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Umit Kurt
University of Newcastle
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Secondary Email: [email protected]
Primary Phone: +610484947655
Social Science Building, Callaghan University Drive
Callaghan New South Wales 2308
Australia
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Armenian Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Minorities
Nationalism
Ottoman Studies
Turkish Studies
World History
Geographic Areas of Interest
Ottoman Empire
All Middle East
Anatolia
Armenia
Mediterranean Countries
Specialties
I Am A Historian Of The Late Ottoman Empire With A Particular Focus On The Transformations Of The Imperial Structures And Their Role In Constituting The Republican Regime.
Moreover, My Research And Teaching Are Grounded On Theories Of State And Class, Social Identity And Ethnicity.
My Expertise Centers On History Of Mass Violence, Armenian Genocide, Comparative Genocides, Nationalism, Inter-ethnic Strife And Political Economy Of Violence In The Late Ottoman Context.
Languages
Turkish (native)
Armenian (fluent)
Turkic Languages (intermediate)
Arabic (elementary)
Hebrew (intermediate)
Kurdish (advanced)
English (fluent)
German (advanced)
French (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2016 | History | Clark University
MA | 2008 | Art and Social Sciences | Sabanci University
BA | 2006 | Political Science | Midde East Technical University
Abstracts
Fate of Armenian Family Wealth: Confiscation of Property in Ottoman Aintab during the First World War