Timur Hammond is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University. Trained as a cultural and urban geographer, his research and teaching explore how people create meaningful worlds by encountering and transforming urban environments. His recently published book project, Placing Islam: Geographies of Connection in Twentieth-Century Istanbul, develops this project through a geo-history of the neighborhood of Eyüp, home to one of Istanbul’s most important Muslim shrines. Other recent articles have examined the geographies of commemoration following Turkey’s July 2016 coup attempt and critically assessed the value of “regional’”frames for understanding heritage in the Middle East. At both the undergraduate and graduate level, his teaching examines the politics and practices of urban transformation, changing cultural forms in the city, and the complicated ways that religion and memory are woven into urban life.
