@article{Martykanova2017,
  author    = {Martykanova, Darina},
  title     = {A Gateway to the World},
  series = {Diasporas : circulations, migrations, histoire},
  volume    = {29},
  journal   = {Diasporas : circulations, migrations, histoire},
  publisher = {Presses Universitaires du Midi},
  address   = {Toulouse},
  issn      = {1637-5823},
  doi       = {10.4000/diasporas.718},
  pages     = {33 -- 51},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {In the second half of the 19th century, the French {\´E}cole centrale des arts et manufactures became one of the engineering schools that enjoyed a worldwide reputation. There were many foreigners among its students. This article focuses on the graduates born in the Ottoman Empire, particularly on Jews and Armenians. It analyses their backgrounds, their common features and their professional careers, tracing their links with other centraliens. The patterns in the Ottoman centraliens' professional trajectories help us picture a world full of opportunities where highly qualified men could cross borders and build careers with ease, but where, at the same time, origins, allegiances, contacts and credentials mattered greatly.},
  language  = {en}
}