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)

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...

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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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)

İletişim Yayınları@iletisim.com.tr · 4mo ago

YENİ / Muhacirler İmparatorluğu, geç dönem Osmanlı tarihini kitlesel yerinden edilme olgusu üzerinden yeniden kurguluyor ve modern Ortadoğu’daki muhacir iskânı uygulamalarının kökenlerini gün yüzüne çıkarıyor. iletisim.com.tr/kitap/muhacirler-imparatorlugu/10924

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

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!

UC Santa Barbara@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social · 8mo ago

While doing research for his book, "Empire of Refugees," #UCSB's Hamed-Troyansky visited more than 20 archives in 10 countries, a years-long endeavor during which he studied primary historical evidence in Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, Russian, Bulgarian and English: https://ow.ly/vO4i50XylBM

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

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

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)

Past and Present@pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New 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...

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...

Middle East Studies | Stanford University Press

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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.

Stanford University Press@stanfordpress.bsky.social · 12mo ago

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...

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!

Koji Hirata@khirata.bsky.social · last yr.

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. asaa.asn.au/news/book-ab...

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

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.

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.

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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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

🙏 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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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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@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

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 · last yr.

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

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.

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...

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...

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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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!

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.

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...

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

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!