PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies

Ninth International Graduate Student Conference

IN MODERN GREEK STUDIES

“Works in Progress: New Approaches”

Friday, May 5, 2017

Scheide Caldwell House, Room 103

City Square by Yiorgis Yerolymbos
Photo Credit: Yiorgis Yerolymbos, "City Square" (2016)  
  

9:45 a.m.         WELCOME:  Dimitri Gondicas (Princeton University)      
 
10:00 a.m.       PANEL I:  PAST IN PRESENT    
 
Chair:              Effie Rentzou (Princeton University)
 
Alexander Grammatikos (Carleton University)  Abstract and Bio
“All Roads Lead to Constantinople: Re-Historicizing Greek-British Relations in The Travellers and The Last Man
 
Respondent:   Foteini Dimirouli (Princeton University)
 
Jessica Kourniakti (University of Oxford) Abstract and Bio
“The Past of Development: Classical Antiquity and the Ideology of the Dictatorship of 21 April”
 
Respondent:  Dina Boero (Princeton University)
 
12:00 p.m.       LUNCH
 
1:30 p.m.         PANEL II:  HELLENES & OTHERS
 
Chair:              Molly Greene (Princeton University)
 
Leon Saltiel (University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki) Abstract and Bio
“The Greek-Christian Elites of Thessaloniki Facing the Holocaust: Actions, Attitudes and Motivations”
 
Respondent:  Gabriel Radle (Princeton University)
 
Berke Torunoglu (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Abstract and Bio
“Neo-Hellene Problem in the Ottoman Empire: 1830 – 1878”
 
Respondent:  Angela Falcetta (Princeton University)
 
3:30 p.m.         COFFEE BREAK
 
4:00 p.m.         PANEL III:  NEW STATES, NEW INSTITUTIONS
 
Chair:              Elizabeth Davis (Princeton University)
 
Maria Kokkinou (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales) Abstract and Bio
“The Institutionalization of the Greek Civil War Refugees in Bulgaria: Past and Present”
 
Respondent: Michalis Sotiropoulos (Princeton University)
 
Haris Malamidis (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa) Abstract and Bio
“Exploring the Changes in Social Movements Repertoire in Times of Crisis: The Case of Social Solidarity Clinics and Pharmacies”
 
Respondent: Tracey Rosen (Princeton University)
 
6:00 p.m.         RECEPTION


Program Committee:

Dina Boero, Hellenic Studies
Foteini Dimirouli, Hellenic Studies
Kathleen Crown, Humanities
Elizabeth Davis, Anthropology
Karen Emmerich, Comparative Literature
Angela Falcetta, Hellenic Studies
Dimitri Gondicas, Classics and Hellenic Studies
Molly Greene, History and Hellenic Studies
Nikolas Kakkoufa, Hellenic Studies
Gabriel Radle, Hellenic Studies
Effie Rentzou, French and Italian
Tracey Rosen, Hellenic Studies
Jamie Reuland, Music
Teresa Shawcross, History and Hellenic Studies
Michail Sotiropoulos, Hellenic Studies

Secretary to the CommitteeAlexander Baron-Raiffe, French and Italian

Supported by the Michael George Mazarakis Modern Greek Studies Fund

Cosponsored by the Council of the Humanities and the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies