Modern and Contemporary Greek History – THEMATIC UNITS

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SEI50 Between Tradition and Modernity: Greek Political History

Module Code: SEI50

ECTS Credit Points: 15

Module Type: Compulsory

Semester offered: First (1ο)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module Content:

The organization of the modern Greek state was characterized by systematic efforts to impose “contemporary political structures on a traditional cultural foundation”. Reactions to these efforts were initially violent, though those affected by the changes eventually displayed a striking adaptability to them. As a result, these foreign institutions retained their external attributes, but lost their original function. From the reign of Otto onwards, traditionalist and modernizing trends have coexisted to varying degrees in all Greek political formations that made claims of pluralism. During times of crisis, however, a divide would become evident between the two political cultures, with overtly modernizing and traditionalist trends emerging. The module aims to discuss this phenomenon as it manifested at various periods, while testing the validity of the theoretical interpretative tools that have been suggested. Students are expected to better understand the structural problems of Greek society and politics (such as the patronage system, corruption and statism, the roles of the church and the military in politics), obtain comprehensive knowledge on the causes of political conflict, which at times erupted into civil strife (such as the National Schism and the Civil War), and be able to interpret the perpetual under-development observable in Greece, such as the belated development of a civil society.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

Analyze the political, economic, and social processes connected with developments in the Greek state from its founding to the end of the Cold War.
Assess the effectiveness of the Greek state institutions and their historical development.
Explain the deeper causes and broader implications of individual ideological and partisan debates.
Comprehend the interaction between internal and external politics.

Subjects:

Political History of Greece, 19th-20th centuries
Constitutional History of Greece, 19th-20th centuries

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites.

Teaching Method: remote learning, utilizing the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (remote GCM).

SEI51 The Greeks and their Great Ideas

Module Code: SEI51

ECTS Credit Points: 15

Module Type: Elective

Semester offered: First (1ο)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module Content:

The module discusses the processes through which the Greek nation was formed and its irredentist agenda from the late 18th to the mid-20th c., viewed within the European context. Tracing the transition of Greek collective identity from the Post-Byzantine “Orthodox Commonwealth” to the modern “nation – state”, the module analyzes the components of Greek nationalism (language, religion, shared history and “national consciousness”), their shifting historical significance, and how they were treated by scholars and politicians. Lessons will then focus on the “Megali Idea” (“Great Idea”), the irredentist objective of liberating all Greeks still under foreign rule, from 1844 to 1922, discussing its various ideological and political interpretations, such as: “the enlightenment of the East”, the territorial expansion of the Greek State, Greece as a “model kingdom”, Greco-Turkish cooperation, and the Balkan federation. Lessons will also touch upon surviving irredentist trends after 1922 and World War II, focusing particularly on Cyprus, Northern Epirus, and the Dodecanese, all within the wider historical context.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

Recognize the processes that shaped the modern Greek ethnic identity from the late 18th to the mid-20th c.
Describe the components of Greek nationalism (language, religion, shared history, geography), their shifting historical significance, and their treatment by the various institutions (e.g., state, Church), political parties, leaders, and scholars
Identify the elements of Greek irredentism (Megali Idea), the efforts to expand the geographical boundaries of the Greek state through the incorporation of all Greeks living outside its borders, in addition to alternative aspects of the dominant ideological structure
Identify surviving aspects of Greek irredentism after 1922 and World War II, in relation to the historical context
Interpret the interaction of Greek political developments and intellectual aspirations with the objectives of the Megali Idea
Understand the significance of the international situation and the broader geopolitical and diplomatic developments for the success or failure of Greek irredentist ventures in the period under examination
Identify the role played in formulating and implementing Greek irredentist policy by the Press, public opinion, and various pressure groups.

Cognitive Subjects:

History of International Relations
History of Ideas (Irredentism)

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites.

Teaching Method: remote learning, utilizing the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (remote GCM).

SEI52 West of the East: Enlightenment and Orthodoxy as Factors Shaping the National Identity

Module Code: SEI52

ECTS Credit Points: 15

Module Type: Elective

Semester offered: First (1^st)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module Content:

The confrontation of the Greek world with the East and the West lies at the heart of Modern Hellenism’s enduring identity crisis. It is, in essence, a cultural phenomenon, if the Hellenic world is viewed as a third, separate cultural space, not defined by its location between East and West. The module discusses Greek relations with Europe, and examines the ideological conflicts between Westernizers and deniers of Westernization in Greek society from the late 18th c. until today, while tracing the trajectory of Greek nationalism. Lessons will center on the European direction of the Modern Greek Enlightenment, its clash with the Orthodox identity cultivated by the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the “anti-Enlightenment”, but also the structural differences between the western institutions of the Greek state and attempts to subvert or abolish them by the traditional elites who had been established during the period of Ottoman rule. Additionally, the module will discuss how these conflicts shifted, examining the ideological and political positions of the Westernizers and the resistance to Westernization of both traditional religion and the “Right” and “Left” of the political spectrum.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the module students will be able to:

Understand the historiographical discussion on the issue of tradition and modernization in Greek society,
Critically assess the role of the Enlightenment in the efforts to Westernize Greek society,
Critically assess the role of Orthodoxy in questioning the modernist narrative, and its impact on Greek society,
Assess Greece’s relations with Europe in the 19th century from their political and, primarily, cultural perspective,
Critically assess the various interpretations of the national idea from the Enlightenment to today,
Codify the primary ideological aspects of the National Schism,
Critically assess the issue of “Hellenity”, as it was expressed in the 1930s,
Comprehend the main ideological aspects of Greek Communism in relation to the Megali Idea during the Interwar Period and the Cold War,
Assess the role of the Cyprus Issue on the various aspects of the Greek national narrative, and their relation with the Western modernizing efforts after the Cold War,
Document the primary parameters of the ideological discussion regarding issues of nationalism and western modernism after the Metapolitefsi (“Regime Change”).

Subjects:

History of Ideas and of Education
Social History (Nationalism, Identities)

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites.

Teaching Method: remote learning, utilizing the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (remote GCM).

SEI53 The Greek Lands and the Great Powers (1800-1922)

Module Code: SEI53

ECTS Credit Points: 15

Module Type: Compulsory

Semester offered: Second (2ο)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module Content:

The space within which the Greek national movement unfolded and the Greek state was formed during the long 19th century attracted the interest of both its neighbors and the Great Powers of the time. In this sense, one could focus not only on the extent covered by the Greek nation-state but also on areas that Greek nationalism claimed without ultimately achieving their incorporation. Chronologically, this space extends from the Greek struggle for independence to the Asia Minor catastrophe. There will be an opportunity to examine the stance of the Great Powers towards Greece and Greek liberation, with reference to broader issues of each specific period, such as the Eastern Question and its various manifestations (e.g., Cretan Question, Macedonian Question, etc.). Understanding the policies of these powers in matters critical to the course of Hellenism is significant, especially as these policies were often driven by competing global or regional interests that had little to do with the aspirations of representatives of the Greek nation. Beyond the policies of the Great Powers on specific matters of Greek interest, the institutional form of Greece’s relations with them will be examined, from the stage of guarantee and ‘protection’ that followed the intervention of Britain, France, and Russia in revolutionary Greece, to that of – formally equal to powerful states – the country’s participation in alliances and broader coalitions. In correlation with the dominant political issues, students will be able to examine other parameters of the policies of the great powers, such as economic penetration, cultural influence, and propaganda. Special mention will be made of the ideological dimension and the tendency for issues of foreign policy to transform into matters of internal contention, not only in Greek territory but also in the political chessboard of the Great Powers, as demonstrated by examples of philhellenism, pan-Slavism, or ideological confrontation between totalitarian and liberal values.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the module, students are expected to:

know the main diplomatic milestones of the newly founded Greek state and Greek irredentism and be able to analyze the main events.
have understood and be able to substantiate the multifaceted nature of Greece’s relationship with the Great Powers (political intervention, economic penetration, cultural propaganda, wartime propaganda).
can interpret the diplomatic choices of the Great Powers on specific Greek issues, considering the wider international context and their internal political and ideological needs (e.g. the attitude of the Great Powers towards the Greek Revolution or the Cretan Question)
understand how foreign policy issues became issues of internal conflict (e.g. political parties, the National Schism).
be able to relate foreign policy issues to the ideological aspirations of the Greeks, especially as regards their relationship with Europe.
have approached the operation and consequences of interstate lending in the 19th century with reference to the example of Greece.
be able to relate the developments in the Balkans to Greek claims, e.g. the Eastern Crisis (1875-1878), the Macedonian Question, the Balkan Wars.
be familiar with the basic Greek literature on Greek foreign policy and the Great Powers.

Subjects:

Greek Diplomatic History, 19th century-1922
European Diplomatic History, 19th century-1920

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites.

Teaching Method: remote learning, utilizing the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (remote GCM).

SEI54 Trends and Wars in Greek Historiography, 19th-21st centuries

Module Code: SEI 54

ECTS Credit Points: 15

Module Type: Elective

Semester offered: Second (2ο)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module Content:

The module is an overview of the hallmarks in Greek historiography from its birth in Revolutionary Greece until the present day. Through the study of important historical texts and the works of key historians, students will learn the defining moments in historical thought and interpretation of the past, the “exceptionalism” of the Greek nation, national integration, and class consciousness. Lessons will discuss issues such as the correspondence between Greek historiography and international historical trends, such as historicism, Marxism, the Annales, social history, and cultural history; the transition from national narratives to the study of microhistory, minorities, nationalism, subjectivity, and collective traumatic experiences; the way hallmarks of Greek history, such as the Revolution of 1821, the Macedonian Struggle, the Asia Minor Catastrophe, the Civil War, are used to support the basic historiographical preferences of Greek historiography; the prominent role of the nation-state in the development of historical priorities and scholarly assumptions.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

Evaluate the primary sources and the tools of the historian,
Understand the critical events in Greek history,
Identify historical periods and evaluate the problems of periodization,
Discern and evaluate international influences on Greek historiography,
Interpret developments in Greek historiography within their historical context,
Become familiar with and discuss the main stages of Greek political, social, economic, and cultural history, in addition to other “histories”
Understand and explain the historiographical depictions of the Megali Idea and Greek irredentism,
Interpret the influence of trauma on historical narratives,
Write papers based on primary historical sources,
Apply the theory and philosophy of history to their writing,
Understand and present the contemporary historiographical trends,
Know and evaluate the scholarly disagreements (or wars over history) that have occurred and continue to occur in the interpretive reconstruction of the past,
Understand the means or factors and circumstances through which new thematic axes may be introduced and new historiographical trends created,
Evaluate the influence of technology on historiography,
Comprehend the relationship between public history and scholarly historiography

Subjects:

History of Historiography
Theory of History

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites.

Teaching Method: remote learning, utilizing the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (remote GCM).

SEI55 Greek Communities in Foreign Lands

Module Code: SEI 55

ECTS Credit Points: 15

Module Type: Elective

Semester offered: Second (2ο)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module Content:

The geographical dispersion of Hellenism is a factor in shaping both its ideology and its economy. The module SEI55 examines the Greek migrations from the early modern ages to the post-war emigration. It explores the different chronological phases and characteristics of the migratory phenomenon: from the Greek-orthodox merchant diaspora in the early modern period to the transatlantic, overseas emigration, the post-war labor and student migration and the political exile. It discusses the role of the diasporic Greeks and the diasporic capital in the development of the Greek economy, as well as in shaping both the Greek national identity and foreign policy. It also discusses issues of assimilation and diasporic identities, as well as the image of the diaspora in public discourse and popular culture.

Learning Outcomes:

After the successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

Identifying the chronological phases and the characteristics of the Greek diasporic phenomenon from the 15th century to the 20th century.
Be familiar with the history of some of the most important Greek diaspora communities, such as Venice (15th-18th century), the communities of Trieste and Vienna (18th-19th), the communities in Southern Russia (18th-19th), Egypt (19th-20th), and the Greek-American communities(19th-20th).
Approach critically issues of immigrants’ national identity, integration and assimilation into host societies as well as repatriation.
To relate migration to political events, economic conditions, ideological movements and social attitudes.
Analyze the relationship between the national centre and the diaspora and assess the contribution of the latter to national issues.
Deepen their understanding of the contribution of the diaspora capital to the development of the Greek economy (e.g. in the shipping sector, international trade, etc.).
Be familiar with the Greek literature on the Greek diaspora and to be aware of the development of the relevant historiography

Subjects

History of the Greek Diaspora
History of Greek Emigration

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites.

Teaching Method: remote learning, utilizing the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (remote GCM).

SEI60 The Region of Greece and the International System (1922-1989)

Module Code: SEI 60

ECTS Credit Points: 15

Module Type: Compulsory

Semester offered: Third (3ο)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module Content:

The module discusses Greece’s place in the international system from the Asia Minor Catastrophe to the end of the Cold War. The failure of the Asia Minor Campaign of 1919-1922, the signing of the treaty of Lausanne and the mandatory population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923 were watershed events in the foreign policy of the modern Greek state. In their aftermath, the Megali Idea, which had for roughly a century been the driving force behind both internal and foreign policy, was abandoned, and the priorities of the government in Athens shifted to securing the territorial integrity and political independence of the country. The module examines the Greek government efforts to adapt to an ever-shifting international environment, during a period marked by the transition from the traditional state system to a multilateral, globalized (especially after the 1970s) international system. During this period, the first intergovernmental organizations (League of Nations, United Nations, etc.) appeared, expressing a new conception of how the international community ought to be organized. Students shall learn the major strategic choices of the Greek governments from 1923 to 1989, in addition to the ways in which they managed the external affairs of the country. A particular topic of discussion will be the relations between Greece and the Great Powers, the superpowers, and her neighbors, viewed from both sides; the stances of the Great Powers vis à vis Greece will also be examined within the context of their broader strategic objectives and priorities in southeastern Europe. Additionally, the factors that led to the decline of Hellenism in places where it had a centuries-long presence will also be discussed. The lessons will conclude with the “deeper forces” that influenced Greek foreign policy: geography, ideological trends, financial situation, military capabilities.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

Understand the main turning points, continuities and new starting points in Greece’s relation with both its neighbours and the main players of the international system
Comprehend the various levels at which Greece’s foreign relations were developed (internal, regional, international)
Distinguish between the more permanent interests and objectives of Greek foreign policy as opposed to short-term pursuits and manoeuvers
Understand the role played in the shaping of Greek foreign policy by external factors, such as the Great Powers, neighbouring states, regional coalitions, and intergovernmental organizations
Understand the role played in the shaping of Greek foreign policy by internal factors, such as the Palace, the military, political parties, the Church, and pressure groups, the Press, and so-called “public opinion”
Understand the ways in which Greek foreign policy adapted during a transitional period in International Relations, in which the traditional nation-state system gave way to a new way of organizing the international community, where intergovernmental organizations played a far more important role (LoN, UN etc.).
Evaluate the role played in the shaping of Greek foreign policy by the so-called “deeper forces”, such as geography, political culture and ideological trends, financial situation, military capabilities, but also the political leadership or lack thereof
Approach from a global perspective the most important choices made by Greek governments, placing them within the context of Greece’s history from the entrenchment that followed the Asia Minor Catastrophe to the challenges of globalization that triggered the end of the Cold War.

Subjects

Greek Diplomatic History 1922-1989
International History 1920-1989

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites.

Teaching Method: remote learning, utilizing the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (remote GCM).

SEI61 Greece and the Balkans: A Turbulent Relation

Module Code: SEI 61

ECTS Credit Points: 15

Module Type: Elective

Semester offered: Third (3ο)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module Content:

Module Objective: The peoples of the Balkans were the primary reference point for Greek efforts at self-definition, from the Enlightenment to Greece’s post-war European course. If Greek identity was connected with the urban, commercial way of life, then the peoples of the Balkans were representatives of otherness in their immediate environment and served to confirm Greek superiority. Their relationship was far from uneventful; the other Orthodox peoples under Ottoman rule (Vlachs, Bulgarians, Arvanites, Serbs, Montenegrins), who all shared a common post-Byzantine culture, gradually transformed into blood brothers in expectation of revolt against the common oppressor. Later, they came to be viewed as competitors and finally, in the case of the Bulgarians and under the threat of Pan-Slavism, as hated enemies. The MODULE aims to present these shifts thematically through their historical evolution and analyze the significance of the Balkan model in the context of developing bilateral relations. A central aspect of this aim will be the examination of federal pretensions, the role played by stereotypes in shaping relations between nations and communities, the influence of propaganda and the various pressure groups, and minority issues. Finally, lessons will also touch upon the wider context in which the eastern, Balkan stereotype was shaped in the West from the early modern period to World War II.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of SEI61, students will be able to:

Understand the various Balkan peoples and their relationship with the Greeks throughout contemporary and modern history, a turbulent relationship in which otherness played the primary role in Greek self-definition.
Understand the temporal and thematic shifts in this relationship, within the context of 19th- and 20th-century international relations, and the policies of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires.
Apply methodological tools, such as the theories of national movements, the frame of otherness, and receptions in the Press and publications, to historicize stereotypes regarding the “Balkans” or the “East”.
Analyze and compare different historical sources, primarily newspapers and scholarly writings, in order to discuss issues such as the role played by stereotypes in shaping relations between nations and communities, the influence of propaganda and the various pressure groups, and minority issues.
Combine narratives regarding a specific issue, in order to demonstrate the different approaches to perceptions of the “other”, whether for Greeks and the Greek state or for the other Balkan peoples.
Compare and evaluate the evidence offered by historical documents, to interpret and approach the relationship between the Greeks and the Balkan peoples within the context of modernity, and demonstrate the multifaceted significance of the “Balkan model”.

Subjects

Relations between Greece and the Balkans
History of Ideas (National Ideologies and Stereotypes)

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites.

Teaching Method: remote learning, utilizing the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (remote GCM).

SEI62 Klefts, Palikars and Guerillas: Greek Outlaws and Heroes

Module Code: SEI 62

ECTS Credit Points: 15

Module Type: Elective

Semester offered: Third (3ο)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module Content:

The module discusses the special role played by irregular bands of armed brigands in Greek history. It was from this group that the Greek national heroes emerged, and it exerted significant ideological influence on the shaping of Greek society and ideology. In particular, after presenting the modern scholarly discussion on the phenomenon of brigandage, lessons will focus on studying the evolution of the klephts and armatoloi as manifestations of central state inability to control the mountainous hinterlands of Greece; the role of brigandage in 19th-century Greek politics and foreign policy up to the Balkan Wars; its suppression in the Interwar period and revival during the Resistance to the Axis occupation. Another aspect that will be discussed is the impact of brigandage on Greece’s image in Europe, concurrent cases from throughout the Balkans, and the formation and use of the stereotypical image of the klepht/brigand in folk songs, prose, 20th-century pulp fiction and the heroization of all brigands who wore the fustanella.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of SEI62, students will be able to:

Understand the modern scholarly discussion on the phenomenon of brigandage in rural areas.
Discuss the klephts and armatoloi in pre-revolutionary Greece in connection with Ottoman public safety mechanisms in mountainous regions.
Connect the idealization of the image of the klephts and armatoloi with the shaping of Greek national ideology, and with state policy and the process of creating a national pantheon of heroes.
Identify the problems caused for the armatoloi and klepht chieftains by the founding of the Greek nation-state and the regular army.
Codify the similarities and differences between the klephts and armatoloi of pre-revolutionary Greece and the robbers and brigands of the 19th and early 20th c.
Evaluate the contribution of brigands to irredentist uprisings organized by the Greek state in pursuit of the Megali Idea.
Explain why brigandage declined in rural areas after the Balkan Wars and World War I.
Understand the positive reception of brigands in Interwar urban folk literature.
Discern the various transformations of the image of the klephts and armatoloi during the Axis Occupation and the Civil War.

Subjects:

Social History of Warfare
Military History

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites.

Teaching Method: remote learning, utilizing the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (remote GCM).

SEI63 Bourgeois, Farmers and Workers: Topics on Greek Social History

Module Code: SEI 63

ECTS Credit Points: 15

Module Type: Compulsory

Semester offered: Fourth (4ο)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module Content:

SEI 63 studies the main transformations in Greek society from the foundation of the Greek state until today as well as the major social problems that arose. It examines the social changes that determined the character and composition of the Greek population: demographic changes, social differentiation and the gradual formation of the leading business groups, the middle and the working classes. It also examines long- term issues, such as the decline of the rural area and the rural exodus (internal migration), the settlement and absorption of successive waves of refugees, the labor question and interwar labor struggles, the formation of educational institutions, urbanization, political clientelism networks and the society during the German Occupation. Special emphasis is given to the history of women, the formation of feminist consciousness and the women’s movement, the demand for the acquisition of political rights and the integration of women into the Greek political system. The main purpose of SEI 63 is to trace the effects of the embarrassing challenge of economic modernization on the formation of society and the national ideology of the Greek state, reflected on the rough course of industrialization and deindustrialization, the slow emergence of the bourgeoisie and the generally “deformed” Greek capitalism.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of the module, students should be able to:

To recognize and understand in general the main peculiarities of the Greek example: the transformations of Greek society from the foundation of the Greek state until today in the context of the difficult relation between national ideology and economic modernization, a relation that led to uneven industrialization and capitalist development, the slow formation of the Greek bourgeoisie and the long-term resistance of traditional social and economic structures.
More specifically, to analyze specific social and political changes:
- the changes in the demographic composition of the Greek population
- the formation of leading social groups (business, political),
- the formation of the Greek working class
- the emergence of a middle class, which will influence political and ideological developments mainly from the beginning of the 20th century
- the establishment of educational institutions and their political and social role
- the role, finally, of the women’s movement and the formation of a feminist consciousness in the above transformations
To distinguish and interpret structural and largely unsolved problems of both the Greek rural and urban space, such as:
- the restructuring and decline of the rural area and of the traditional mechanisms of production and social reproduction
- rural migration
- the refugee issue
- the labor issue
- political clientelism
- the long-term social issues generated by the German Occupation and the Civil War

Subjects:

Labour History
Economic History

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites.

Teaching Method: remote learning, utilizing the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (remote GCM).

SEIDE Master’s Diploma Thesis

Code: SEIDE

ECTS Credit Points: 15

Type: Compulsory

Semester offered: Fourth (4ο)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Description: SEIDE aims to provide students with the opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills acquired during their studies in a more systematic manner, as well as to expand their activity in the field of research. The extent of the Master’s Thesis ranges from 13,000 to 15,000 words, including notes but excluding bibliography, contents, tables, and explanations of possible illustrations. The Master’s Diplomatic Thesis is orally defended before a three-member committee composed of the student’s supervisor and two other HOU teaching staff upon the recommendation of the Coordinator.

Content: The categories for DT included in the following list are indicative, and not mandatory, and they reflect the subjects covered by the SEI T.U.

Students can submit proposals covering more than one category; students may also submit a proposal on a different subject after having consulted the T.U. Coordinator.

Elections and political parties in Greece, 19^th-20^th c. Ideology and Politics in Greece, 19^th-20^th c.

The Role of the Crown in Greece, 19^th-20^th c. Economy and Society in Greece, 19^th-20^th c. State and Power in Greece, 19^th-20^th c.

The Educational System in Greece (19^th c. to the present day) Army and Politics in Greece

The Territorial Expansion of Greece, 19^th-20^th c.

Towards Self-Consciousness, 18th-19th c.

The “Megali Idea”: The Emergence and the Meaning of the Term

Towards Self-Consciousness, 18th-19th c.

The “Megali Idea”: The Emergence and the Meaning of the Term

Beyond the “Megali Idea”: In Search of a New Perspective for Greece

Nationalism and Perceptions of European Modernity (late 18th-beginning 19th c.)

The Greek Enlightenment and the Question of the Greek National Identity

European Philhellenism and Greek National Ideology

Enlightenment, Orthodoxy, and Greek National Ideology (1770 – 1830)

The Greek National Continuity Issue

From Enlightenment to Romanticism

Language, Antiquity, and Religion in Greek National Ideology (late 18th- 19th c.) Europeanization, Anti-Occidentalism, and Hellenity in 19tth c.

Greece Nationalism and Political Irrationalism in Greece (19th-20th c.)

The Greek Language Question (late 18th-20th c.)

Ideological Aspects of the National Schism

Perceptions of Modernism in Interwar Greece

Greek Communism, National Ideas, and European Modernity

Cultural Cold War in Greece

Europe and the Unification Vision

National Discourse and Anti-Americanism

The Re-emergence of Orthodox Tradition in Afterwar Period

Humanities and Social Sciences: Interpretations of Greek Nationalism, History, and European Modernity

The Greek Revolution and the Great Powers

The Napoleonic Wars and the New European Environment

The Eastern Question

The “Greek Question”

Philhellenism

Liberalism and Philhellenism

Greece and the Great Powers

The Balkans and the Great Powers

The Macedonian Question

The Question of Crete

The Cyprus Question

The Young Turks Movement

Balkan Wars

WWI: Politics and Ideology

Greek National Claims in the Post-war International Frame

National Claims and Minority Issues

Missionaries in Greece

Science and Politics: The Foreign Archaeological Schools in Greece

Foreign Propaganda in Greece during the National Schism

Propaganda as a Means of War

Greek Historiography (19th c. to the present day)

Schools of Historiography in Europe (19th-20th c.)

Milestones in 20th c. Greek History

Political, Economic, Social, and Cultural History: The Use of Sources

Trauma and Memory

Merchants in Diaspora (18th-mid-19th c.)

Personal and Collective Biographies

Greeks in Egypt

Greeks in Russian Empire

Emigration to the USA

Post-war Labor Emigration

Political Refugees in the People’s Republics

Greece and its Balkan Neighbors

Greek Foreign Policy (20th c.)

Greece and the League of Nations

Greek Diplomacy in WWII

Foreign Intervention in the Greek Civil War

Integration in Regional Security Organizations Greece, the Communist Coalition, and the Arabs Political Discourse and Foreign Policy

Ideology (Nationalism, Irredentism, Communism etc.) and Foreign Policy Perceptions of the Balkans in the Greek Press

Foreign Policy of the Balkan States

History Textbooks in the Balkans

The Balkans in Public History

Brigandage and Public Security Institutions

Armed Bands in Mountain Areas

Brigandage and Insurrections in Rural Areas

Perceptions of the ‘Armatoloi,’ the Brigands, and the Partisans in Rural Communities

Official Recognition of Rebel Fighters as Freedom Fighters

‘Klefts’ and ‘Armatoloi’ in Greek Historiography (19th c. to the present day)

Feminism in Greece (19th-20th c.)

The Question of Land

Reform Cities and Urban Society (19th.c.)

History of the Greek Working Class

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the D.T. students will be able to:

further develop their knowledge and skills acquired during their studies in a more systematic manner
expand their activity in the research field
apply the method of composing a scholarly work, utilizing all available tools of the historian
critically and responsibly handle primary and secondary sources
derive scholarly conclusions through the analysis of historical sources
publicly and substantively support the conclusions of their research

General Regulation for the Preparation of Master’s Theses in postgraduate programmes with a six-month duration.

For more information regarding the Specifications – Useful Material for writing Master’s Theses and uploading a Thesis at the H.O.U. Repository, you can go to the Digital Training Area http://courses.eap.gr and especially to the Program of Studies section.

Prerequisites: The presentation of the Master’s Diploma Thesis takes place after the successful completion of the program’s Modules.