Ottoman Borderlands

Migration and Mobility in the Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Borderlands (19^th-21^st centuries) seeks to trace instances of trans-border mobility, networks, minority cultures, and memory in borderland spaces that (have) transcend(ed) the territorial division of the former Ottoman Empire. Specifically foregrounding individual and microhistorical perspectives, we aim to discuss the border(land) and trans-border mobility not within the light of top-down policing and control, but as the site of vibrant social, economic, and cultural dynamics, individual agency, transgression, trans-border relations, identity, and memory production (particularly in relation to experiences of mobility and displacement). By entwining microhistorical perspectives and minority histories with broader debates in border and mobility studies, the workshop aims to open new methodological and conceptual avenues for studying the Ottoman and post-Ottoman world.