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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky

@vhtroyansky.bsky.social
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Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara. Historian of migration, refugees, Middle East, Caucasus. Author of Empire of Refugees (Stanford UP, 2024)

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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Looking forward to spending time in Philly this week! I will talk about Empire of Refugees (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024) at Villanova University's Center for Arab and Islamic Studies on Wednesday, Sep 16 at 2 p.m. Many thanks to Prof. Samer Abboud and Dina Baslan for organizing the event. (1)
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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
On advance access: "Abandoned Land: Muslim Refugees’ Property in the Post-Ottoman Balkans" by @vhtroyansky.bsky.social (@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Abandoned Land: Muslim Refugees’ Property in the Post-Ottoman Balkans*
Abstract. This article examines what happened to the ‘abandoned land’ of Muslim refugees in Bulgaria, Serbia, and Romania after the end of Ottoman rule in
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I will be giving two talks on my first book and new book project in Berlin on Thursday, July 9. All are most warmly welcome to join. 2–4 pm, Book talk at @zmo-berlin.bsky.social: Empire of Refugees Many thanks to Dr. Ergün Özgür and Dr. Kai Kresse for hosting. www.zmo.de/en/events/em... (1)
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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
on advance access: "Abandoned Land: Muslim Refugees’ Property in the Post-Ottoman Balkans" by @vhtroyansky.bsky.social (@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Abandoned Land: Muslim Refugees’ Property in the Post-Ottoman Balkans*
Abstract. This article examines what happened to the ‘abandoned land’ of Muslim refugees in Bulgaria, Serbia, and Romania after the end of Ottoman rule in
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Kitabımın Türkçe baskısı bugün çıktı: Muhacirler İmparatorluğu! İletişim Yayınları'na @iletisim.com.tr çok minnettarım. Muhteşem çevirisi için Renan Akman'a çok teşekkür ederim. iletisim.com.tr/kitap/muhaci... (1)
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Will Smiley @will-smiley.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Starting a pinned thread for my work, since I'm no longer on academia .edu! My first monograph, "From Slaves to Prisoners of War: The Ottoman Empire, Russia, and International Law" (Oxford, 2018) Int'l law wasn't just from in the West! And neither was Ottoman abolition. tinyurl.com/PoWsBook
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Happy to share my new article in Slavic Review on migration, trade, and imperialism in Central Asia. In 1877, Russian authorities apprehended a "Turkish mullah," Hajji Ahmed, allegedly proselytizing in the Kazakh steppe. Hajji Ahmed turned out to be ... (1) doi.org/10.1017/slr....
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The Misadventures of a Dagestani Merchant: Empire and Muslim Mobility in Central Asia | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core
The Misadventures of a Dagestani Merchant: Empire and Muslim Mobility in Central Asia - Volume 84 Issue 4
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Empire of Refugees won 8 book awards and 3 honorable mentions! I am in disbelief. I am beyond grateful to the book prize committees and to everyone who hosted me for talks and podcasts, tuned in to hear me speak about the book, or read it. It has been an absolute honor and privilege doing this work!
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ASEEES Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies @aseees.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Congratulations to Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, winner of the W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize for Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State with Stanford University Press. #ASEEESPrizes See all winners: buff.ly/qNk3PSU @stanfordpress.bsky.social
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ASEEES Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies @aseees.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Congratulations to Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, winner of the Barbara Jelavich Book Prize for Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State with Stanford University Press. #ASEEESPrizes See all winners: buff.ly/rh9Tt7b
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I am happy to share my Past & Present (@pastpresentsoc.bsky.social) article (available in Open Access). It examines what happened to the "abandoned land" of Muslim refugees in Bulgaria, Serbia, and Romania after the end of Ottoman rule in 1878 and finds much post-Ottoman legal continuity. (1)
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Stanford University Press is running an end of summer sale with 50% off on all titles until September 8. Check out Empire of Refugees and many brilliant books in Middle East Studies and other subjects! www.sup.org/books/subjec...
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Middle East Studies | Stanford University Press
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Thank you, @stanfordpress.bsky.social! And many thanks to the International History and Politics section award committee at @apsa.bsky.social! I am very honored and grateful.
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I have earned tenure. Getting to tenure is a shared journey. I am forever grateful to so many: those who trained me, provided feedback at conferences, read my submissions, peer reviewed my manuscripts, wrote letters. I will pass this intellectual generosity forward. ❤️
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Bravo! A brilliant book!
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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
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Alex Balistreri @balistrerialex.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Professor @vhtroyansky.bsky.social is bringing his award-winning book, Empire of Refugees, to Hamburg! Excited to organize his lecture and to invite all interested to attend: Th. 26 June 2025 at 16:15, Lecture Hall K, @uni-hamburg.de.
Informational poster for the lecture of Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky at the University of Hamburg, 26 June 2025.
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I am going on a mini book tour around Germany! I am very excited to talk about Empire of Refugees (@stanfordpress.bsky.social‬, 2024) in the coming weeks: June 18: Berlin June 23: Marburg June 26: Hamburg July 14: Munich www.sup.org/books/middle... Please stop by if you are around. Details below.
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Empire of Refugees | Stanford University Press
Between the 1850s and World War I, about one million North Caucasian Muslims sought refuge in the Ottoman Empire. This resettlement of Muslim refugees from Russia changed the Ottoman state. Circassian...
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Many thanks to @vhtroyansky.bsky.social for reviewing my book The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024) in the #SlavicReview 83:4 W2024 doi.org/10.1017/slr.... ✨ #skystorians🗃️ #menasky #balkansky #islamicstudies
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Leyla Amzi-Erdoğdular. The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina. Stanford Studies on Central and Eastern Europe. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2023. x, 332 pp. No...
Leyla Amzi-Erdoğdular. The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina. Stanford Studies on Central and Eastern Europe. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2023. x, 332 pp. No...
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Refugee Studies Centre @refugeestudies.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
🙏 Thank you very much to @vhtroyansky.bsky.social for his fascinating presentation for our seminar series: Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State If you missed it, you can watch the video now: youtu.be/g_uNSeWjvtM?...
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Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Dear ASN (@asn-org.bsky.social) attendees, please join us for the Book Panel on Empire of Refugees (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024) on Thu, May 22, at 3:20-5:00 PM. #ASN2025 Migration, diaspora, Caucasus, Russian Empire, Middle East, and more. It will be a party! www.asnconvention.com/panel-10
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Book Panel on Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky’s “Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State” (Stanford, 2024)
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The Eurasian Knot🎙️ @euraknot.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
@vhtroyansky.bsky.social's research examines Muslim refugee migration and its role in shaping the modern world. He is also the author of "Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State." sup.org/books/middle-east-studies/empire-refugees
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Was thrilled to chat about Empire of Refugees (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024) with @euraknot.bsky.social. We covered a range of topics, incl. North Caucasian refugee migration, settler colonialism, slavery, diaspora-making, and the rise of Amman. Many thanks to Sean Guillory and Rusana Novikova.
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I cannot wait to share my work at the brilliant seminar series an Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre @refugeestudies.bsky.social. Please join us on Zoom next Tuesday, May 20, at 5 pm UK/12 pm EDT/9 am PDT.
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Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales @annales.ehess.fr · 14/05/2025
Dans le dernier numéro des #Annales 'Pluraliser la #modernité politique. Actualité de l’histoire #transimpériale russo-ottomane (note critique)' par Masha Cerovic (@mcerovic.bsky.social) Une note critique à propos de trois ouvrages récents 👉 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
Will Smiley : From Slaves to Prisoners of WarLâle Can, Spiritual SubjectsVladimir Hamed-Troyansky, Empire of Refugees
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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
From the archive 📚📚 Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky (@vhtroyansky.bsky.social) on “Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State” (Stanford University Press) 🎧👇 turkeybooktalk.com/2024/05/21/v...
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky on Muslim refugees in the Ottoman Empire
Turkey Book Talk #219 – Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, Assistant Professor of Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, on “Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the…
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Very much looking forward to speaking about Empire of Refugees at the University of Chicago tomorrow! ❤️ Please join us if you are around: Thu, May 8, at 4:00-5:30 PM, in Stuart Hall 104. Many thanks to the Middle East History and Theory Workshop for hosting!
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Very much looking forward to speaking about Empire of Refugees (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024) at Yale this Thursday! If you are nearby, please stop by. (And we'll also rally that day!) Many thanks to Yale's Council on Middle East Studies and the brilliant Eda Pepi for hosting.
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Many thanks to @mcerovic.bsky.social for reviewing my book, Empire of Refugees (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024) and the books of my brilliant colleagues, Lale Can (Spiritual Subjects) and Will Smiley (From Slaves to Prisoners of War) in Les Annales. (1) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Pluraliser la modernité politique | Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales | Cambridge Core
Pluraliser la modernité politique - Volume 79 Issue 4
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Nurcin Ileri @nurcinileri.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Great book talk on Empire of Refugees by Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky yesterday in Utrecht! Insightful discussion and an outstanding Q&A. Thanks to The Lausanne Project and Turkey Studies Network for organizing! @vhtroyansky.bsky.social @ozanozavci1.bsky.social @turkeystudies.bsky.social
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Very excited to talk about Empire of Refugees (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024) at Utrecht University (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) this Wed, Mar 12. Looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones in the Netherlands. Many thanks to @ozanozavci1.bsky.social for the invitation!
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Laurence Broers @laurencebroers.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
It was a real treat to listen to @vhtroyansky.bsky.social speaking about his landmark study ‘Empire of Refugees’, published last year. His research makes a tremendous contribution to understanding the nexus between Russian & Ottoman imperial power & the mobility of Muslim populations. Recommended!
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I am excited to share my roundtable article, "Hijra from the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union," in IJMES. It examines displacements from Crimea and the Caucasus to the Ottoman Empire in 1774–1914 and from Central Asia to Afghanistan and Iran in the 1920s–30s. (1) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Hijra from the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union: Middle East Routes of Muslim Displacement | International Journal of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core
Hijra from the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union: Middle East Routes of Muslim Displacement - Volume 56 Issue 3
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Very excited to present Empire of Refugees (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024) at Utrecht on March 12! If you are in the Low Countries, please join us.
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Thank you, @eneskiraz.bsky.social, for the generous review of Empire of Refugees (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024) in Slavonic and East European Review.
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
I am very honored to have been awarded the 2024 Alixa Naff Prize in Migration Studies for Empire of Refugees. Many thanks to the Khayrallah Center and the selection committee. It was a privilege to write this book about refugees in the Ottoman Empire. lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/news/2025/01...
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Khayrallah Center Announces 2024 Winner of Alixa Naff Prize
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I published an op-ed in @sacramentobee.bsky.social on the poor prospects for refugee admissions during the second Trump presidency and the souring attitudes towards refugees in Europe — amid the world’s record numbers of displaced people. www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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The United States and the world’s wealthiest countries have turned their backs on refugees | Opinion
“Policies restricting the right to asylum pander to the far right and violate domestic and international laws.”
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I shared my thoughts on transnational archival research and decolonization in an article in @kritikajournal. Many thanks to editors of the timely methodological forum on writing new tsarist and Soviet histories without current access to Russian archives. muse.jhu.edu/pub/28/artic...
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Project MUSE - Tracing Dagestani Deportees from Opochka to Tashkent: Notes on Transnational Archival Research and Decolonization
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Hatice Yıldız @hyildizhistorian.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I’m trying to put together a starter pack for historians of the Ottoman Empire. Who should be added? go.bsky.app/3G4pxss
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Dr Diana T. Kudaibergen @dianakudaibergen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Starting Central Asian Starter Pack! Please write in comments if you want to be added/want to add someone! go.bsky.app/NGfwkUA
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Euroopan rajalla? @euroopanrajalla.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
As there was no starter pack on #Caucasus, I made one. It's very short, so feel free to help expand it go.bsky.app/4cNo12q
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Jack Moore @jfxm.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A starter pack for new Bluesky folks who want to find journalists based in the Middle East or covering the region in one way or another. Many a great scribe/anchor on this list, yet many are missing, so this will be updated as more names join the platform. go.bsky.app/EGozoFY
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Middle East Medievalists @mideastmedieval.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
What more could you want from the Middle East Medievalists Bluesky than a Middle East Medievalists starter pack? Connect with Middle East Medievalists MEMbers on Bluesky. If you are a MEMber of MEM and want to be included, let us know. go.bsky.app/PFgkbsW
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Marek Eby @marekeby.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
My Russia/USSR/Eurasia starter pack has almost tripled in size since its humble beginnings! If you haven’t checked it out, or did so a while ago, have a look again to find even more people! go.bsky.app/CagBxPQ
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Friends and colleagues heading to #ASEEES24 in Boston, join us on Sat, Nov 23, at 12:00 pm, for the book discussion — EMPIRE OF REFUGEES (Stanford, 2024). Themes: migration, the Caucasus, Russia, the Middle East, Islam. convention2.allacademic.com/one/aseees/a...
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Dear digital attendees of our very virtual MESA annual meeting, please join us on Wed, Nov 13, at 2:30–4:30 pm EST, for a sparkling panel on immigration in early republican Turkey, feat. Leyla Amzi-Erdoğdular, Gözde Emen Gökatalay, Ellinor Morack, and Sarah Shields! #MESA2024
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 10/10/2024
I signed the contracts! The Turkish and Russian translations of Empire of Refugees are in the works. ❤️ I cannot wait for the book to be accessible to many more in Turkey, the North Caucasus, and beyond!
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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · 18/07/2024
In Empire of Refugees ( @stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024) Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky tells the story of a million North Caucasian Muslims, who sought refuge in the Late Ottoman Empire. Paul Csillag reviews the book. Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/muhaj...
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Muhajirs in the Late Ottoman Empire - CEU Review of Books
In Empire of Refugees (Stanford University Press, 2024) Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky tells the story of a million North Caucasian Muslims, who sought refuge in the Late Ottoman Empire. Paul Csillag writes...
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
Dear UK colleagues and friends, I will be giving several virtual talks about Empire of Refugees (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2024). Zoom in! Sep 30 — University of Edinburgh Oct 2 — University College London Oct 7 — Anglo-Turkish Society Oct 28 — King's College London More details below.
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