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Hellenic Observatory Upcoming Events

Virtual Book Launch: The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek Politics
Tuesday 25 May 2021, 16:00-17:30 (UK Time)

Join us for this event that will introduce the new volume The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek Politics, edited by Kevin Featherstone and Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos.
This ground-breaking volume provides a panorama of Greek politics from the transition to democracy in 1974 to the present day. Its 43 chapters are written by leading Greek and international specialists, providing unprecedented breadth and authority. Join the editors in a discussion with Brigid Laffan, Kalypso Nicolaidis and George Tsebelis, concerning its major arguments and themes and the challenges for Greece.

Speakers:
Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory
Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of Athens
Discussants:
Brigid Laffan, Director and Professor, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence
Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professorial Chair in Transnational Governance, European University Institute School of Transnational Governance, Florence
George Tsebelis, Anatol Rapoport Collegiate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
Chair: Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director; Associate Professor of International Relations and European Politics, LSE

Find out more<https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2021/05/202105251600/greek>
Register here<https://bit.ly/2Qdau3m>

*Order the book with a 30% discount here<https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-modern-greek-politics-9780198825104?cc=gb&lang=en&promocode=ASFLYQ6> . Apply the code ASFLYQ6 if the discount is not entered automatically.

June at the Hellenic Observatory

18th Hellenic Observatory Annual Lecture
Migration Crisis and its Impact for Europe
Tuesday 22 June 2021, 13:00-14:30 (UK Time)

Greece has been at the epicentre of much of the migration crisis in the Mediterranean. The accommodation and processing of asylum-seekers and refugees in Greece has proved both challenging and controversial. But there are also major implications of the crisis for the European Union and its individual member states in their burden-sharing. What are the lessons from this humanitarian crisis on Europe’s shores? We explore the ways forward.

Speaker: Notis Mitarachi, Minister of Migration & Asylum of the Hellenic Republic
Discussant: Maria Gavouneli, Associate Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Hellenic Observatory Director

Find out more<https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2021/06/202106221300/migration>
Registrations open on Tuesday 8 June.
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The Greek War of Independence: re-appraising its economic legacies
Thursday 24 June 2021, 16:00-17:30 (UK Time)

How far may the economic problems of the modern Greek state be attributed to the nature of its origins? It’s small, albeit enlarging, size; the lack of popular trust in public institutions and authority; the recourse to patrons and to ‘rent-seeking’; and, its own vulnerability to external powers: are these path-dependent features that overwhelm the scope for change?
This panel will discuss the inheritance of 1821 for the course of development taken by modern Greece and how it has structured options and choices. When, and how, has or might such historical determinism be overcome?

Speakers:
Maria Christina Chatziioannou, Director of the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation
Andreas Kakridis, Assistant Professor of Economic History, Ionian University
Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government, All Souls College, University of Oxford
Chair: Joan Roses, Professor in Economic History, LSE

Find out more<https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2021/06/202106241600/independence>
Registrations open on Thursday 10 June.

*This event hosted by the Hellenic Observatory, is part of the 21 in 21<https://lse.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0cffe523acd8e0bbaa83d3ab1&id=a1694f3dd1&e=a9acf6c911> activities, celebrating the 2021 bicentenary of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 21 Greek-British encounters. The 21 in 21 events are sponsored by the A.G. Leventis Foundation<https://lse.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0cffe523acd8e0bbaa83d3ab1&id=be161bf8c7&e=a9acf6c911>.


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