Underdevelopment
The underdeveloped nature of the Ottoman state has been so over-discussed that it is hard to add anything new to the discussion. Still, I am going to try. While I don’t necessarily know anything about what was, I do
Friendship among people or between nations? – The Case of Greeks and Turks
I feel honoured that I am invited to speak at this meeting about Greeks and Turks. I have spent a large part of my life opposing the agents as well as the understanding that caused the enmity, the hostility, even
Native Language and Demagoguery
When is demagoguery necessary? When we are wrong or when we cannot defend our point. In short, when we feel stuck. Instead of saying “Sorry” or “I was wrong,” we prefer to beat around the bush. It is said
The Contrasting Images of Greeks in Turkish Literature: Fiction versus Memoirs
Negatively portrayed individuals who belong to a neighbouring nation in texts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is not a surprising phenomenon. One can even argue that the negatively portrayed national stereotypes of the "other" in textbooks, lite
The role of literature in improving international relations
During my contacts with authors, translators and literary critics - as a translator of literary texts myself - I came across with a quite widespread conviction that literature plays a positive role in improving relations across national borders. In
H.M Articles
Ethnic Identity and Nation Building: On Byzantine and Ottoman Historical LegacyOn Historiography | Thursday, 16 November 2006 Presentation of Dr. Hercules Millas at the conference ‘The EU and the Historical Legacy in the Balkans’, University Centre St-Ignatius, Antwerp (UCSIA), November 16th -17th 2006 – Final text &nb... |
From the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic: Vacillating between heritage and prospectsUnpublished Presentations-Lectures | Friday, 10 June 2011 For the workshop “Teaching the Post-Empire State in Europe: National Historiography and History Teaching”, 10-12 June 2011, at the University of Huddersfield. By Dr. H. Millas – Draft onl... |
Greeks Set Smyrna on Fire in (latest) Turkish TextbooksLiterary Critisizm | Tuesday, 1 January 2002 Text of January 2002 - Unpublished Greeks Set Smyrna on Fire in (latest) Turkish Textbooks By H. Millas ‘Ό Έλληνες λένε πως οι Τούρκοι έκαψαν τη Σμύ... |
Perceptions of Conflict: Greeks and Turks in each other’s mirrorsOn Historiography | Friday, 31 July 2009 Published in In the Long Shadow of Europe, Greeks and Turks in the Era of Postnationalism, Edit by O. Anastasakis, K. Nicolaidis, K. Öktem, Martinus Nijhoff, 2009. Perceptions of ... |
Native Language and DemagoguerySchool Books-Teaching | Friday, 15 October 2010 Native Language and Demagoguery by Herkül Millas 15 October 2010, Today’s Zaman, Commentary When is demagoguery necessary? When we are wrong or when we cannot defend our point. In short, when we fe... |
A ‘Rum’ in Robert College in the Years 1955-1965About Minorities | Friday, 18 November 2005 By H. Millas in the Conference “Not the Least Among Many: The Greeks at Robert College”, Istanbul, Boğaziçi Unıversity, 19 November 2005. A ‘Rum’ in Robert College in the Years 1955-... |
How to be a well-behaved RumAbout Minorities | Thursday, 7 January 2010 How to be a well-behaved Rum by HERKÜL MİLLAS Today’s Zaman, 8 January 2010, Commentary When recently during a visit abroad, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew voiced some of his compl... |
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