March 19-20, 2021

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the start of the Greek Revolution in 1821, the Laboratory of Narrative Research of the School of English of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is organizing a two-day symposium titled The Greek War of Independence and the United States: Narratives of Myth and Reality.

The symposium seeks to explore the global significance of the Greek war of independence through its powerful impact upon the American society and culture. The ideological ties binding the Greek and the American Revolutions will be examined from the perspectives of history, politics and diplomacy, social resonance and cultural production. The symposium’s dual focus will 1) provide insights into the Greek national identity-formation process, and 2) show the American response to the central Greek revolutionary events through the writings and actions of American politicians and citizens who supported the Greek struggle for freedom.

Cultural event
The symposium is attended by the Exhibition titled The Greek Revolution (1821-29) Through American Eyes which will be displayed at the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle, Thessaloniki, in the Fall 2021. More information on the Exhibition will follow shortly.

For more information, please contact: Zoe Detsi, Department of American Literature and Culture, detsi@enl.auth.gr.

Technical details
  1. The Symposium will be based on the ZOOM platform.
  2. The videoconference link will be sent by email a few days before the conference.
  3. In order to have an easy and trouble-free participation please ensure that you have:
    • a computer with a stable internet connection
    • a headset (preferable) or speaker/microphone (integrated as in a laptop or external for desktop computers)
    • a web camera (integrated or external)
  4. If you’ve never used Zoom before please click here, download and install Zoom Client for Meetings.
  5. You can test your internet connection, microphone, speakers and camera by joining a test meeting available here.

Symposium Program
The program is available here.

Speakers

Tom Papademetriou
Tom Papademetriou

Professor of History, Stockton University, N.J., USA

Tom Papademetriou
David Roessel
David Roessel

Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Stockton University, N.J., USA

David Roessel
Gonda van Steen
Gonda van Steen

Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature, and Director of the Centre for Hellenic Studies at King's College London

Gonda van Steen
Konstantinos Diogos
Konstantinos Diogos

Ph.D, School of History and Archaeology

Konstantinos Diogos
Penelopi Hatzidimitriou
Penelopi Hatzidimitriou

PhD, Drama and Theatre Studies

Penelopi Hatzidimitriou
Theodosios Karvounarakis
Theodosios Karvounarakis

Professor of Diplomatic History of Europe and the U.S., Department of International and European Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece

Theodosios Karvounarakis
Spyros Litsas
Spyros Litsas

Professor of Theory of International Relations, Department of International and European Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki

Spyros Litsas
Maria Schoina
Maria Schoina

Associate Professor at the Department of English Literature and Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Maria Schoina
Smatie Yemenedzi-Malathouni
Smatie Yemenedzi-Malathouni

Associate Professor at the Department of American Literature and Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Smatie Yemenedzi-Malathouni

Welcome to the GWI-US International Symposium