Ataturk Institute Book Talks

Dr. Ozan Ozavci (Utrecht University)

Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798-1864 (Oxford University Press, 2021)

Discussants: Glenda Sluga (European University Institute), Cengiz Kırlı (Boğaziçi University) and Aimee M. Genell (University of West Georgia)

14 April 2022; 18.00

Biography:

Dr. Ozan Ozavci is Assistant Professor of Transimperial History at Utrecht University, and associate member at the Centre d’Études Turques, Ottomanes, Balkaniques et Centrasiatiques (CETOBaC, UMR 8032) in Paris. Following the completion of his ERC-funded monograph titled Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798-1864 (Oxford University Press, 2021), he’s currently finalizing his third monograph (provisionally titled The Secrets of Pera, under contract with Bloomsbury, 2022) that looks into the two Istanbul embassies of the Scottish diplomat Sir Robert Liston. In this book, he discusses the intimate connections between the capitulations and peace-making at the turn of the nineteenth century. In addition to these, Ozavci is co-convener of the Lausanne Project and the Security History Network.