Category: Rethinking Greece

🎤 #Interview | Greek Historiography

Historian Nikos Christofis speaks to Rethinking Greece about the recently published volume 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞: 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, which he edited.

The volume, aiming to serve as a contemporary resource for students and scholars alike, explores how Greek historiography has evolved—from 19th-century nation-building narratives to contemporary approaches like gender studies, biography, and memory studies.

Christofis also discuses the importance of transnational and comparative frameworks in decentering Greek exceptionalism and aligning modern Greek historiography with broader international scholarly trends.

🎤#interview | 𝐃𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

⁉️ How does a country reimagine itself over decades?

🗣️ We're pleased to share this wide-ranging interview with 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 Dimitris Tziovas, on Greece’s cultural evolution since the Metapolitefsi — from the changing image of Greece abroad and the exploration of our national identity, to the role of literature, cinema, and the diaspora in shaping modern narratives.

Professor Tziovas also breaks down why Greece’s story can't be told through simple binaries—and suggests a richer, hybrid perspective instead.

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