Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky is a historian of global migration and forced displacement and an assistant professor of global studies at UC 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). His articles have appeared in Past & Present, Comparative Studies in Society and History, International Journal of Middle East Studies, and Slavic Review. He received his PhD in history from Stanford and served as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University.