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• The Left and 1821

  This page, created by the Contemporary Social History Archives, presents the relationship between the left and 1821 in an attempt to rethink the history of the Greek 20th century. The Archives of Contemporary Social History follows the readings of the Greek Revolution by building a repository of rare archival documents, unique publications, lively discussions and original texts.

• The other Konstantinos Oikonomos “o ex Oikonomon”

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• The establishment of the Church of Greece: rival versions of Οrthodoxy, the nation and the revolution

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• The 25 March anniversary in the romantic years (1830-1880): rituals of memory and literary representations

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• Fustanellas and chlamydes: Historical memory and national identity in the first century of the life of the Greek state

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• A radical scholar in the footsteps of Rigas: Panagiotis Panas (1832-1896)

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• Searching for Europe in the years after the Revolution

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• The official language of the newly established Greek state

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• Press and freedom

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• Greek parliamentarism, 1843-2021: Normality and aberrations

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• The foreign origins of the Great Idea

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• The Great Idea, the University of Athens and the “progress of the nation” in the newly founded Greek kingdom

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• Ionian Sea, 1770-1864: The interpretation of the nation and the catalyst of the Revolution

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• An attempt to outline the life and work of Ioannis Kapodistrias

  Kapodistrias’ great diplomatic and political skills, his personal talents, his selflessness, his great contribution to the liberated country do not need idealisation to be acknowledged. They emerge on their own from historical evidence and testimonies. This idealisation, sanctification even, which justifies all its government choices and parasitically or simply condemns any dissenting opinion or act, does not improve but damages his historical image. On the contrary, any unsubstantiated and one-sided criticism that focuses merely on his authoritarian or other choices without understanding the conditions that prevailed when Kapodistrias exercised power is unhistorical. Some thoughts will be expressed about the life and work of Kapodistrias: - How his personality was formed - His gradual progress in the Russian service - His role in the decisions of the great powers on the fate of post-war Europe - His personal life - His attitude towards the Philiki Etaireia and the Greek Revolution - His departure from the Russian service - His election as governor of Greece - His government policy. His ideology - Consents and reactions to this policy - The involvement of the three powers - The general changes in Europe in 1830-1831 and their impact on Greece - The deterioration in the relations between Kapodistrias and the opposition - His murder (Edited and translated description from organiser’s website)

• The civil conflicts during the 1821 Revolution: Judgements and views of historiographers and authors of memoirs of the struggle

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• Representations of the 1821 fighter during Otto’s reign: conflicts and national necessities

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• The legacies of 1821: The persons and the ideas

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