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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · Aug 30

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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Middle East Studies | Stanford University Press

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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · Aug 23

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.

Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congratulations to @vhtroyansky.bsky.social, whose extraordinary Empire of Refugees has been awarded the Robert L. Jervis and Paul Schroeder Best Book Award for the best book on International History and Politics, adding to its substantial list of laurels! www.sup.org/books/middle...

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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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · Aug 1

Many congratulations, @ezrawinton.bsky.social!

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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · Aug 1

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 · Jul 23

Bravo! A brilliant book!

Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Jul 21

I am thrilled to share that my book, Making Mao’s Steelworks, has been awarded the 2025 Reid Prize (given for “the most significant book contributing to the understanding of Asia”) by the Asian Studies Association of Australia.

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Book about the Mao-era origins of Chinese industrialisation wins Reid Prize for 2025 - Asian Studies Association of Australia

The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) is delighted to announce that Dr Koji Hirata, a historian from Monash University in Melbourne, has won the 2025 Reid Prize for his recently published ...

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · Jun 28

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 · Jun 24

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 · Jun 17

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...

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 · Jun 17

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...

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

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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · Jun 17

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...

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 · Jun 17

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...

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 · Jun 17

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.

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...

www.sup.org

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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular @leylaamzi.bsky.social · Jun 7

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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#skystorians🗃️ #menasky #balkansky #islamicstudies

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 · Jun 10

🙏 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?...

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

YouTube video by Refugee Studies Centre

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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · May 21

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!
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ASN 2025 World Convention | Panel k10

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 · May 21

@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."
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · May 19

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.

The Eurasian Knot🎙️ @euraknot.bsky.social · May 19

Between the 1850s and World War I, about a million North Caucasian Muslims fled to the Ottoman Empire. What were they running from? What did they bring? What did they leave behind?
We searched for answers within @vhtroyansky.bsky.social's new book.
patreon.com/posts/muslim-refugees-129348271

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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social · May 15

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 · May 14

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

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Will Smiley : From Slaves to Prisoners of War

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Turkey Book Talk @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · May 8

From the archive 📚📚

Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky (@vhtroyansky.bsky.social) on “Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State” (Stanford University Press)

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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 · May 7

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 · Apr 14

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 · Apr 6

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 · Apr 6

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...

Pluraliser la modernité politique | Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales | Cambridge Core

Pluraliser la modernité politique - Volume 79 Issue 4

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