Co-Sponsored by the George Seferis Chair of Modern Greek Studies, Harvard University, and the Karamanlis Chair of Hellenic and European Studies, Fletcher School, Tufts University. The conference is co-organized by Constantine Arvanitopoulos and Panagiotis Roilos
Friday, 24 September 2021
11:30-11:45 ET (Boston Time)
Introductory Remarks
Constantine Arvanitopoulos (Fletcher School, Tufts University), Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University)
11:45-13:00
Panel I
Chair: Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University)
Mark Beissinger (Princeton University)
Greek Revolution in Comparative Perspectives
Alan Henrikson (Fletcher School, Tufts University)
Great Power Intervention and the Independence of Greece: The Theory and Diplomacy of National Liberation
Costas Douzinas (Birkbeck, University of London)
1821 and Philosophy
Patrice Higonnet (Harvard University)
Modern Nationhood and Diplomatic Circumstance
13:00-14:15
Panel II
Chair: Costas Douzinas (Birkbeck, University of London)
Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University)
Early Philhellenism and the Formation of Modern Hellenism
Christina Koulouri (Panteion University)
Commemorating Revolution: A Transnational Approach to Modern Greek National Memory
Konstantinos Tsoukalas (University of Athens)
Symbolic Aspects of National Anniversaries: Greece, 1821-2021
Konstantina Botsiou (University of The Peloponnese)
Timely Revolutions: Greece and the Great Powers, from 1821 to the Pax Americana
Saturday, September 25, 2021
10:00-11:15
Panel III
Chair: Nikos Alivizatos (University of Athens)
Alexandros Kyrou (Salem State University)
Korais and Jefferson: A Friendship Conceived in Hellenism, a Bond Born in Revolution
Sophia Laiou (Ionian University)
Between an Empire and a Revolution: The Ottoman Greek Bourgeois in 1821
Dimitris Keridis (Panteion University)
Going West, Balancing the Rest: Marketing the Greek Cause Then and Now
Elizabeth Prodromou (Tufts University)
Transnational Religion and Territorialized Church: Reflections on Orthodox Christianity, the Greek Revolution and Geopolitics
11:15-12:30
Panel IV
Chair: Elizabeth Prodromou (Tufts University)
Spyridon Vlachopoulos (University of Athens)
The Constitutions of the Greek Revolution
Nikos Alivizatos (University of Athens)
Alexander Mavrokordatos, Founding Father of Greek Constitutionalism
Constantine Arvanitopoulos (Fletcher School, Tufts University)
The Greek War of Independence in Historical Perspective
Kostas A. Lavdas (Panteion University)
The Unfulfilled Promise: Republican Potential and Power Politics in the 1820s
12:45-14:00
Panel V
Chair: Constantine Arvanitopoulos (Fletcher School, Tufts University)
Kostas P. Kostis (University of Athens)
Thoughts on the Greek War of Independence
George Alogoskoufis (Athens University of Economics and Business)
The Three Historical Cycles of the Greek Economy from 1821 until Today
Evangelos Prontzas (Panteion University)
From the Social Authenticities of the Greek Occupied Territories to the Nationalization of Public Economic Framework
Petros Pizanias (Ionian University)
All Strive to Enjoy the Land: The Agricultural Question from the English to the Greek Revolution: A Comparison
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