Timur Hammond
Assistant Professor, Geography
Degree
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2016
Specialties
Middle East, Turkey, cultural geography, urban geography, religion, identity
Biography
Prior to joining the Maxwell School faculty,
Timur was an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University
of Vermont, Fall 2016 to Summer 2017. From Fall 2008 to Spring 2016, he was a
graduate student in the Department of Geography at the University of
California, Los Angeles.
Prof.
Hammond’s primary research interests include the Middle East, Turkey, cultural
geography, urban geography, religion, and identity.
Prof. Hammond’s scholarship has been recognized with several awards and honors. In 2013, he won the doctoral student paper competition in multiple specialty groups of the Association of American Geographers. For his doctoral research, Prof. Hammond was awarded Fulbright funding and a fellowship from the American Research Institute in Turkey. To complete his dissertation, he received a writing grant from the Institute of Turkish Studies, in addition to multiple fellowships from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prof. Hammond is a member of many specialty groups in the Association of American Geographers, as well as the Middle East Studies Association.
Prof. Hammond received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2016 for his dissertation, Mediums of Belief: Muslim Place Making in 20th Century Turkey. In 2010, he received his Master’s degree in Geography from the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2005, he received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Publications
Elizabeth Angell, Timur Hammond, and Danielle van Dobben Schoon. 2014. “Assembling Istanbul: Buildings and Bodies in a World City.” Introduction to Special Feature. City. Vol. 18, no. 6, p. 644-654.
Timur Hammond. 2014. “Matters of the Mosque: Changing Configurations of Buildings and Belief in an Istanbul District.” City. Vol. 18, no. 6, p. 679-690.
Timur Hammond. 2013. “A Region in Fragments: The Middle East From Istanbul.” The Arab World Geographer. Vol. 16, no. 1, p. 125-145.