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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
I will also give a talk about immigration from the Balkans to Turkey in the 1920s and 1930s, as part of my new book project on global Muslim refugee migration, at @upenn.edu Middle East Center on Thursday, Sep 17 at 5:30 p.m. Many thanks to Prof. Paul Cobb. If you are around, please join us! (2)
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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
5–6:30 pm, Book project talk at EUME, Forum Transregionale Studien: Global Hijra The project is a transnational modern history of Muslim displacement in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia. Many thanks to Dr. Claudia Derichs for hosting. www.eume-berlin.de/en/events/ca... (2)
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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
Türkçe baskının ortaya çıkmasını sağlayan Caner Yelbaşı ve Seda Altuğ’a özellikle teşekkür ederim. Bu güzel kitap kapağı, eserini ikinci kez cömertçe veren Zaina El-Said'in çalışmalarına dayanmaktadır. (4)
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Bu kitap için Türkiye, Ürdün, Rusya, Bulgaristan, Romanya, Gürcistan, Ermenistan, Azerbaycan, ABD ve Birleşik Krallık’ta arşiv araştırmaları yürüttüm. Hikâyelerini benimle paylaşan Çerkes ve diğer Kuzey Kafkasya diasporalarından herkese en içten şükranlarımı sunarım. (3)
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
1850’ler Birinci Dünya Savaşı arasında, yaklaşık bir milyon Kuzey Kafkasyalı Müslüman Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’na sığındı. Muhacirler İmparatorluğu modern Ortadoğu’daki muhacir iskânı uygulamalarının kökenlerini gün yüzüne çıkarıyor. (2)
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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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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
1850’ler Birinci Dünya Savaşı arasında, yaklaşık bir milyon Kuzey Kafkasyalı Müslüman Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’na sığındı. Muhacirler İmparatorluğu modern Ortadoğu’daki muhacir iskânı uygulamalarının kökenlerini gün yüzüne çıkarıyor. (2)
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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
The article is based on my research in the National Archive of Uzbekistan. I am grateful to its archivists, the incredible editorial team at Slavic Review, the special issue editor Paolo Sartori, cartographer extraordinaire Bill Nelson, and many others. (3)
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
neither Ottoman nor a mullah; his name was not Ahmed, and he had never conducted hajj. This article is a microhistory that follows Hajji Ahmed on his journey in tsarist Turkestan, the Khanate of Khoqand, and the Emirate of Bukhara in the 1870s. (2)
Map of Hajji Ahmed's Journey, 1872–78
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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
Many thanks to the brilliant reviewers, my research interlocutors in the Balkans, the P&P editorial team, and everyone who helped me shape this article, many years in the making. I am grateful to @ucsblibrary.bsky.social for making this article immediately accessible to all. (4)
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
(c) the governments in Sofia, Belgrade, and Bucharest often adapted Ottoman immigration policies to transfer the land to their co-ethnic immigrants. The new Balkan states were shaped not only by the presence of the remaining Muslims but also by the absence of Muslims who had been expelled. (3)
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I researched the post-1878 legislation in the three countries to discern that: (a) Bulgaria, Serbia, and Romania built their land policies upon the Ottoman land regime; (b) the hotly contested "abandoned land" of Muslim refugees became a state tool for ethno-religious homogenization; and ... (2)
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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
Many congratulations, @ezrawinton.bsky.social!
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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
July 14: Munich. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Institute for the Near and Middle East. Many thanks to Mehmet Hacısalihoğlu for inviting me and hosting the talk. www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/wasistlosami...
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Oberseminar Vortrag: Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State (Stanford University Press, 2024) Book presentation - Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten - LMU Münch...
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
June 26: Hamburg. University of Hamburg. Department of History and Culture of the Middle East. Many thanks to the incredible Alexander Balistreri. www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/aktuel...
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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 · 17/06/2025
June 23: Marburg. Philipps University of Marburg. Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies. I am very grateful to Albrecht Fuess and Evgeniya Prusskaya. www.uni-marburg.de/de/cnms/isla...
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Empire of Refugees : North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State
Join us for a guest lecture by Dr. Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky on the migration of North Caucasian Muslims and the development of a refugee regime in the late Ottoman Empire. Drawing from his new book Em...
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
June 18: Berlin. Forum Transregionale Studien, Europe in the Middle East, the Middle East in Europe Colloquium. Many thanks to Georges Khalil for the invitation. www.eume-berlin.de/en/events/ca...
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Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State
Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky (UC, Santa Barbara / EUME Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2025-26), Chair: Toygun Altıntaş (FU Berlin / EUME Fellow 2020-25)
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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
This exquisite historiographical essay positions our works within transimperial history and examines what we, individually and collectively, offer to the study of migration, colonization, state-building, religion, and identity in Ottoman, Russian, and global history. (2)
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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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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Thank you, Laurence. It was so great to finally meet you in person!
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