Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky is a historian of global migration and forced displacement and assistant professor of global studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research examines Muslim refugee migration and its role in shaping the modern world. He is the author of Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State (Stanford University Press, 2024). As of 2024, Vladimir was writing a new book — a transnational history of Muslim displacement in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia since 1850. His articles have appeared in Past & Present, Comparative Studies in Society and History, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Slavic Review, and Kritika. He received a Ph.D. in history from Stanford University and was a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University.
Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky
Guest Speaker
Assistant Professor of Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
