[Discussion] The Ottoman Empire and the Rise of Balkan Nationalisms

[Gonul Pultar]

From: Antonios Anastasopoulos <anastasopoulos@phl.uoc.gr>

The Ottoman Empire and the Rise of Balkan Nationalisms, 1789-1832.
An international conference, 13-14 Dec. 2003

The Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Crete
announces an international conference, which will be held in Rethymno,
Greece, on 13-14 December, 2003 ("Xenia" Students' Cultural Center).
The topic of the conference is  "The Ottoman Empire and the Rise of
Balkan Nationalisms, 1789-1832: Conflict, Transformation, Adaptation".

Conference Program

Saturday, 13 December 2003
Morning Session

9.15 Opening - Addresses

9.30-9.50 Gergana Georgieva (Sofia), Administrative Structure and
Government of Rumelia in the Later 18th and Early 19th Century

10.00-10.20 Viorel Panaite (Bucharest), Wallachia and Moldavia according
to the Ottoman Legal and Political View, 1774-1829

10.30-10.50 Antonis Anastasopoulos (Rethymno), Karaferye (Veroia) in
the 1790s: How Much Can the Kadi Sicilleri Tell Us?

11.00-11.20 Cedomir Antic (Belgrade), The Formative Years of the
Principality of Serbia (1804-1839): Ottoman Influences

11.30-12.00 Break

12.00-12.20 Rossitsa Gradeva (Sofia), Secession in the Ottoman Balkans:
The Case of Osman Pazvantoglu

12.30-12.50 Rachida Tlili Sellaouti (Tunis), Le nizam-i cedid, Osman
Pasvant Oglu et l'Empire ottoman (1789-1806)

13.00-13.20 Dimitris Dimitropoulos (Athens), Aspects of the Working
of Fiscal Machinery in the Areas Ruled by Ali Pasha

Evening Session

17.30-17.50 Martha Pylia (Komotini), Conflits politiques et comportements
des primats chretiens en Moree pre-revolutionnaire

18.00-18.20 Dimitrios Stamatopoulos (Thessaloniki), Constantinople in
the Peloponnese: The Case of the Dragoman of the Morea (Tercuman Bey)
Georgios Wallerianos

18.30-18.50 Anna Vlachopoulou (Munich), Like the Mafia: The Ottoman
Military Presence in the Morea on the Eve of the Revolution

19.00-19.30 Break

19.30-19.50 Christos Loukos (Rethymno), Suggestions for a
Bolder Incorporation of Studies on the Greek Revolution of 1821
into their Ottoman Context

20.00-20.20 Panayiotis Stathis (Rethymno), From Klefts and Armatoloi
to Revolutionaries

20.30-20.50 Mehmet Seyitdanlioglu (Ankara), Greek Independence in
Ottoman Chronicles

Sunday, 14 December 2003

Morning Session

9.30-9.50 Christine Philliou (Princeton), Breaking the Tetrarchia and
Saving the Kaymakam: To Be an Ambitious Ottoman Christian in 1821

10.00-10.20 Hakan Erdem (Istanbul), "Perfidious Albanians" and
"Zealous Governors": Ottoman-Albanian Relations during the Greek
War of Independence

10.30-11.00 Break

11.00-11.20 Vassilis Demetriades (Rethymno), Conflict of Interests
between Central Administration and Local Society in Crete in the
Course of the Greek Revolution of 1821

11.30-11.50 Cengiz Kirli (Istanbul), Balkan Nationalisms and the
Ottoman Empire: Views from the Streets of Istanbul

12.00-12.30 Concluding Remarks - Farewell

The conference is kindly sponsored by:
The Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
Alpha Bank
Emporiki Bank
Piraeus Bank
Metaichmio Publications