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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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.
#ASEEESPrizes
See all winners: buff.ly/rh9Tt7b
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)
31.10.2025 00:10 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0(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)
31.10.2025 00:10 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1I 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)
31.10.2025 00:10 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I 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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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!
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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. β€οΈ
Bravo! A brilliant book!
23.07.2025 07:41 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousandsβ major embarrassment to Orban
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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.
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July 14: Munich. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Institute for the Near and Middle East.
Many thanks to Mehmet HacΔ±salihoΔlu for inviting me and hosting the talk.
www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/wasistlosami...
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...
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...
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...
I am going on a mini book tour around Germany! I am very excited to talk about Empire of Refugees (@stanfordpress.bsky.socialβ¬, 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.
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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π 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?...
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
@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.
I cannot wait to share my work at the brilliant seminar series an Oxfordβs 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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Will Smiley : From Slaves to Prisoners of War
LΓ’le Can, Spiritual Subjects
Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, Empire of Refugees
Dans le dernier numΓ©ro des #Annales
'Pluraliser la #modernitΓ© politique. ActualitΓ© de lβhistoire #transimpΓ©riale russo-ottomane (note critique)'
par Masha Cerovic (@mcerovic.bsky.social)
Une note critique Γ propos de trois ouvrages rΓ©cents
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky (@vhtroyansky.bsky.social) on βEmpire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman Stateβ (Stanford University Press)
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Very much looking forward to speaking about Empire of Refugees at the University of Chicago tomorrow! β€οΈ
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.
