Universität Wien

090028 VO Oriental Hellenism (2024W)

The Greek(-orthodox) presence in Ottoman Constantinople, modern Istanbul and Asia Minor

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften
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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 15.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 22.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 29.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 05.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 19.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 26.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 10.12. 14:15 - 15:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 17.12. 14:15 - 15:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 07.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 14.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 21.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock

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Aims, contents and method of the course

The term “Oriental Hellenism” refers to the Greek-Orthodox presence in Asia Minor and Constantinople as formed after the gradual Turkic expansion in the region from 11th c. onwards and especially under the Seljuk and Ottoman rule. The course offers a systematic overview on the cultural, ethnographic, historical and (socio)linguistic aspects of this presence while it also discusses relevant domains of research as well as (archival and other) sources which can be used for further investigation. Some of the topics to be discussed within the framework of course lectures are:

• The cultural/demographic dis/continuity of Asia Minor after the Turkic conquests and the fate of the remaining Orthodox population.
• The repopulation of Ottoman Constantinople.
• The millet system and the boundaries of communal autonomy.
• The Greek-Orthodox communities in Cappadocia and Black Sea (Pontos) region.
• An Orthodox Ottoman Elite: The Phanariots.
• The Greek-Orthodox community during the Tanzimat period.
• The Greek-Turkish war (1919-1922) and its repercussions.
• The Genocide discourse from a Greek perspective.
• The Lausanne treaty and the population exchange as a collective trauma on both sides of the Aegean.
• The Greek minority in Republican Turkey and the challenges of coexistence.
• The contemporary international role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Assessment and permitted materials

Grading:

Short oral exam (40%)
Preparation of two short essays (circa max. 2000 words in sum, excluding references) selected out of a list of relevant topics. (60%)

Course languages are both English and German.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Knowledge of Greek and/or Turkish is advantageous but no prerequisite.

Examination topics

Reading list

• Alexis Alexandris. 1992. The Greek Minority of Istanbul and Greek-Turkish Relations 1918-1974, 2nd ed. (Athens: Centre for Asia Minor Studies).
• Clogg, Richard. 2010. I Kath'inas [sic] Anatoli : Studies in Ottoman Greek History. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.
• Dawkins, Richard M. 1916. Modern Greek in Asia Minor: A Study of the Dialects of Silli, Cappadocia and Pharasa with Grammar, Texts, Translations and Glossary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Gedgaudaitė, K. 2021. Memories of Asia Minor in Contemporary Greek Culture: An Itinerary. Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies Series. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Güven, Dilek. 2012. Nationalismus und Minderheiten: Die Ausschreitungen gegen die Christen und Juden der Türkei vom September 1955 (Südosteuropäische Arbeiten, 143, Band 143). München: Oldenbourg.
• Kleveman, Lutz. 2022. Smyrna in Flammen: Der Untergang der osmanischen Metropole 1922 und seine Folgen für Europa. Berlin: Aufbau.
• Milton, Giles. 2009. Paradise Lost - Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance. London: Sceptre.
• Philliou, Christine. 2009. Biography of an Empire: Practicing Ottoman Governance in the Age of Revolutions. University of California Press.
• Vryonis, Speros. 1971. The decline of medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and process of Islamization from the eleventh through the fifteenth century. Los Angeles: University of California Press.

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