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[New York University’s Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative] Panel: Ottoman Migration, Immigration, and the “New World”
June 4, 2021 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
This panel will explore a diverse set of studies around the notions of migration, state-making, and borders in the late 19th and early 20th centuries of the Ottoman Empire. Zeynep Devrim Gürsel traces the use of photographs at the border during Ottoman Armenian emigration to the United States in order to examine how photography and statecraft intersect in the making and unmaking of citizens; Chris Gratien explores the category of “Ottoman American” to refer to Ottoman immigrants to the United States in order to analyze how/if this notion was socially, culturally, and politically meaningful in the Ottoman diaspora; and David Gutman discusses how the conjuring of the “Armenian migrant” as a security threat in the Ottoman state discourse relates to strategies of border security and surveillance. Our commentator, Robert Zens, will draw on each of these presentations to speak about some of the relevant themes around Ottoman migration that emerge throughout these presentations. The panel will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A session.
To attend this event, please use this Zoom registration link.
Contact information: abb12@nyu.edu