Category: Rethinking Greece

𝐀 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 | 𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐖. 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 📚

The Center for Hellenic Studies, UC San Diego, together with the Hellenic Cultural Society of San Diego and Thomas Gallant's graduate students are organizing a conference on March 27 to celebrate the work of renowned historian Thomas Gallant, in view of his retirement.

Thomas W. Gallant holds the Nicholas Family Endowed Chair in Modern Greek History and is and Distinguished Professor of History and Archaeology in the History Department and the Center for Hellenic Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

Thomas Gallant is a historian known for his expertise in modern Greek history, archaeology, and social history. His research focuses on themes such as banditry, violence, colonialism, and transnational history, particularly in the Mediterranean world. Gallant has written extensively on 19th- and 20th-century Greece, including topics like the Greek War of Independence, rural society, and the experiences of Greek migrants. Some of his notable works include:

➡️Modern Greece (part of the Short History of the Modern World series);
➡️Experiencing Dominion: Culture, Identity, and Power in the British Mediterranean;
➡️The Edinburgh History of the Greeks, 1768-1913: The Long 19th Century.

He has also contributed to the study of Greek diaspora communities and the broader socio-political transformations in the eastern Mediterranean.

📍 More information on the conference:
Date & Location
Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm (GMT-07:00)
Park & Market Station
1100 Market St, San Diego, United States

#interview🎤

🔎𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬, Professor Emeritus in Geopolitics and twice Ambassador of Greece to the OECD, spoke to Rethinking Greece on #geopolitics and its rising impact on international organizations, the growing importance of seas and #oceans, and on #population geography as significant long-term factor influencing the evolution of humankind.

🌊He advocates for a “new Western doctrine” and proposes that Europe embrace an “archipelago” model of interconnected entities linked by sea, in which Greece could play a leading role.

📌Finally, he argues that smaller nations like Greece can leverage multilateral organizations through bold strategies, an example of which is the establishment of the 𝐎𝐄𝐂𝐃 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞.

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