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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
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
Research Areas
Research Areas Based on Academic Activities
Avesis Research Areas
WoS Research Areas
Scopus Research Areas
Academic Positions
2014 - 2016
2014 - 2016Lecturer
Istanbul Commerce University, İnsan Ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi Ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü (İngilizce)
Articles
2024
20241. Being 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
20232. GEÇ 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
20083. Alternatif Moderniteler: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu ve İranda Meşrutiyetçilik
, Uğur H.
Divan: Disiplinlerarası Çalışmalar Dergisi , no.24, pp.47-78, 2008 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2005
20054. Nikolai Todorov ve Balkan Şehri Kitabı
Uğur H., Uğur H.
Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi , no.6, pp.601-606, 2005 (Scopus)
Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences
2025
20251. “GOD SAVE OUR BRAVE SAYYID”: SULTAN BARGHASH’S DESIRE FOR A ZANZIBAR NATIONAL ANTHEM IN 1879
UĞUR H.
ECAS 2025 Conference, African, Afropean, Afropolitan, Prague, Czech Republic, 25 - 28 June 2025, (Full Text)
2025
20252. The legacy of Afro-Ottomans in late Ottoman and early Republican societies. Re-visiting the global African diaspora perspective
UĞUR H.
27th Workshop on African History and Culture, Polenz, Germany, 16 May 2025, (Full Text)
2025
20253. The Legacy of Afro-Ottomans in Late Ottoman and Early Republican Societies: Re-visiting Global African Diaspora Perspective
UĞUR H.
CAAR Conference, Humboldt University, Knowledges in Motion: Black Travels, Belonging, and Transformations, Berlin, Germany, 20 - 22 March 2025, (Full Text)
2025
20254. Muhammad Muhtar: A Belgian Muslim in Transimperial Networks of Ottoman Diplomacy and African Colonial Encounters (1889-1892)
UĞUR H.
Among Empires: Transimperial Circulation of Political Models and Scientific Knowledge. The Case of Four “Latecomers” (Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Japan), 1880s-1940s, Turin, Italy, 13 - 15 February 2025, (Full Text)
2024
20245. ‘The Legacy of Afro-Ottomans in Late Ottoman and Early Republican Societies: Re-visiting Global African Diaspora Perspective
Uğur H.
15th IBZ Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 30 November 2024, (Full Text)
2024
20246. From Italy to Zanzibar: The Trans local Network of an Anarchist in 1905
UĞUR H.
5th 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 4-6 April 2024 İtaly, Urbino., Urbino, Italy, 4 - 06 April 2024, (Full Text)
2003
20037. The 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, (Full Text)
2022
20228. “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, (Full Text)
2019
20199. Karl Petters’ Settlers and Ottoman View of Schutzbrief in 1885
UĞUR H.
17th Workshop on African History and Culture, Leipzig, Germany, 07 October 2019, (Full Text)
2018
201810. Africa in Ottoman Sources 1884-1895
UĞUR H.
14th Workshop on African History and Culture, Leipzig, Germany, 04 May 2018, (Full Text)
2016
201611. Some 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, (Full Text)
2015
201512. Reflections 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, (Full Text)
2013
201313. Zengibar 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, (Full Text)
2007
200714. Zanzibar as the East African Frontier of the Ottoman Empire
UĞUR H.
A Workshop on The Frontiers of the Ottoman World: Fortifications, Trade, Pilgrimage and Slavery, Londrina, Brazil, 15 - 17 February 2007, (Full Text)
Books
2023
20231. Doğu 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
20162. It 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
20133. Zanzibar: 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
20065. Cilt II
UĞUR H.
in: Balkan Tarihi, Savan Zehra, Hatice Uğur, Editor, Küre Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.111-222, 2006
2006
20066. The 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 and Roles in Scientific Organizations
2025 - Continues
2025 - ContinuesCollogium for African American research
Member
2022 - Continues
2022 - ContinuesAfrican Studies in Europe
Member
Peer Reviews in Scientific Publications
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