Ozan Ozavci

Alma’s Abdülhamid Hadwig Kraeutler on an overlooked 1940 biography that presented the sultan as a key to past, present and future.

Hadwig Kraeutler on an overlooked 1940 biography that presented the sultan as a key to past, present and future. thelausanneproject.com/2025/05/23/a...

Teaching (While Deconstructing) Bariş Çelik takes stock of his new undergraduate module on “The Making of the Modern Middle East”, which seeks to de-essentialise the region in students’ minds

"Witnessing students grapple with Middle East politics and challenge assumptions has been truly inspiring and rewarding for me." Barış Çelik explains how he used reflective journals and creative activities at Sheffield. thelausanneproject.com/2025/04/25/t...

PODCAST – Episode 66: Teaching the Greater War Jonathan Conlin invites Samuel Foster to explain the rationale behind his new module on “Europe in the Era of the Great War” and report on how students have engaged with imagology and u…

"Something that struck home with the students was the rise of the security state. It’s not something that begins with the Nazis, you need to look further back." We spoke to UEA's Sam Foster about his new approach to teaching the Great War. thelausanneproject.com/2025/05/09/p...

PODCAST – Episode 66: Developing the Nation Özge Baykan Calafato introduces Julia Secklehner and Enno Maessen to her work exploring the role of photography in developing modern Turkish citizenship.

From high art to alaminüt: we asked Özge Baykan Calafato to talk us through photography's role in developing modern Turkish citizenship.
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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!

PODCAST – Episode 65: Nansen’s People Ozan Ozavci talks with Ismee Tames about her ongoing research into stateless people after World War I, uncovering the communities of care that stateless individuals created to rebuild their lives.

📣 In our new podcast episode, Ismeet Tames tells @ozanozavci1.bsky.social about her ongoing research into stateless people after World War I, uncovering the 'communities of care' that stateless individuals created to rebuild their lives 👇

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A Tale of Two Towers Gert Huskens tells the story of two water towers, one in Tangier, the other in Utrecht, that connect the histories of global entrepreneurship and sanitary internationalism.

Last summer I joined 'Fighting Pandemics from Below.' project at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social

In this blog for @lausanneproject.bsky.social, I reflect on how my new home is connected to my research on Belgium's role in the Sanitary Council of Morocco. 🚰

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🚨 Uncover the world of spies! 🚨

Join Prof. Dr. Nadine Akkerman for "Spycraft: Tricks & Tools of the Dangerous Trade"—a deep dive into early modern espionage! 🕵️‍♂️✨

📅 24 Feb 2025 | 📍 Utrecht | ⏰ 17:00-18:15

Wrap up with drinks! 🍷 Sign up: forms.gle/tuMcokU1QQdG...

#Spycraft #Espionage #History

PODCAST – Episode 64: Syria’s Choice Eugene Rogan and Ozan Ozavci discuss the 1860 massacres in Damascus, the subsequent restoration of peace in Syria, and the insights this turbulent history may offer to Syrians navigating today&#821…

"If they can take lessons from what was achieved by the Ottomans after the 1860 massacre, then this would be the miraculous outcome of the fall of Assad." Eugene Rogan on what we can learn from an "Ottoman success story" of post-genocide reconstruction. thelausanneproject.com/2025/02/07/p...

PODCAST – Episode 64: Syria’s Choice Eugene Rogan and Ozan Ozavci discuss the 1860 massacres in Damascus, the subsequent restoration of peace in Syria, and the insights this turbulent history may offer to Syrians navigating today&#821…

New podcast episode @lausanneproject.bsky.social 👇🏽👇🏼👇

Eugene Rogan on the 1860 massacres in Damascus, the subsequent restoration of peace in Syria, and the insights this turbulent history may offer to Syrians navigating today’s challenges

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PODCAST – Episode 53: Empire of Refugees Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky speaks to Ozan Ozavci about his new book on North Caucasian Muslim refugees, and reveals how the Ottoman Empire developed a refugee regime half a century before the League …

For more on his book and its themes, and to hear Vladimir’s engaging speaking style, check out our podcast on @lausanneproject.bsky.social

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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky will present his debut book, Empire of Refugees, at Utrecht next month.

Join us on 12 March for a discussion on the historical roots of modern refugee regimes and population transfer as a tool of governance 👇🏼👇🏾👇🏻 @vhtroyansky.bsky.social @turkeystudies.bsky.social

Jon's new IJMES article argues for a less histrionic and more historical reading of Iran's oil history. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

PODCAST – Episode 63: My Own 1922 Anna Enepekidou looks back at a project that turned high schoolers into curators as well as students of history.

"We didn't talk about exams." This week's podcast explores a project that got 9th graders curating "My Own 1922". thelausanneproject.com/2025/01/10/p...

The Foreigner in Piraeus Anna Batzeli reveals how French forces brought cholera to Piraeus during their occupation of Greece, making the war twice as deadly.

Anna Batzeli on the public health emergency foisted on Piraeus by occupying forces during the Crimean War. thelausanneproject.com/2025/01/17/t...

We now have a cover for Medicine on a Larger Scale: Global Histories of Social Medicine (CUP 2025), eds. @ahlie.bsky.social, Jeremy Greene, and me. Many brilliant contributors give alternative genealogies and futures for social medicine - never so necessary, so urgent as now
#histstm #histsci #STS

Dear NDH'ers, we start the new year with a new social platform.
We hope many of you will join us here as before.
Spread the word!
And we hope to see you in Aix for NDH6!
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BSKY, meet The Lausanne Project. We're here to keep you informed about our podcasts, workshops, lesson plans and books, all devoted to the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne and its contested legacies, in Turkey, Greece and the rest of the world - and to share news of our collaborators and friends.

Join us tomorrow if you have nothing better to do. Professor Eugene Rogan will talk about his new book 'The Damascus Events'. The event will be moderated by yours truly.

Register here to reserve your spot at the lecture, followed by a drinks reception:

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PODCAST – Episode 60: Inventing Ikbal Nile Green walks Jonathan Conlin through Ikbal and Idries Shah’s unstable stable of aliases and identities.

📣 Episode #60 of The Lausanne Project Podcast is out! 📣🎉

Nile Green talks about his new book, "Empire’s Son, Empire’s Orphan: The Fantastical Lives of Ikbal and Idries Shah," walking us through their shifting stable of aliases and identities 👇🏼

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Lecture Koen van Zon: The European Union’s Decade-long Search for Legitimacy In this lecture, organised by the History of European Unification course, Koen van Zon will explore the decade-long search for the democratic legitimacy of the European Union.

Join us on 10/12 for a lecture by @koenvanzon.bsky.social on Europe's decade-long search for legitimacy. In the lecture, Koen analyses how the democratic nature of the EU evolved and explore the way the EU’s institutions, citizens and interest groups interact. Join 👇

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Big thanks to our stellar contributors, @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social & to my brilliant co-editors @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social & Erik de Lange, whose dedication brought this book to life! 🙏🏼

Many thanks also to Professors Glenda Sluga & @aysezarakol.bsky.social for their endorsements 🙏🏼 👇🏼

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Securing Empire This volume explores how the quest for security reshaped the world over the course of the 19th century, altering the structures, hierarchies and dynamics of int…

Check it out if you're curious about transimperial security cultures and paradoxes, Great Power-mediated administrative structures, river, health & legal regimes, the idea of civilization in non-Western empires, and more! 👇🏼

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📣Starting off skeeting in true academic style, by shamelessly self-promoting, of course!

Securing Empire is officially published! 🎉

It explores how 'security' fueled imperial cooperation but it was also used to justify imperial/colonial expansion & violence in the 19c, much like today 👇👇🏽👇🏿 1/3

my arrival here is officially justified now!

Integration and Collaborative Imperialism in Modern Europe This open access book provides a thought-provoking new perspective on European imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries. It does so by inquiring how smaller E…

🚨 A bit of a surprise, this, but our Bloomsbury volume Integration and Collaborative Imperialism in Modern Europe: At the Margins of Empire, 1800-1950 appears to now be ONLINE (and in OPEN ACCESS)! Read, share, tell your friends, discuss! 🗃️

Securing Empire This volume explores how the quest for security reshaped the world over the course of the 19th century, altering the structures, hierarchies and dynamics of int…

Happy to announce the birth of a new book! How/why did empires relentlessly expand - and worked together? Not competition but transaction and cooperation was key to the Age of Empires in the long 19th century. With brilliant colleagues Erik de Lange & Ozan Ozavci: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/securing-...

Writing Middle Eastern Lives: Biography in Modern Arab History

As someone writing a biography based in the Middle East right now, I might be biased, but this upcoming event at Oxford on “Writing Middle Eastern Lives” looks tremendous. Guest speakers will include Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, Marilyn Booth, and Peter Hill. #MiddleEastStudies