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Book Review: Proselytes of a New Nation: Muslim Conversions to Orthodox Christianity in Modern Greece
Stories of nations often focus on birth, either in violent revolution or some sort of division or attrition and on key headline events and struggles, such as epic wars or trials of nationhood. Rarely are…
World Wide [Greek] Commercial Web, Circa 1815
WWW of course means something completely different in our digital internet-ubiquitous era. “Web” prior to our disruptive times could mean that of a spider, or some other set of connections. In this case, I refer…
The Brothers Macedonian
I have written extensively about the Macedonian Issue over the past two decades and, rather than add my own two drachmas on this matter here (I have said plenty elsewhere over the years) I would…
Greeks in Hungary, a History in Two Acts
The Greek presence in Hungary is one of the oldest in Greece’s modern Diaspora, predating the Greek state by well over a century. It is, further, one of the most interesting because, as a tragic…
Greeks and Ukraine, a Long History
The Greeks’ presence on the northern shore of the Black Sea, what is now Ukraine and Russia, goes back millennia, even before the Classical Greek era. The Mycenaeans, one of history’s first seafaring cultures, knew…
Silent Empire Builders – Greeks and Serbs in the Russian and Austrian Empires
History favors the headlines rather than the fine print. Not unlike social media today, what is usually remembered are the posts and tweets rather than the long, complicated, but often far more rewarding reads. In…
The Greek Sailor: A Savvy Technocrat With A Heritage Over The Millennia
The story of Greek sailors is one of the oldest Greek narratives. One of the first classics of literature chronicled the travels of one Odysseus. We have the far-flung Classical Greek colonies all across the…
Remembering the Greek Genocide
Between 1913-1922 Ottoman authorities and the Turkish National movement led by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk embarked on a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing targeting the Christian minorities of the former Ottoman Empire. These minorities included Assyrians,…
The Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji and the Greek Revolution
Few events could have been more important in the road to Greek national agency than this treaty in 1774 which ended the Russo-Turkish War. The war itself had been devastating for Greeks, but the peace…
This Date In History: A Greek, a Bomb, an Airplane, and a Turkish Ship
February 5, 1913: During the Balkan Wars, a Greek Farman MF.7 airplane, piloted by Lt. Michael Moutoussis and with Ensign Aristeidis Moraitinis as an observer, dropped four bombs on Turkish anchored ships and is regarded…
The Accidental Hero Of Greece: Admiral Codrington And The Battle Of Navarino 1827
On October 20, 1827, allied fleets from Britain, France, and Russia met the Ottoman–Egyptian navy in Navarino Bay. What began as a tense standoff ended in a decisive battle that changed the course of the…
How Hydra Got its Name, and other Riddles of a Glorious Island
It is hard not to fall in love with Hydra. We Hydriots are, of course, biased, yet the island’s graphic beauty, sharp light, and proud history, seasoned with the imprimatur of artists and celebrities, make…
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