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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-19th 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 19thCentury- 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 19thCenturyIstanbul. 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.

Clogg, Richard, Η Ελληνική διασπορά στον 20ο αιώνα, μτρφ. Μαρίνα Φράγκου, Ελληνικά Γράμματα, Αθήνα 2010.