La 8^e séance de l’Atelier Eurasie centrale 2025-26 du GSRL à l’EPHE aura lieu le mardi 14 avril, de 11h00 à 13h00, en partenariat avec le séminaire « Histoire croisée de la Russie et du Moyen-Orient contemporains, xix^e–xx^e siècles » de l’EHESS (responsables : Masha Cerovic et Lina Tsrym).

Attention : pour cette séance, nous nous réunirons au bâtiment recherche Sud du campus Condorcet, 2 cours des Humanités, 93300 Aubervilliers (métro Front populaire), en salle A502 — ainsi qu’en ligne (sur demande à ateliereurasiecentrale@gmail.com).

NB – Les personnes présentes sur site mais ne disposant pas d’un badge du campus sont invitées à demander un passe à la réception, afin de pouvoir accéder aux ascenseurs.

Nous y écouterons une présentation de Mme Evgenia PRUSSKAYA (Université Philippe de Marbourg) :

Trans-imperial subjects of the Tsar: Muslims under Russian rule in the nineteenth-century Southern Caucasus

The nineteenth century marked a period of continuous expansion of the Russian Empire into the Southern Caucasus. As a result of several Russo-Ottoman and Russo-Persian wars throughout the century, large territories inhabited by significant Muslim populations were brought under the rule of the Romanov Empire. These territories, neighbouring the Ottoman and Qajar Empires, emerged as a dynamic borderland characterised by the constant migration of diverse population groups. The Muslim population in the region comprised both Sunni and Shia communities, who were dispersed across various areas and maintained strong familial, economic, and religious ties across the three empires.

The lecture will address the in-between position and the trans-imperial connections of Muslim communities under Russian rule in the Southern Caucasus during the nineteenth century, when borders between the empires shifted several times. In fact, Muslims in the region belonged to a broader Ottoman-Russian-Persian Muslim world within which they lived and moved. The Russian authorities had to take into account this borderland position of the region and the connections of their Muslim subjects when shaping imperial policies toward them. At the same time, Muslims developed various strategies for navigating this space, including the use of borders and differing legal systems in the region to pursue their own interests.

Au plaisir de vous retrouver à cette occasion,

Stéphane Dudoignon, Agathe Guy, Lina Tsrym