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70052 Greek-Orthodox communities in Asia Minor and the Eastern Mediterranean

Efthymia Kanner

Lecturer

canner[at]turkmas.uoa[dot]gr

3 hours per week

Course Objectives

Students completing the course should be able to:

Perceive the construction of the Greek-Orthodox communities in Asia Minor and the Eastern Mediterranean as a part of the process of Westernization in this region.
Perceive the formation of concepts such as “nation”, “class”, “gender”, “social reproduction”, “social mobility” in these surroundings as parts of the general political and social reform projects in the region.
Understand the modifications these communities went through in the framework of the region’s nation-states.
Discern the potentialities appearing in these communities in the context of the current political developments in Turkey and Middle East.

Course Structure

The course is structured around the following axes:

Communal institutions, economic modifications, social stratification, in the Greek-Orthodox communities of Istanbul, Asia Minor, Egypt, Middle East from the mid-19^th century until the 1920s. Differentiations between them.
Education and philanthropy in these communities in the context of the Ottoman (and Egyptian) reforms: aspects of social reproduction and social mobility.
Greek-Orthodox communities and Greek nationalism.
Greek-Orthodox communities and Turkish/Arabic nationalism. Greek-Orthodox communities in the respective nation-states.
Globalisation, market economy and Greek-Orthodox communities in Turkey, Egypt and Middle East.

Assessment

(a) written assignment (2,000 words, 30% of the overall grade);

(b) final examination (70% of the overall grade).

Required Readings

Anagnostopoulou Sia, 1997, Μικρά Ασία 19ος αιώνας - 1919, Οι Ελληνορθόδοξες Κοινότητες. Από το μιλλέτ των Ρωμιών στο ελληνικό κράτος, [AsiaMinor 19^thCentury- 1919. From the Rum Milleti to the Greek State] (in Greek), Hellenica Grammata Publishers, Athens.

Anastassiadou, Meropi- Dumont, Paul, 2007, Οι ΡωμιοίτηςΠόλης. Τραύματα και προσδοκίες, [IstanbulRumCommunity. Traumas and Expectations] (in Greek), Estia Publishers, Athens.

Exertzoglou, Haris, 1996, Εθνικήταυτότητα στην Κωνσταντινούπολη τον 19οαιώνα. Ο Ελληνικός Φιλολογικός Σύλλογος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (1861-1912), [NationalIdentityin 19^thCenturyIstanbul. The Hellenic Literary Association (1961-1912)], (in Greek), Nefeli Publishers, Athens.

Clogg, Richard, 1999, The Greek Diaspora in the Twentieth Century, Macmillan, London [Greek Edition, 2010, Hellenica Grammata Publishers, Athens].

Kanner, Efi, 2004, Φτώχεια και φιλανθρωπία στην Ορθόδοξη κοινότητα της Κωνσταντινούπολης 1753-1912, [Poverty and Philanthropy in the Orthodox Community of Istanbul 1753-1912] (in Greek), Katarti Publishers, Athens.

Bibliography

Αναγνωστοπούλου, Σία, Μικρά Ασία 19ος αιώνας - 1919, Οι Ελληνορθόδοξες Κοινότητες. Από το μιλλέτ των Ρωμιών στο ελληνικό κράτος, Ελληνικά Γράμματα, Αθήνα 1997.

Αναστασιάδου, Μερόπη- Dumont, Paul, Οι Ρωμιοί της Πόλης. Τραύματα και προσδοκίες, Εστία, Αθήνα 2007.

Εξερτζόγλου, Χάρης, Εθνική ταυτότητα στην Κωνσταντινούπολη τον 19ο αιώνα. Ο Ελληνικός Φιλολογικός Σύλλογος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (1861- 1912), Νεφέλη, Αθήνα 1996.

Κάννερ, Έφη, Φτώχεια και φιλανθρωπία στην Ορθόδοξη κοινότητα της Κωνσταντινούπολης 1753-1912, Κατάρτι, Αθήνα 2004.