Representations of Germany during the Great War: Greek and international Perspectives
Nationale und Kapodistrias Universität Athen
The period of WWI is an intriguing research field that combines various analytical perspectives. This one-day conference brings together scholars specializing in the history of ideas and the history of propaganda during WWI. It aims to analyze representations of Germany as formulated in the Greek and the European public debate and, more broadly, discuss the construction of the ‘German enemy’ in an international perspective. In Greece, the geopolitical conjuncture of the first World War and the pressures it unleashed on Greek political life intensified pre-existing political antagonisms that culminated in an acute political divide, the so-called “National Schism” (1915-1917). A core feature in this divide was perceptions about Greece’s relationship to the Great European Powers (Great Britain, France, German Empire). This theme informs the research project ‘Images of Germany in Greece during the First World War: Public Discourse, Mass Perceptions, and Propaganda, 1914-1918’ funded by the German Federal Foreign Office through the German-Greek Future Fund. Using Greece as a case study, the conference discusses the project’s research findings in the wider context of the ideas, discourses, and perceptions revolving around Germany (e.g., state formation, society, culture, military capability etc.) and its role in WWI.
In cooperation with the Institute for the Study of Greek-German Relations (EMES) at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Prof. Dr. Miltos Pechlivanos: Welcome Adress
Prof. Dr. Zinovia Lialiouti, (University of Athens): Introductory Remark
10.30-11.50 Uhr, Panel I: International PerspectivesChair: Zinovia Lialiouti
Despina Papadimitriou, Professor, Panteion University: Greece and the Great War: Transnational perspectives
Arie Dubnov, Associate Professor, George Washington University: From University to Political Intelligence: the case of Lewis B. Namier and Arnold J. Toynbee
Georgios Giannakopoulos, Assistant Professor, City, University of London/ Research Associate, University of Athens: War, Propaganda, and anti-Germanism: The New Europe Group
Florian Grafl, Research Associate, Heidelberg University of Education: "Piratas teutones"? Representations of Germany during the Great War in Spain
Discussion, Coffee Break
Chair: Georgios Giannakopoulos
Sotirios Rizas, Director of Research, Research Centre for the Study of Modern Greek History/Academy of Athens: Perceptions of Germany, and Greek public opinion on the outbreak of WWI
Efi Gazi, Professor, University of the Peloponnese: Nationalism,‘ Anti – imperialism’ and Anti-Venizelism in Greece during WWI
Iason Zarikos, Post-doctoral Researcher, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: The German dilemma of Greek monarchism, 1914-1917
Zinovia Lialiouti, Assistant Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: Ideas on State-Building, Representations of Germany and the Venizelist camp
Discussion, Lunch
The conference “Representations of Germany during the Great War: Greek and international Perspectives” is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office through the German-Greek Future Fund.
Zeit & Ort
19.11.2022 | 10:00 s.t. - 14:30
Freie Universität Berlin,
Seminarzentrum (L115),
Otto-von-Simson-Straße 26, 14195 Berlin