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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
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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)
Map of Hajji Ahmed's Journey, 1872–78
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)
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....
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!
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.
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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.
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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)
(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)
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)
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)
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!
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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.
Many congratulations, @ezrawinton.bsky.social!
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. ❤️
Bravo! A brilliant book!
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
Informational poster for the lecture of Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky at the University of Hamburg, 26 June 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.
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.
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June 26: Hamburg. University of Hamburg. Department of History and Culture of the Middle East.
Many thanks to the incredible Alexander Balistreri.
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June 23: Marburg. Philipps University of Marburg. Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies.
I am very grateful to Albrecht Fuess and Evgeniya Prusskaya.
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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.
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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
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Please stop by if you are around. Details below.
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
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🙏 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?...
