Selim Hilmi Özkan is Professor of History at Yildiz Technical University. He is currently working on Ottoman diplomacy and Ottoman foreign policy. His most recent publications include “Reasons for Migration of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire before 1915”, African and Asian Studies, 19, 3, (2020), 282-305; and “Arms Smuggling across Ottoman Borders in the Second Half of the 19th Century” Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 18, 3, (2016), 297-312. He is currently working on a book project: Migrations and Migration Routes from Cebel-i Lebanon to the United States of America, End of the Nineteenth Century. Also, he is included in a researcher working group on "COST Action CA18129 "Islamic Legacy: Narratives East, West, South, North of the Mediterranean (1350-1750)" and "COST Action CA18140, People in Motion: Entangled Histories of Displacement across the Mediterranean(1492-1923)."

I held postdoctoral positions at Arizona State University, AZ, USA, from 2023-2024; at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA, from 2014-2015; and at the University of Wisconsin in 2012. My research has focused on Ottoman diplomacy, Ottoman foreign policy, and history education.