Course Title: Modern Greek History: Conflicting Identities Course Code: GREA HIMO 330 Subject: History Credits: 3 Semester/Term: Semester J-Term Summer Course Description: Course Requirements: A socio-political history of Greece from the formation of modern state in 19 th century to the fall of the 1967-74 dictatorship. Readings for this course include a wide variety of primary sources, such as private and official papers, diplomatic treaties, literary texts, images, symbols, etc. The material is further enhanced by films and a number of visits to lesser-known but relevant museums. Topics include: issues of identity and irredentism; development of political institutions; development of a police state; impact of internal strife and foreign occupation. Required Text Koliopoulos, J and Veremis, Th (2009). Modern Greece: A History since 1821. Chichester: John Willey & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 9781444314830 (electronic bk.); Cost: To Be Determined. Course Readings Close, D (2004). The road to reconciliation? The Greek civil war and the politics of memory in the 1980s, in Carabott, Ph and Sfikas Th (eds), The Greek Civil War, Essays on a Conflict of Exceptionalism and Silences. Ashgate, pp. 257-278. ISBN 978-0754641315; Cost : To Be Determined. Goodheart, Eu (1998). Explanation and Judgment in the Writing of History, South Central Review 15, 3-4: 16-19. ISSN: 0743-6831; Cost: To Be Determined. Harlan, D (2009). Travel, Pictures, and a Victorian Gentleman in Greece, Hesperia:The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens 78, 3: 421-453. ISSN: 1553-5622; Cost: To Be Determined. Kenna, M (2008). Conformity and Subversion: Handwritten newspapers from an exiles commune, 1938-1943, Journal of Modern Greek Studies 26, 1: 115-157. ISSN: 1086-3265; Cost: To Be Determined. Kitromilides, P (1989). 'Imagined Communities' and the Origins of the National Question in the Balkans, European History Quarterly 19: 149-192. Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 1
Mazower, M (1992). Military Violence and National Socialist Values: The Wehrmacht in Greece 1941-1944, Past & Present 134: 129-158. ISSN: 1477-464X; Cost: To Be Determined. Sarandis, C (1993). The ideology and character of the Metaxas regime, in Higham, R and Veremis, Th (1993). The Metaxas Dictatorship, Aspects of Greece 1936-1940, ELIAMEP: 147-177. ISBN 978-9607061140; Cost: To Be Determined. Siani-Davies, P and Katsikas, St (2009). National Reconciliation After Civil War: The Case of Greece, Journal of Peace Research 46, 4: 559-575. ISSN: 1460-3578; Cost: To Be Determined. Stewart, M (2004). Catastrophe at Smyrna, History Today 54, 7: 27-34. ISSN: 0018-2753; Cost: To Be Determined. Voglis, P (2002). Political Prisoners in the Greek Civil War, 1945-50: Greece in Comparative Perspective, Journal of Contemporary History 37, 4: 523-540. ISSN: 1461-7250; Cost: To Be Determined. All readings preceded by a date (e.g. 1876) are primary sources collected by the faculty member and shared with the students via the course page in Blackboard. Additional Readings and Resources Articles, additional readings and power-point lecture slides are available from the instructor on the course Blackboard site through Arcadia University. Assignments Course Requirements Percentages 1. Participation 10% 2. Midterm exam 30% 3. Museum visit responses 15% 4. Oral presentation 15% 5. Final exam 30% Total 100% Attendance/Participation Prompt attendance, full preparation, and active participation in class discussions are expected from every student in every class session. Participation is not just about talking, giving opinions or exercising critical capacities. It should also Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 2
involve giving evidence of reading, either material assigned or other sources relevant to the subject matter. Learning Outcomes and/or Expected Student Competencies and Assessment Measures: Course Outline: On completion of the course, students should be able to: Learning Outcomes demonstrate critical comprehension of primary sources evaluate constituent features of cultural identities formulate explanatory historical arguments based on presentation and analysis of specific facts assess urban landscape and material culture, eg. architecture, exhibitions, town planning, graffiti, etc., as historical sources Course Requirement that will be used to assess the student s achievement of this outcome class discussions & reading responses class discussion exams museum visits, academic excursion and class discussion Session Topic Content Session 1 Introductions Greece in context Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Points of View Koliopoulos Veremis: 1-14 Goodheart, Explanation & Judgement in History Formation of the Greek State Koliopoulos Veremis: 15-27 1789 Rights of Man 1819 Carlbad Resolutions Expectations and Impressions 1821 Byron, Isles of Greece 1822 Proclamation of First National Assembly 1827 Treaty of London (excerpt) 1850 Sketches (excerpt) FILM The People Speak by Howard Zinn Greece, Europe & revolution City of Athens museum Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 3
Session 5 Session 6 Session 7 1871 Impressions (excerpt) 1889 Tuckerman, Coffee drinking in eastern Europe Greek National Anthem (& audio) Harlan, Travel, pictures Identity Koliopoulos Veremis: 28-43 Kitromilides, Imagined Communities Influential Ideologies 1838 People s Charter 1848 Documents of French Revolution 1848 Communist Manifesto 1850 Ionian Islands Union motion 1852 Mazzini, Nationalism Political development Koliopoulos Veremis: 44-56 Session 8 Irredentism and/or Modernisation (1) 1837 Industrialisation decree 1855 Kalligas, Thanos Vlekas (excerpt) 1856 Greek Steam Shipping Co 1874 Trikoupis, Tis ptaiei 1891 Efimeris ton Kyrion, article 1897 Dilke, Unprising in Greece (excerpt) 1897 Greece and Crete (excerpt) 1898 Scenes from the Ten Day War (excerpt) Session 9 Irredentism and/or Modernisation (2) Koliopoulos Veremis: 57-63 Session 10 Mid- term exam Discussion: Issues of national identity Europe, revolution & Greece Greek political parties & clientelism Benaki Museum Discussion: Irredentism and/or modernization & revision timeline Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 4
Session 11 Session 12 Session 13 Forces of Change Koliopoulos Veremis: 64-8 1899 Lenin Our Programme 1917 Russia Rights of workers 1917 The Internationale (& audio) Venizelos: Man of the times Koliopoulos Veremis: 68-88 1920 Melas, Venizelist and Constantinist regimes 1922 Gennadios, Recent change of regime Drawing the world s boundaries 1918 Woodrow Wilson, 14 Points 1919 Treaty of Versailles 1920 Keynes, Economic consequence of the peace 1924 League of Nations Session 14 Disaster: 1922 Koliopoulos Veremis: 89-101 1920, Treaty of Sèvres 1923, The Convention Relating to the Regime of the Straits 1923, Treaty of Lausanne Stewart, Catastrophe at Smyrna 1995 US Congress Resolution re Smyrna Session 15 Interwar Period (1) Koliopoulos Veremis: 102-10 1928 Miller, Modern Greek Politics 1929 Greece Today (37-52) Session 16 Interwar Period (2) 1920 Nazi 25 Points 1932 Mussolini, Fascism Sarandis, Ideology and Character of Metaxas Regime Kenna, Conformity and Subversion The Great War & the Workers' Revolution Reforms, Balkan Wars & Schism FILM Paris 1919 From the Asia Minor Campaign to the Trial of the Six Ghikas Gallery Prohibition in US, Nazis in Germany and civil war in Spain Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 5
Session 17 Occupation and Resistance (1) Koliopoulos Veremis: 111-26 1940, Zakhariadis Open Letters 1943, Final Solution and Reaction 1943, German Reprisals Session 18 Occupation and Resistance (2) 1943, American view of situation in Greece 1943, British Intelligence report on conditions in Greece Mazower, The Wehrmacht in Greece 1941-1944 Session 19 Session 20 Session 21 Session 22 Cold War, Civil War 1944, Plaka, Caserta, Churchill to Scobie 1945, Varkiza and a US Report 1947, Final round of Civil War 1947, Truman doctrine Voglis, Political Prisoners in the Greek Civil War, 1945-50: Greece in Comparative Perspective On the Right side of the Iron Curtain Samarakis, The Last Participation Koliopoulos Veremis: 127-52 Greece in Plaster Athenian, Style and Ideology Andrews, Seferis death Fleming, The Colonels Coup Cicellis, Standing Still After the Junta PTSD Koliopoulos Veremis: 153-83 Siani-Davies & Katsikas, Reconciliation After Civil War Occupation and Resistance Κοrai 4, Historical Memory Site 1941-44 Discussion: From OXI day to Civil War FILM Z Greece in Plaster Museum of Resistance to the Junta, Ilioupoli Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 6
Session 23 Discussion & revision timeline Other Policies: Expectations Professional behavior is expected of all students. This includes preparation for classes, on-time attendance at classes, attendance at all group sessions and appropriate participation in the form of attentiveness and contributions to the course. Respect for the academic process is the major guiding principle for professional behavior and extends to all communications, including e-mail. Attendance/Participation Prompt attendance, full preparation, and active participation in class discussions are expected from every student in every class session. Course Policies For e-mail communications, students must use their Arcadia University e-mail account. Students are responsible for any information provided by e-mail or through Intranet postings. Plagiarism Representation of another s work or ideas as one s own in academic submissions is plagiarism, and is cause for disciplinary action. Cheating is actual or attempted use of resources not authorized by the instructor(s) for academic submissions. Students caught cheating in this course will receive a failing grade. Fabrication is the falsification or creation of data, research or resources to support academic submissions, and cause for disciplinary action. Late or Missed Assignments Will not be accepted for grading. Prerequisites: Students with Disabilities Persons with documented disabilities requiring accommodations to meet the expectations of this course should disclose this information while enrolling into the program, and before leaving the United States so that appropriate arrangements can be made. None Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 7