Hamit Bozarslan

Hamit Bozarslan (born in Lice, Turkey) is a political scientist and Kurdish historian. He is known for his work on the Middle East, Turkey and the Kurdish question. He is a director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris.

Bozarslan holds doctorates in history and political science from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris. His research focuses on the modern history of the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East. He was a research fellow at the Centre Marc Bloch from 1995 to 1997, and a visiting professor at Princeton University in 1998. He was appointed maître de conférences at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in 1998. Since 2006, he has been a director of studies at the same institution.