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.” His articles appeared in Past & Present, Comparative Studies in Society and History, International Journal of Middle East Studies, and Slavic Review. He received his Ph.D. in History from Stanford University and served as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University.