Conflicts and Conversations in the Late Ottoman Aegean

Session Submission Type: Panel

Brief Description

This panel will explore the state of inter-communal relations in the late Ottoman Aegean. In particular, the panel will investigate how "local" and "foreign" forces
(however these might be defined) came into contact and how they used a combination of violence and negotiation to secure their different goals. As elsewhere in Ottoman South Eastern Europe, the islands of the Ottoman Aegean were characterized by multi-ethnic populations and complex political relationships with the imperial government. Unlike much of this region, however, the Ottoman Aegean has been relatively neglected by scholars. The panel’s papers will thus not only contribute to the growing body of work on inter-communal relations in the late Ottoman Empire, but will also help to fill a gap in Ottoman (and Aegean) historiography.

Sub Unit

• History: Central and Southeast Europe, 1800-1918

Chair

• Maria N. Todorova, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Papers

• Les Liaisons Dangereux: Cretan Islam and the Greek Throne in the Era of Revolution - Elektra Kostopoulou, Rutgers, The State U of New Jersey

• Nationalism, Ottomanism, and Constitutional Crisis: The Case of the 1908 Samos Uprising - Peter Carl Mentzel, Liberty Fund, Inc.

• Between Privilege and Prospect for National Unification: the 'City of the Aegean' under Italian Occupation, 1912-24 - Valerie Mcguire, New York U

Discussant

• Christine Philliou, UC Berkeley