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Biography
Hatice Uğur graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of History in
2000. In 2003, she completed her master’s degree in history at Boğaziçi
University with a thesis titled “Understanding Afrika-yi Osmani in the Late
Ottoman Period: The Case of Zanzibar”, which was published as “A Sultanate in
Ottoman Africa: Zanzibar” (Kure Publications, 2005). She completed her doctoral
studies at the Institute of African Studies, Department of History, Leipzig
University with her thesis titled “East Africa's Entangled Worlds in Ottoman
Sources, 1879-1915”. Uğur has published several studies on Ottoman Africa and
the interactions between the Ottomans, East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean
regions in the 19th century. She is currently a faculty member at Marmara University Institute of Middle East and Islamic Countries. She will also be a
visiting researcher at the Department of African Studies at Humboldt
University, during 2024-2025, where she will study the Afro-Ottoman legacy in
late Ottoman and early Republican societies and examine Africans in the
post-imperial Ottoman Empire within the broader concept of global African
diaspora.
Education Information
2014 - 2022
2014 - 2022Doctorate
Leipzig Universität, Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies, History Department, Germany
2000 - 2003
2000 - 2003Postgraduate
Bogazici University, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Tarih, Turkey
1995 - 2000
1995 - 2000Undergraduate
Bogazici University, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi , Tarih, Turkey
Dissertations
2022
2022Doctorate
East Africa's Entangled Worlds in Ottoman Sources, 1879-1915
Leipzig Universität, Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies, History
2003
2003Postgraduate
Understanding Afrika-yi Osmani in the late Ottoman Period: The case of Zanzibar
Bogazici University
Foreign Languages
C2 Mastery
C2 MasteryEnglish
Academic Titles / Tasks
2014 - 2016
2014 - 2016Lecturer
Istanbul Commerce University, İnsan Ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi Ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü (İngilizce)
Courses
Articles Published in Other Journals
2024
2024Being Connected in Hard Times The Ottoman and Zanzibar Relations in the Late 19th Century
Uğur H.
EURASIAN STUDIES , vol.21, no.2, pp.186-205, 2024 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2023
2023GEÇ DÖNEM OSMANLI TOPLUMUNDA AFRO-OSMANLILARI(!) YENİDEN DÜŞÜNMEK
Ugur H.
Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi , vol.21, no.41, pp.1-19, 2023 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2008
2008Alternatif Moderniteler: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu ve İranda Meşrutiyetçilik
, Uğur H.
Divan: Disiplinlerarası Çalışmalar Dergisi , no.24, pp.47-78, 2008 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2005
2005Nikolai Todorov ve Balkan Şehri Kitabı
Uğur H., Uğur H.
Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi , no.6, pp.601-606, 2005 (Scopus)
Refereed Congress / Symposium Publications in Proceedings
2003
2003The Relationship between Zanzibar Sultanate and the Ottomans in late Ottoman Period
UĞUR H.
International Symposium on the Islamic Civilization in Eastern Africa, Kampala, Uganda, 15 - 17 December 2003, pp.111-222
2022
2022“The Ottoman Perception of the First Colonial Initiations in East Africa: Alman İskan-ı Muhacirin Cemiyeti
UĞUR H.
Uluslararası Sempozyum, İstanbul, Turkey, 7 - 09 September 2022
2019
2019Karl Petters’ Settlers and Ottoman View of Schutzbrief in 1885
UĞUR H.
17th Workshop on African History and Culture, Leipzig, Germany, 07 October 2019
2018
2018Africa in Ottoman Sources 1884-1895
UĞUR H.
14th Workshop on African History and Culture, Leipzig, Germany, 04 May 2018
2016
2016Some Reflections on the Documentary of Africa and Ottomans: Color and Rhythm of the Multicultural Worlds of East Africa
UĞUR H.
Türkiye – Afrika İlişkilerinde Kadın Konferansı, Ankara, Turkey, 10 March 2016
2015
2015Reflections of Travelers’ Accounts of Zanzibar in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
UĞUR H.
9th Workshop on African History and Culture, Leipzig, Germany, 23 October 2015
2013
2013Zengibar Hakkında Malumat-ı Mufassala” An Ottoman Envoy Mehmed Rushdi’s Report On Zanzibar in Late 19th century
UĞUR H.
International Symposium on the Islamic Civilization in Eastern Africa, Zanzibar, Tanzania, 3 - 06 September 2013
Books
2023
2023Doğu Afrika'da İslam ve Çağdaş Güncel Müslüman Düşüncesi
UĞUR H.
in: Müslüman Dünyada Çağdaş Düşünce Projesi, Sahra altı Afrika'da Çağdaş Müslüman Düşüncesi, Sunar, Lütfi, Editor, Yurtdışı Türkler ve Akraba Toplulukları Başkanlığı, Ankara, pp.33-65, 2023
2016
2016It Took Longer to Arrive Than Stay: An Ottoman Envoy's Visit in Zanzibar in October 1888
UĞUR H.
in: SOURCES AND METHODS FOR AFRICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF ADAM JONES, GeertCastryck, Silke Strickrodt and Katja Werthmann, Editor, Leipziger Universitatsverlag, Leipzig, pp.305-317, 2016
2013
2013Zanzibar: The Sultanate and the Ottoman State in Africa,
UĞUR H.
in: Studies on Ibadism and Oman: Oman and Overseas, Hoffmann-Ruf Michael , Abdulrahman Al Salimi, Editor, Georg Olms Verlag, Zürich, pp.353-377, 2013
2006
2006Cilt II
UĞUR H.
in: Balkan Tarihi, Savan Zehra, Hatice Uğur, Editor, Küre Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.111-222, 2006
2006
2006The Relationship between Zanzibar Sultanate and the Ottomans in late Ottoman Period
UĞUR H.
in: The Proceedings of the International Symposium on Islamic Civilisation in Eastern Africa, IRCICA, Abdu. B. K. Kasozi, Sadık Ünay, Editor, IRCICA Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.149-161, 2006
Episodes in the Encyclopedia
Activities in Scientific Journals
2024 - Continues
2024 - ContinuesTurkish Journal of African Studies
Scientific Committee Membership
2023 - Continues
2023 - ContinuesSosyal ve Kültürel Araştırmalar Dergisi
Scientific Committee Membership
Memberships / Tasks in Scientific Organizations
2025 - Continues
2025 - ContinuesCollogium for African American research
Member
2022 - Continues
2022 - ContinuesAfrican Studies in Europe
Member
Scientific Refereeing
November 2024
November 2024Africania
National Scientific Refreed Journal
March 2024
March 2024Florya Chronicles of Political Economy
National Scientific Refreed Journal
January 2024
January 2024Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi SBE Dergisi
National Scientific Refreed Journal
January 2023
January 2023Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi
National Scientific Refreed Journal
Scientific Consultations
2024 - Continues
2024 - ContinuesProject Consultancy
İSLAM ANSİKLOPEDİSİ
Marmara University, Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic Countries, Department of Political History and International Relations of Middle East, Turkey
Congress and Symposium Activities
07 July 2025 - 11 July 2025
07 July 2025 - 11 July 2025International Association for Ottoman Social and Economic History
Invited Speaker
Budapest-Hungary
25 June 2025 - 28 June 2025
25 June 2025 - 28 June 202510th European Conference on African Studies: African, Afropean, Afropolitan
Invited Speaker
Praha-Czech Republic
20 March 2025 - 22 March 2025
20 March 2025 - 22 March 202514th Biannual CAAR Conference "Knowledges in Motion: Black Travels, Belonging, and Transformations"
Invited Speaker
Berlin-Germany
13 February 2025 - 14 March 2025
13 February 2025 - 14 March 2025Among Empires: Transimperial Circulation of Political Models The Case of Four “Latecomers” (Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Japan)
Invited Speaker
Turin-Italy
04 April 2024 - 06 April 2024
04 April 2024 - 06 April 20245th AEGIS Thematic Conference of the Collaborative Research Group Africa in the Indian Ocean A Passage to/from Africa: rhythmic exchanges in the Western Indian Ocean
Panelists
Cagliari-Italy
Scholarships
2024 - 2025
2024 - 2025