Tremendous book talk at Stanford's Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies and History Department, featuring Robert G. Morrison’s "Merchants of Knowledge: Intellectual Exchange in the Ottoman Empire and Renaissance Europe” 👏🙏

Thank you to the German Department for a wonderful day of psychoanalysis 🗣️@TheHelixCenter @Parapraxis_Mag

Tremendous first few days in Ankara @kafdav with Sefer Berzeg, Murat Duman, Dr Erdoğan Boz and more!!

Thrilled to have met the legendary Historian İlber Ortaylı! Thank you to the KafkasVakfı for their tremendous work in history and cultural preservation 🤗🙏

I've created a starter pack for those who are interested in following the accounts of Arab authors and scholars working on Arabic literature. Please share and let me know if you would like to be on the list.

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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...

It was exciting and fruitful to present at this year’s MESA Annual Conference alongside Prof. James Meyer, Prof. Anthony Edwards, and fellow PhD student Oya Rose Aktas !

Founder of Ensemble Iriston Maharbek Pliev addressing the Ossetian diaspora in his native language 🙏🏼 🏔

Had to make an emergency landing in Nalchik on my way to #Vladikavkaz due to horrible fog! But hey, at least I was closer to Elbrus 🏔 :)

Thank you for a great conference! #MLA22 Wonderful people and good vibes all around 🙏🏼

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