized @jeelyachar.bsky.social @csshjournal.bsky.social 🗃️
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Great to be in such good company thinking together about Julia Elyachar’s concept of the semicivilized @jeelyachar.bsky.social @csshjournal.bsky.social
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
someone at the pentagon frantically typing “Claude, open the strait of Hormuz for me, quickest possible strategy, make no mistakes.”
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe is now available in paperback. Plus take advantage of @stanfordpress.bsky.social Valentine’s Day Sale for a few more days. www.sup.org/books/histor... 🗃️ #menasky #ottoman #bosniaandherzegovina #bosnia #muslims #austriahungary
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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
📣 ✊ We are uniting with labor unions across New Jersey hosting a series of in-person trainings to fight back against the increased presence of ICE in our communities and rising authoritarianism. Join us in your community! Dinner will be provided. RSVP: loom.ly/FunAZhk
Meeting the Moment: Building Solidarity Through Community & Trainings
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.
theguardian.com
Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
“One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them”
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Concert this Friday! #newyorkcity Tickets: www.viewcy.com/event/terenn...
Concert: https://www.viewcy.com/event/terennm__classical
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Skimming is the new reading ☠️☠️☠️ “Gen Z is the first generation in modern history to underperform us on basically every cognitive measure we have … right at the time when we need our kids to be sharper than we are.” Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath Senate testimony youtube.com/watch?v=Fd-_...
youtube.com
Doctor on How Screen Time Hurts Kids' Cognitive Development
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We are delighted to announce the 6th Mid-Atlantic Ottomanist Workshop, hosted by Rutgers University, Newark on April 10–11, 2026. Call for Papers Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words) by January 21, 2026 to: maowrutgers2026@gmail.com #menasky #skystorians🗃️ #ottoman
We are delighted to announce the 6th Mid-Atlantic Ottomanist Workshop, hosted by Rutgers University, Newark on April 10–11, 2026.

The workshop brings together scholars of Ottoman Studies at all career stages and from across disciplines. Interdisciplinary approaches are especially welcome.

Call for Papers
Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words) by January 21, 2026 to: maowrutgers2026@gmail.com

Join us for two days of engaging discussion and collaboration in Newark, NJ!
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Wouter @wvanparys.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
You find yourself reading a book about the afterlife of Ottoman Europe, something you never thought about before, just because you read a post on Bluesky. And find it quite interesting as well. Please keep sharing your work!
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
public universities 🙌
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Hvala Amer Maslo na prikazu moje knjige, The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe; Prilozi za orijentalnu filologiju Many thanks to Amer Maslo for the review of my book in Contributions to Oriental Philology pof.ois.unsa.ba/index.php/po... @stanfordpress.bsky.social #Balkansky #Mena #Ottoman
Screenshot of the review text
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
this year. 😳
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
👇👇👇
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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Okay, as promised, here are my 25 boardgames that would make good presents for historians or the historically-inclined. - I've played them and enjoyed them - They have to have a historical theme or be related to the practice of history - They were within the first 25 I thought of...
The Royal Game of Ur from the British Museum
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Many thanks to Michael Hickok for his review of my book, The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina in Histoire sociale / Social History @hssh1968.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/article/9715... 🗃️ what's history #skystorians #Balkans #OttomanEmipre #Habsburg #menasky
Title of the review The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina by Leyla Amzi-Erdoğdular (review)
Michael Robert Hickok
Histoire sociale / Social History
Les publications Histoire sociale / Social History Inc.
Volume 58, Numéro/Number 119, Mai/May 2025
pp. 201-203
10.1353/his.2025.a971523
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
These people talk like conmen and our universities are just inviting these companies and their technologies into our midst, to prey on our students
David Sacks: According to today's WSJ, AI-related investment accounts for half of GDP growth. A reversal would risk recession. We cant afford to go backwards.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 19/11/2025
“Without an independent & sufficiently representative faculty body to oversee the curriculum & faculty status, an institution may fragment or fall victim to the latest fashionable notion proposed by a centralized administration, politicized board or legislature." Read more about our new report👇
insidehighered.com
AAUP Report Defends Shared Governance Amid Political Attacks
In a report released Tuesday, the American Association of University Professors outlines its case for shared governance at colleges and universities as state legislatures increasingly seek to constrai...
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Autumn in #NYC
A bee on top of flowers. Fuchsia Water Lilly; reflection of a building in a pond.
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
#areastudies #academicsky
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🎶 THE NAME IS MAMDANI. M-A-M-D-A-N-I 🎶
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
“Dress for the job you want”
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Six days left, NYC!
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Our future mayor: “I will not look for myself in the shadows. I will find myself in the light” ♥️🧿 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #NYC #nycmayor #elections
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: loom.ly/BDXasRY
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