The Construction of National Time: The Making of the Modern Greek Historical Imagination

Liakos, Antonis

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“…If one wants to identify the similarities in the nation-building process, the Greek case provides a telling example. Considering the Ottoman past as Tourkokratia (Turkish rule) and a "dark age" in the course of Greek history (Seton-Watson 1996;Liakos 2001), the supporters of Hellenic ideology sought to construct the Greek national identity by excluding the Ottoman past from Greek history. At the same time, they established a linkage between the classical Greek civilization and modem Greece.…”

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The allied occupation of İstanbul and the construction of Turkish national identity in the early twentieth century

Şenışık

2018

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This article tells the story of the construction of Turkish national identity in the early republican era by addressing two canonical novels about occupied İstanbul:Sodom ve Gomore(“Sodom and Gomorrah”) by Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu andBiz İnsanlar(“We People”) by Peyami Safa. Following the establishment of the Turkish Republic, Turkish nationalist intellectuals attempted to offer certain formulations and implemented various mechanisms to create a national self. The study aims to focus on the ways in which Karaosmanoğlu and Safa create the new Turkish national identity and deals with the questions of how occupied İstanbul was perceived by these intellectuals and how the memory of the Allied occupation of İstanbul, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and the National Liberation Struggle shaped Turkish elites' self-identification as well as their formulation of the national identity.

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The allied occupation of İstanbul and the construction of Turkish national identity in the early twentieth century

Şenışık

2018

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“…It could be considered as a 'product' of nineteenth-century nationalism and the simultaneous decline of the big empires of the past. With respect to historical consciousness, historians define two main narratives equally dominant in the public and official spheres in Greece, which have been described as the 'revival' and 'continuity' schema of Greek history (Gazi, 2000;Liakos, 2002Liakos, , 2007. According to the 'revival' schema, modern Greece originated in ancient Greece and was reborn after it was liberated from the Ottomans.…”

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National–European identity and notions of citizenship: A comparative study between Portuguese and Greek university student teachers

Apostolidou¹,

Solé²

2020

History Education Research Journal

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This paper reports a study of prospective teachers' views about Europe, and European and national identity, in Greece and Portugal. The paper analyses written responses to a closed multiple-choice questionnaire provided by 33 Greek and 35 Portuguese prospective teachers following courses in Ioannina and Braga universities in early 2018. First, students were asked to answer 15 closed questions related to their perceptions of national, European and other identities. More specifically they were asked to choose among different associations of Europe and different levels of how their country is integrated into Europe. Also, they were asked to choose their preferred 'identification with particular identities' (Villaverde Cabral and Machado Pais, 1998) and to articulate their notions of citizenship by commenting on different criteria for the naturalization of immigrants. Finally, they were asked to predict the future of the European Union by answering an open question. Data analysis focused on the 2018 data and on comparisons with existing data sets, collected in Greece and Portugal since 1994, relating to perceptions of national and European identity and to notions of citizenship. The authors expected to find change over time in data on attitudes in the two countries, reflecting the impacts of the recent economic crisis in both Portugal and Greece and the refugee crisis, particularly in Greece. Portuguese participants were found to manifest a more positive perspective on Portuguese–European integration than had been the case in earlier data sets, while at the same time wishing to preserve some specific aspects of national identity. The Greek students were found generally to be consistent with their pro-European viewpoints, but at the same time there seems to have been an increasing distrust of the European Union after the experience of the 2010–18 economic crisis – indications of which were apparent in some earlier findings .

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“…Thus, from the late nineteenth century, the historical continuity of the nation from ancient times to the present was established, with antiquity being fundamental in defining an unbroken Greek identity (Herzfeld, 1982;Hamilakis, 2007: 57-123;Liakos, 2001;Skopetea, 1988: 190-204). As early as the foundation of the Greek state, education incorporated and highlighted selected elements of antiquity, beginning with the ancient Greek language, in order to foster national consciousness among the new generations.…”

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Antiquity revisited: Challenges and opportunities in the creation of the new Greek history curriculum

Kasvikis¹,

Kouseri²

2019

History Education Research Journal

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This paper presents and discusses the rationale behind the curriculum covering ancient Greek history, a topic that is taught twice during the course of Greek compulsory education (covering 6–15 year olds). The undertaking to develop a new history curriculum set the framework for a reconsideration of themes and approaches to the teaching of antiquity, based on changes to the scope, aims, teaching topics, methodological approaches and assessments introduced. The approved new history curriculum attempts to elevate the status of prehistory relative to other historical periods, so as to strike a balance between local, national and global history, highlighting the common origin and evolution of modern humans. It introduces archaeology, material culture and museums as structural tools for research into and understanding of antiquity by students. It also focuses on social and cultural history, and reassesses dominant historiographical views of the ancient world. Additionally, a methodological framework that encourages students to create their own accounts and interpretations of the ancient past is recommended, by proposing activities that support historical enquiry and the development of key historical concepts.

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The Construction of National Time: The Making of the Modern Greek Historical Imagination

Cited by 16 publications

References 4 publications

The allied occupation of İstanbul and the construction of Turkish national identity in the early twentieth century

The allied occupation of İstanbul and the construction of Turkish national identity in the early twentieth century

National–European identity and notions of citizenship: A comparative study between Portuguese and Greek university student teachers

Antiquity revisited: Challenges and opportunities in the creation of the new Greek history curriculum

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