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Jerusalem, the Holy Land, and Greekness in Ouranis, Kazantzakis, Sikelianos, and Seferis during the Period of the British Mandate for Palestine Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Ariadne Konstantinou
Abstract: Representations of Jerusalem and the Holy Land during the time of the British Mandate in Palestine (1918–1948) appear in the works of four modern Greek authors of the interwar period: Ouranis, Kazantzakis, Sikelianos, and Seferis. Their works encompass different genres—travel writing (Ouranis and Kazantzakis), diaries (Sikelianos and Seferis), and poetry (Seferis)—and foreground questions
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Z: Memory Politics in Youth Activism in the Greek 1960s Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Aimilia (Emilia) Salvanou
Abstract: The Lambrakis Youth Movement in early 1960s Greece, although grounded in the nation’s post-Civil War political and social framework and oriented toward the future—trying to create a society of freedom, national independence, and social justice—nevertheless made memory and memory work an important aspect of its activism. More specifically, the Youth Movement cultivated a new memory and historical
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Currency as an Imprint of the Nation-State: Monetary Conditions in the Ottoman Empire at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century and the Transition from Ottoman Currencies to the Phoenix of the Hellenic State (1828) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Catherine Brégianni
Abstract: The economic decline of the Ottoman Empire was fundamental in various ways to the outbreak and progress of the Greek Revolution. The first attempts to create a national currency during the Greek Revolution reflect efforts to craft a modern state, and the eventual introduction of the phoenix by the first governor of the Hellenic State, Ioannis Capodistrias, underscores the shift to a newborn
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Cooperativism in a Dirigiste State: SEKE and the Reconstruction of Greece's Tobacco Sector (1947–1967) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Juan Carmona-Zabala
Abstract: The Co-operative Union of Tobacco Producers of Greece (SEKE) made a series of key contributions to the reconstruction, and development, of Greek tobacco production and exports in the postwar period. Its strategies allowed tobacco growers to retain a larger part of the value that they produced. A historical analysis of SEKE’s emergence and early trajectory allows a complex narrative of the
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The Fate of the Properties of the Executed/Escaped Greek Cypriots of July 1821 according to Ottoman Documents Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Güven Dinç
Abstract: Within a short time, the Greek Revolt of 1821 deeply affected the island of Cyprus. Unlike in the other islands, the rebellion on Cyprus was over before it started owing to the severe measures taken against the rebels by Governor Mehmed Agha, who requested an edict from the sultan listing the names of prominent Greeks to execute. Many Greeks left the island for fear of execution, but some
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Greece from Junta to Crisis: Modernization, Transition and Diversity by Dimitris Tziovas (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Vangelis Calotychos
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Greece from Junta to Crisis: Modernization, Transition and Diversity by Dimitris Tziovas Vangelis Calotychos (bio) Dimitris Tziovas, Greece from Junta to Crisis: Modernization, Transition and Diversity. London: I. B. Tauris, 2021. Pp. vii + 309. Hardback $108.00, Cloth $35.95, and E-book (PDF) $28.76. Literary critics no longer
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Contested Antiquity: Archaeological Heritage and Social Conflict in Modern Greece and Cyprus. ed. by Esther Solomon (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Artemis Leontis
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Contested Antiquity: Archaeological Heritage and Social Conflict in Modern Greece and Cyprus. ed. by Esther Solomon Artemis Leontis (bio) Esther Solomon, editor, Contested Antiquity: Archaeological Heritage and Social Conflict in Modern Greece and Cyprus. New Anthropologies of Europe series. Bloomington: Indiana University
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Venizelos: The Making of a Greek Statesman, 1864–1914 by Michael Llewellyn-Smith (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Spyridon G. Ploumidis
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Venizelos: The Making of a Greek Statesman, 1864–1914 by Michael Llewellyn-Smith Spyridon G. Ploumidis (bio) Michael Llewellyn-Smith, Venizelos: The Making of a Greek Statesman, 1864– 1914. London: Hurst, 2021. Pp. xx + 516. 50 illustrations, 4 maps. Cloth £30.00. Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936) was the outstanding Greek
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Voices of the Lost Children of Greece: Oral Histories of Cold War International Adoption ed. by Mary Cardaras (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Alexander Kitroeff
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Voices of the Lost Children of Greece: Oral Histories of Cold War International Adoption ed. by Mary Cardaras Alexander Kitroeff (bio) Mary Cardaras, editor, Voices of the Lost Children of Greece: Oral Histories of Cold War International Adoption. London and New York: Anthem Press, 2023. Pp. xvi + 192. Hardback $110.00, Paper
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ReFocus: The Films of Antoinetta Angelidi ed. by Penny Bouska and Sotiris Petridis (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Marios Psaras
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: ReFocus: The Films of Antoinetta Angelidi ed. by Penny Bouska and Sotiris Petridis Marios Psaras (bio) Penny Bouska and Sotiris Petridis, editors, ReFocus: The Films of Antoinetta Angelidi. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2023. Pp. xiii + 238. 25 B&W images. Hardback £90.00. Penny Bouska and Sotiris Petridis’s edited
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Υπό τη σκιά του Παρθενώνα: Χορός στο Φεστιβάλ Αθηνών στην περίοδο του Ψυχρού Πολέμου (1955–1966) by Steriani Tsintziloni (Στεριανή Τσιντζιλώνη) (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Katia Savrami
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Υπό τη σκιά του Παρθενώνα: Χορός στο Φεστιβάλ Αθηνών στην περίοδο του Ψυχρού Πολέμου (1955–1966) by Steriani Tsintziloni (Στεριανή Τσιντζιλώνη) Katia Savrami (bio) Steriani Tsintziloni (Στεριανή Τσιντζιλώνη), Υπό τη σκιά του Παρθενώνα: Χορός στο Φεστιβάλ Αθηνών στην περίοδο του Ψυχρού Πολέμου (1955–1966) [Under the shadow
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Redirecting Ethnic Singularity: Italian Americans and Greek Americans in Conversation ed. by Yiorgos Anagnostou, Yiorgos Kalogeras and Theodora Patrona (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Carla A. Simonini
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Redirecting Ethnic Singularity: Italian Americans and Greek Americans in Conversation ed. by Yiorgos Anagnostou, Yiorgos Kalogeras and Theodora Patrona Carla A. Simonini (bio) Yiorgos Anagnostou, Yiorgos Kalogeras, and Theodora Patrona, editors, Redirecting Ethnic Singularity: Italian Americans and Greek Americans in Conversation
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Contributors Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-03
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contributors Catherine P. Brégianni is Research Director at the Modern Greek History Research Center of the Academy of Athens. She is the author of Les Banques, l’agriculture et l’Etat. Stratégies de crédit et politique agraire en Grèce, de 1861 à 1940 (2002, her PhD thesis), Ιόνιο Κράτος, 1814–1864, Θεσμοί και κοινωνική διάρθρωση (2017)
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Paparrigopoulos on Continuity, Constantine, and the Council of Nicaea Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Young Richard Kim
Abstract: Konstantinos Paparrigopoulos was the “father” of modern Greek historiography, and his monumental Ιστορία του ελληνικού έθνους (History of the Hellenic Nation) was for its time a comprehensive and controversial achievement, an imaginative and learned tapestry of Greek history from antiquity to the present, woven with the golden thread of Hellenism. Against the prevailing views of European
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Senses and Perceptions: The Last Decades of Greek Orthodox Existence in Potámia in Cappadocia Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Gülen Göktürk Baltas
Abstract: The Greek Orthodox Community was uprooted from Cappadocia with the signing of the Convention of the Exchange of Populations between Turkey and Greece at Lausanne on 30 January 1923. Until then Potámia had been one of the prosperous villages of the area, thanks to financial contributions of Potámian migrants in foreign lands. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the village
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Axis Occupation and the Odeon of Herodes Atticus: Artistic Production under Fascism (1941–1942) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Vasileios Balaskas
Abstract: During the first two years of the Occupation of Greece by the Axis powers (1941–1942), the Odeon of Herodes Atticus had a symbolic place within fascist ideology. Legislative reform and a cultural revival of the ancient monument played a crucial role in the artistic expression of the occupying forces. Productions of Greek companies were tightly controlled by the Italian and German authorities
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The Orthodox Church and the Macedonian Question in North America: Religion, Diaspora, and Ethnic Politics (1957–1989) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Athanasios Grammenos
Abstract: In the Orthodox commonwealth, faith has been an important variable of national identity since the Balkan national movements of the nineteenth century. Part of the literature highlights how local Churches stood by and assisted self-determination efforts. Later, during the Cold War, political and national aspirations were transferred via the Church and immigrant institutions into North America
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The Greek Connection: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate by James H. Barron, and: Ένα σκοτεινό δωμάτιο, 1967–1974: Ο Ιωαννίδης και η παγίδα της Κύπρου—Τα πετρέλαια στο Αιγαίο—Ο ρόλος των Αμερικανών [A dark room, 1967–1974: Ioannidis and the Cyprus trap—Aegean oil—The role of the Americans]. by Alexis Papahelas (Αλέξης Παπαχελάς) (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Konstantina E. Botsiou
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Greek Connection: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate by James H. Barron, and: Ένα σκοτεινό δωμάτιο, 1967–1974: Ο Ιωαννίδης και η παγίδα της Κύπρου—Τα πετρέλαια στο Αιγαίο—Ο ρόλος των Αμερικανών [A dark room, 1967–1974: Ioannidis and the Cyprus trap—Aegean oil—The role of the Americans]
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The Greek Military Dictatorship: Revisiting a Troubled Past, 1967–1974 ed. by Othon Anastasakis and Katerina Lagos (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Kostis Kornetis
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Greek Military Dictatorship: Revisiting a Troubled Past, 1967–1974 ed. by Othon Anastasakis and Katerina Lagos Kostis Kornetis (bio) Othon Anastasakis and Katerina Lagos, eds., The Greek Military Dictatorship: Revisiting a Troubled Past, 1967–1974. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2021. Pp. 398. 7 illustrations. Hardback
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Thessaloniki: A City in Transition, 1912–2012 ed. by Dimitris Keridis and John Brady Kiesling (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Iakovos D. Michailidis
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Thessaloniki: A City in Transition, 1912–2012 ed. by Dimitris Keridis and John Brady Kiesling Iakovos D. Michailidis (bio) Dimitris Keridis and John Brady Kiesling, eds., Thessaloniki: A City in Transition, 1912–2012. London and New York: Routledge, 2021. Pp. xvii + 390. 54 illustrations. Paper £29.59. The history of Thessaloniki
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Archaeology, Nation, and Race: Confronting the Past, Decolonizing the Future in Greece and Israel by Raphael Greenberg and Yannis Hamilakis (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Dimitri Nakassis
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Archaeology, Nation, and Race: Confronting the Past, Decolonizing the Future in Greece and Israel by Raphael Greenberg and Yannis Hamilakis Dimitri Nakassis (bio) Raphael Greenberg and Yannis Hamilakis, Archaeology, Nation, and Race: Confronting the Past, Decolonizing the Future in Greece and Israel. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
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Memories of Asia Minor in Contemporary Greek Culture: An Itinerary by Kristina Gedgaudaité (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Aimilia (Emilia) Salvanou
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Memories of Asia Minor in Contemporary Greek Culture: An Itinerary by Kristina Gedgaudaité Aimilia (Emilia) Salvanou (bio) Kristina Gedgaudaité, Memories of Asia Minor in Contemporary Greek Culture: An Itinerary. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. Pp. xvi + 252. Hardcover $109.99. The first thing one notices when
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Modern Odysseys: Cavafy, Woolf, Césaire, and a Poetics of Indirection by Michelle Zerba (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Vassiliki Kolocotroni
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Modern Odysseys: Cavafy, Woolf, Césaire, and a Poetics of Indirection by Michelle Zerba Vassiliki Kolocotroni (bio) Michelle Zerba, Modern Odysseys: Cavafy, Woolf, Césaire, and a Poetics of Indirection. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2021. Pp. x + 241. Cloth $99.95. In “Homer’s Sticks and Stones” (1969), a classic—some
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Contributors Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-27
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contributors Vasileios Balaskas is Substitute Professor in Classics at the University of Malaga. In his recent works, he has used archival material to reconceptualize the modern reuse of ancient venues in Greece, Spain, and Italy. His research interests include the reception of Greco-Roman antiquity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
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Borders, Belonging, and Refugee Memory since the Greco-Turkish War and Population Exchange Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 William Stroebel, Kristina Gedgaudaitė
Abstract: What cultural, historical, institutional, and legal paradigms have the Greco- Turkish War and Population Exchange bequeathed to national and trans-national practices of border-making, border-crossing, and heritage-claiming over the past century, and how have subsequent experiences reshaped the original paradigm? We approach this question through four distinct categories: namely, the historical
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Rethinking the Greco-Turkish Population Exchange in the Civilizationist Present Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Aslı Iğsız
Abstract: The unapologetic rise of “ethno-nationalism,” white nationalism, and supremacist narratives in the contemporary world context has led scholars to revisit the histories of totalitarianism, fascism, and authoritarianism. Challenging the idea that these violent racialized histories have been confined to the past, critical scholars argue that their legacies are in fact prominent aspects of the
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Multi-actor Synergies, Sovereignty, and Refugee Resettlement in Interwar Greece Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Lina Venturas
Abstract: The colossal task of resettling over one million refugees in interwar Greece involved—in addition to multiple domestic actors—various foreign state, non-state, and private business agents, as well as the League of Nations and the Refugee Settlement Commission established under its auspices. Refugee resettlement had already been associated with the consolidation of the state’s fragile sovereignty
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Evolving Moral Economies of Vulnerability in the Aegean Borderscape Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Evie Papada
Abstract: The Aegean Sea and its landscape stretching across the Greek-Turkish border has since the establishment of the Greek state always been a space of inter-locking politics and discourses surrounding the figure of the refugee. Since the so-called refugee crisis, processes of construction of refugee deservingness have increasingly centered around the category of vulnerability. Ethnographic work
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"A Ḥarrāg's Account": Craftily Narrating and Navigating the EU's Morphing Borderscape Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Graham Liddell
Abstract: Neoliberal borders inconspicuously morph, now facilitating the free passage of goods and citizens from rich countries, now violently excluding irregular travelers departing from impoverished and repressive environments. In turn, unauthorized migrants demonstrate narrative and performative craft(iness) by tactically shapeshifting to fit themselves into the highly particular mold of a “worthy
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Tracing "Greek" Heritage: Anthropological Insights into Intangible Heritages, Collective Memory, and Identity on the Black Sea Littoral Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Erol Saglam
Abstract: Despite its public invisibility, fragments and transfigurations of Greek heritage continue to permeate and affect the social lives of local communities in the Trabzon region. An examination of the persistence of Greek heritage in Trabzon suggests that heritage should not be sought solely through material traces and remnants: intangible heritages take peculiar shapes in localized contexts
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Pastures of Love, Mountains of Sacrifice: Ιmaginings of Pontic Homelands in Parakathi Singing and the Postmemory of Trauma Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Ioannis Tsekouras
Abstract: The Pontic Greeks or Pontians play an important role in contemporary Greek history. Pontic identity and collective memory narratives wield significant influence over the national memory, and particularly the memories of Asia Minor and of the 1922 Catastrophe. Pontians commemorate and postmemorialize their ancestral pre-1922 homeland in the practice of music socialization known as parakathi
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Between Ritual and Restoration: Remembering and Reclaiming Ionia's Religious Architectural Heritage Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Kalliopi Amygdalou, Emine Çiğdem Asrav, Ioannis N. Grigoriadis
Abstract: Following the Balkan Wars, the First World War, the 1919–1922 Greco-Turkish War, and the 1923 mutual and compulsory Population Exchange between Greece and Turkey, millions left their towns and villages behind and their homes, schools, and religious buildings were re-used by incoming refugees from the other side or were left in ruins. In the last two decades, a number of old church buildings
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Greeks without Greece: Homelands, Belonging, and Memory amongst the Expatriated Greeks of Turkey by Huw Halstead, and: The Making of the Greek Genocide: Contested Memories of the Ottoman Greek Catastrophe by Erik Sjöberg, and: Με το Διωγμό στην ψυχή: Το τραύμα της μικρασιατικής καταστροφής σε τρεις γενιές [Persecution in the soul: The trauma of the Asia Minor disaster across three generations] by Libby Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Marilena Anastasopoulou
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Greeks without Greece: Homelands, Belonging, and Memory amongst the Expatriated Greeks of Turkey by Huw Halstead, and: The Making of the Greek Genocide: Contested Memories of the Ottoman Greek Catastrophe by Erik Sjöberg, and: Με το Διωγμό στην ψυχή: Το τραύμα της μικρασιατικής καταστροφής σε τρεις γενιές [Persecution in the
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The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe by Mark Mazower, and: The Greek Revolution in the Age of Revolutions (1776–1848): Reappraisals and Comparisons by ed by Paschalis M. Kitromilides (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Lucien Frary
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe by Mark Mazower, and: The Greek Revolution in the Age of Revolutions (1776–1848): Reappraisals and Comparisons by ed by Paschalis M. Kitromilides Lucien Frary (bio) Mark Mazower. The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe. New York: Penguin, 2021. Pp
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Democratisation in Spain, Greece and Portugal ed. by Maria Elena Cavallaro and Kostis Kornetis (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Iosif Kovras
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Democratisation in Spain, Greece and Portugal ed. by Maria Elena Cavallaro and Kostis Kornetis Iosif Kovras (bio) Maria Elena Cavallaro and Kostis Kornetis, eds., Rethinking Democratisation in Spain, Greece and Portugal. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan, 2019. Pp. xxi + 272. Cloth $149.99 Anniversaries, crises, and other
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The Forgotten Heroes of the Balkan Wars: Greek-Americans and Philhellenes, 1912–1913 by Peter S. Giakoumis (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Fevronia K. Soumakis
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Forgotten Heroes of the Balkan Wars: Greek-Americans and Philhellenes, 1912–1913 by Peter S. Giakoumis Fevronia K. Soumakis (bio) Peter S. Giakoumis, The Forgotten Heroes of the Balkan Wars: Greek-Americans and Philhellenes, 1912–1913. Rochester, NY: Starry Night Publishing, 2020. Pp. iii + 686. 18 illustrations. Paper
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Δέν ειν' ο περσινός καιρός . . . : Έλλη-νες κλεφταρματολοί καί Αλβανοί στασιαστές (1829–1831) [It's not last year . . . : Greek militiamen-bandits and Albanian rebels (1829–1831)] by Basil K. Gounaris (Βασίλης Κ. Γούναρης) (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 John Athanasios Mazis
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Δέν ειν’ ο περσινός καιρός . . . : Έλλη-νες κλεφταρματολοί καί Αλβανοί στασιαστές (1829–1831) [It’s not last year . . . : Greek militiamen-bandits and Albanian rebels (1829–1831)] by Basil K. Gounaris (Βασίλης Κ. Γούναρης) John Athanasios Mazis (bio) Basil K. Gounaris (Βασίλης Κ. Γούναρης), Δέν ειν’ ο περσινός καιρός... :
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Child Survivors of the Holocaust in Greece: Memory, Testimony and Subjectivity by Pothiti Hantzaroula (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Kateřina Králová
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Child Survivors of the Holocaust in Greece: Memory, Testimony and Subjectivity by Pothiti Hantzaroula Kateřina Králová (bio) Pothiti Hantzaroula, Child Survivors of the Holocaust in Greece: Memory, Testimony and Subjectivity. London: Routledge, 2020. Pp. x + 265. Cloth $160.00. Since Debórah Dwork published her book Children
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Nisiotika: Music, Dances, and Bitter-Sweet Songs of the Aegean Islands by Gail Holst-Warhaft (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Angela Glaros
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Nisiotika: Music, Dances, and Bitter-Sweet Songs of the Aegean Islands by Gail Holst-Warhaft Angela Glaros (bio) Gail Holst-Warhaft, Nisiotika: Music, Dances, and Bitter-Sweet Songs of the Aegean Islands. Limni, Evia: Denise Harvey, 2021. Pp. 292. 61 illustrations, 3 maps. Paper €15.50. In Nisiotika, Gail Holst-Warhaft argues
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The Cinematic Language of Theo Angelopoulos by Vrasidas Karalis (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Eleftheria Rania Kosmidou
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Cinematic Language of Theo Angelopoulos by Vrasidas Karalis Eleftheria Rania Kosmidou (bio) Vrasidas Karalis, The Cinematic Language of Theo Angelopoulos. New York and Oxford: Berghahn, 2021. Pp. x + 207. 24 illustrations. Cloth $135.00. Vrasidas Karalis’s monograph The Cinematic Language of Theo Angelopoulos, published
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The Archeologist and Selected Sea Stories by Andreas Karkavitsas (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Patricia Felisa Barbeito
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Archeologist and Selected Sea Stories by Andreas Karkavitsas Patricia Felisa Barbeito (bio) Andreas Karkavitsas, The Archeologist and Selected Sea Stories. Translated by Johanna Hanink. New York: Penguin Books, 2021. Pp. ix + 220. Paper $17.00. The Archeologist and Selected Sea Stories belatedly but brilliantly brings
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The Greek Revolution: A Critical Dictionary ed. by Paschalis M. Kitromilides and Constantinos Tsoukalas (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Marios Hatzopoulos
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Greek Revolution: A Critical Dictionary ed. by Paschalis M. Kitromilides and Constantinos Tsoukalas Marios Hatzopoulos (bio) Paschalis M. Kitromilides and Constantinos Tsoukalas, eds., The Greek Revolution: A Critical Dictionary. Cambridge MA: Belknap Press, 2021. Pp. xxiv + 770. 44 illustrations. Cloth $39.95. Revolution
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The Greek Fire: American-Ottoman Relations and Democratic Fervor in the Age of Revolutions by Maureen Connors Santelli (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Ada Dialla
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Greek Fire: American-Ottoman Relations and Democratic Fervor in the Age of Revolutions by Maureen Connors Santelli Ada Dialla (bio) Maureen Connors Santelli, The Greek Fire: American-Ottoman Relations and Democratic Fervor in the Age of Revolutions. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2020. Pp. 250. Hardcover $44.95
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Contributors Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contributors Kalliopi Amygdalou is Senior Researcher at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, where she leads the ERC StG project HOMEACROSS. She is an architectural historian working on nineteenth- and twentieth-century architecture and urban planning in southeastern Europe. She has published articles in the Bulletin
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Borders, Belonging, and Refugee Memory since the Greco-Turkish War and Population Exchange Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 William Stroebel, Kristina Gedgaudaitė
Abstract: What cultural, historical, institutional, and legal paradigms have the Greco- Turkish War and Population Exchange bequeathed to national and trans-national practices of border-making, border-crossing, and heritage-claiming over the past century, and how have subsequent experiences reshaped the original paradigm? We approach this question through four distinct categories: namely, the historical
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Rethinking the Greco-Turkish Population Exchange in the Civilizationist Present Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Aslı Iğsız
Abstract: The unapologetic rise of “ethno-nationalism,” white nationalism, and supremacist narratives in the contemporary world context has led scholars to revisit the histories of totalitarianism, fascism, and authoritarianism. Challenging the idea that these violent racialized histories have been confined to the past, critical scholars argue that their legacies are in fact prominent aspects of the
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Multi-actor Synergies, Sovereignty, and Refugee Resettlement in Interwar Greece Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Lina Venturas
Abstract: The colossal task of resettling over one million refugees in interwar Greece involved—in addition to multiple domestic actors—various foreign state, non-state, and private business agents, as well as the League of Nations and the Refugee Settlement Commission established under its auspices. Refugee resettlement had already been associated with the consolidation of the state’s fragile sovereignty
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Evolving Moral Economies of Vulnerability in the Aegean Borderscape Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Evie Papada
Abstract: The Aegean Sea and its landscape stretching across the Greek-Turkish border has since the establishment of the Greek state always been a space of inter-locking politics and discourses surrounding the figure of the refugee. Since the so-called refugee crisis, processes of construction of refugee deservingness have increasingly centered around the category of vulnerability. Ethnographic work
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"A Ḥarrāg's Account": Craftily Narrating and Navigating the EU's Morphing Borderscape Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Graham Liddell
Abstract: Neoliberal borders inconspicuously morph, now facilitating the free passage of goods and citizens from rich countries, now violently excluding irregular travelers departing from impoverished and repressive environments. In turn, unauthorized migrants demonstrate narrative and performative craft(iness) by tactically shapeshifting to fit themselves into the highly particular mold of a “worthy
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Tracing "Greek" Heritage: Anthropological Insights into Intangible Heritages, Collective Memory, and Identity on the Black Sea Littoral Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Erol Saglam
Abstract: Despite its public invisibility, fragments and transfigurations of Greek heritage continue to permeate and affect the social lives of local communities in the Trabzon region. An examination of the persistence of Greek heritage in Trabzon suggests that heritage should not be sought solely through material traces and remnants: intangible heritages take peculiar shapes in localized contexts
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Pastures of Love, Mountains of Sacrifice: Ιmaginings of Pontic Homelands in Parakathi Singing and the Postmemory of Trauma Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Ioannis Tsekouras
Abstract: The Pontic Greeks or Pontians play an important role in contemporary Greek history. Pontic identity and collective memory narratives wield significant influence over the national memory, and particularly the memories of Asia Minor and of the 1922 Catastrophe. Pontians commemorate and postmemorialize their ancestral pre-1922 homeland in the practice of music socialization known as parakathi
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Between Ritual and Restoration: Remembering and Reclaiming Ionia's Religious Architectural Heritage Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Kalliopi Amygdalou, Emine Çiğdem Asrav, Ioannis N. Grigoriadis
Abstract: Following the Balkan Wars, the First World War, the 1919–1922 Greco-Turkish War, and the 1923 mutual and compulsory Population Exchange between Greece and Turkey, millions left their towns and villages behind and their homes, schools, and religious buildings were re-used by incoming refugees from the other side or were left in ruins. In the last two decades, a number of old church buildings
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Greeks without Greece: Homelands, Belonging, and Memory amongst the Expatriated Greeks of Turkey by Huw Halstead, and: The Making of the Greek Genocide: Contested Memories of the Ottoman Greek Catastrophe by Erik Sjöberg, and: Με το Διωγμό στην ψυχή: Το τραύμα της μικρασιατικής καταστροφής σε τρεις γενιές [Persecution in the soul: The trauma of the Asia Minor disaster across three generations] by Libby Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Marilena Anastasopoulou
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Greeks without Greece: Homelands, Belonging, and Memory amongst the Expatriated Greeks of Turkey by Huw Halstead, and: The Making of the Greek Genocide: Contested Memories of the Ottoman Greek Catastrophe by Erik Sjöberg, and: Με το Διωγμό στην ψυχή: Το τραύμα της μικρασιατικής καταστροφής σε τρεις γενιές [Persecution in the
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The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe by Mark Mazower, and: The Greek Revolution in the Age of Revolutions (1776–1848): Reappraisals and Comparisons by ed by Paschalis M. Kitromilides (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Lucien Frary
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe by Mark Mazower, and: The Greek Revolution in the Age of Revolutions (1776–1848): Reappraisals and Comparisons by ed by Paschalis M. Kitromilides Lucien Frary (bio) Mark Mazower. The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe. New York: Penguin, 2021. Pp
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Democratisation in Spain, Greece and Portugal ed. by Maria Elena Cavallaro and Kostis Kornetis (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Iosif Kovras
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Democratisation in Spain, Greece and Portugal ed. by Maria Elena Cavallaro and Kostis Kornetis Iosif Kovras (bio) Maria Elena Cavallaro and Kostis Kornetis, eds., Rethinking Democratisation in Spain, Greece and Portugal. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan, 2019. Pp. xxi + 272. Cloth $149.99 Anniversaries, crises, and other
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The Forgotten Heroes of the Balkan Wars: Greek-Americans and Philhellenes, 1912–1913 by Peter S. Giakoumis (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Fevronia K. Soumakis
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Forgotten Heroes of the Balkan Wars: Greek-Americans and Philhellenes, 1912–1913 by Peter S. Giakoumis Fevronia K. Soumakis (bio) Peter S. Giakoumis, The Forgotten Heroes of the Balkan Wars: Greek-Americans and Philhellenes, 1912–1913. Rochester, NY: Starry Night Publishing, 2020. Pp. iii + 686. 18 illustrations. Paper
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Δέν ειν' ο περσινός καιρός . . . : Έλλη-νες κλεφταρματολοί καί Αλβανοί στασιαστές (1829–1831) [It's not last year . . . : Greek militiamen-bandits and Albanian rebels (1829–1831)] by Basil K. Gounaris (Βασίλης Κ. Γούναρης) (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 John Athanasios Mazis
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Δέν ειν’ ο περσινός καιρός . . . : Έλλη-νες κλεφταρματολοί καί Αλβανοί στασιαστές (1829–1831) [It’s not last year . . . : Greek militiamen-bandits and Albanian rebels (1829–1831)] by Basil K. Gounaris (Βασίλης Κ. Γούναρης) John Athanasios Mazis (bio) Basil K. Gounaris (Βασίλης Κ. Γούναρης), Δέν ειν’ ο περσινός καιρός... :
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Child Survivors of the Holocaust in Greece: Memory, Testimony and Subjectivity by Pothiti Hantzaroula (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Kateřina Králová
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Child Survivors of the Holocaust in Greece: Memory, Testimony and Subjectivity by Pothiti Hantzaroula Kateřina Králová (bio) Pothiti Hantzaroula, Child Survivors of the Holocaust in Greece: Memory, Testimony and Subjectivity. London: Routledge, 2020. Pp. x + 265. Cloth $160.00. Since Debórah Dwork published her book Children
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Nisiotika: Music, Dances, and Bitter-Sweet Songs of the Aegean Islands by Gail Holst-Warhaft (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Angela Glaros
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Nisiotika: Music, Dances, and Bitter-Sweet Songs of the Aegean Islands by Gail Holst-Warhaft Angela Glaros (bio) Gail Holst-Warhaft, Nisiotika: Music, Dances, and Bitter-Sweet Songs of the Aegean Islands. Limni, Evia: Denise Harvey, 2021. Pp. 292. 61 illustrations, 3 maps. Paper €15.50. In Nisiotika, Gail Holst-Warhaft argues
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The Cinematic Language of Theo Angelopoulos by Vrasidas Karalis (review) Journal of Modern Greek Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Eleftheria Rania Kosmidou
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Cinematic Language of Theo Angelopoulos by Vrasidas Karalis Eleftheria Rania Kosmidou (bio) Vrasidas Karalis, The Cinematic Language of Theo Angelopoulos. New York and Oxford: Berghahn, 2021. Pp. x + 207. 24 illustrations. Cloth $135.00. Vrasidas Karalis’s monograph The Cinematic Language of Theo Angelopoulos, published