Andrew Patrick on Jesse Jackson, the US consul in WWI Aleppo who found himself on the front line between humanitarian rescue and American capital.
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Προς το Βουνό του Προμηθέα
Ο Χαράλαμπος Γάππας διερευνά τις αντικρουόμενες δημογραφικές, στρατιωτικές και ανθρωπιστικές ατζέντες που στροβιλίστηκαν γύρω από μια αποστολή του 1919 στις ελληνικές κοινότητες του Καυκάσου που οργάνωσε η Ελλάδα.
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PODCAST – Episode 24: The Pearl of the Levant
Smyrna/İzmir was in ruins in September 1922. Philip Mansel explains to Ozan Ozavci how that unique entrepot changed from a Greek-cosmopolitan to a Turkish port town, and the devastating consequences of the Great Fire.
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Smyrna 1922: Waystation or Terminus?
Mark Levene makes the case for a paradigm shift in genocide studies.
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Celebrity Reporter, Cousin Clare
Julia Secklehner profiles a pioneer journalist who wasn’t afraid to become part of the story.
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PODCAST – Episode 23: Contesting Post-Post-Kemalism
Church and State
Theocharis Anagnostopoulos considers the competing visions of Smyrna’s future that divided the Greek community, in both triumph and catastrophe.
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PODCAST – Episode 22 (Part II): More than a Revival
PODCAST – Episode 22 (Part I): “They Take Books Seriously in Turkey”
PODCAST – Episode 21: La Reine de l’Interview
PODCAST – Episode 20: Biography Goes Global
The Hittite Delegation
The Treaty of Sèvres had seen the Powers grab their share of Anatolia’s ancient past. At Lausanne, Hélène Maloigne reveals, the new Republic staked an exclusive claim to Hittite antiquities as their “birthright.”
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PODCAST – Episode 19 (Part II): The Safer Bet?
The Lausanne Project 