History professor Selda Altan publishes work, presents at conference

History professor Selda Altan

History professor Selda Altan presented “A French Muslim in Qing China: Gervais Courtellemont’s Travels in Yunnan and Chinese Muslims in French Colonial Policy-Making, 1900–1911” virtually during the Biennial Conference of the Historical Society of Twentieth-Century China over the summer.

She wrote more about the topic for the Turkish history journal Toplumsal Tarih. Her article, “Yirminci Yüzyıl Başında Çin’de Fransız Sömürgeciliği, Çin Müslümanları ve Osmanlılar [French Colonialism, Muslims, and Ottomans in Early-Twentieth-Century China],” appeared in the November issue.