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PD Dr. Zaur Gasimov is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Eastern European History at the University of Bonn. His academic career spans multiple prestigious institutions including Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz where he completed his habilitation in Modern and Eastern European History in December 2020. He is currently working on a DFG-funded project titled "Wissen(schaft)s-Transfer und transnationale Ideenzirkulation zwischen Ost(mittel)europa und der Republik Türkei" as part of the Transottomanica research program.
Gasimov's research focuses primarily on the History of Poland, Russian-Turkish relations, Russian-Iranian relations, and the History of the Caucasus. His scholarly work explores the complex interplay of national identities, historical memory, and transnational intellectual networks in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region. His research often examines how historical narratives are constructed and instrumentalized in political contexts, particularly in relation to Russian and Soviet influence in the region.
Gasimov has published extensively on these topics, including monographs such as "Warsaw versus Moscow: Promethean activities between Poland, France, and Turkey, 1918–1939" (2022) and "Historical Dictionary of Azerbaijan" (2018). His publications reveal a consistent focus on transnational connections, cultural transfer, and the entanglement of intellectual histories across political boundaries, particularly examining how ideas circulated between Eastern Europe, the Ottoman Empire/Turkey, and Iran during the 20th century.
Among his notable achievements is receiving a special prize from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for his dissertation on the instrumentalization of history by the military in communist Poland and the USSR. His scholarly contributions have appeared in numerous prestigious journals including Iranian Studies, OSTEUROPA, and European Journal of Turkish Studies.
Gasimov maintains active research collaborations across Europe, with publications co-authored with scholars from various institutions. His work demonstrates significant engagement with theoretical frameworks related to cultural transfer, transnational history, and the politics of historical memory in post-imperial contexts.
