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George Giannakopoulos

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Teaching Modern History @ City St George’s, among other things. Interested in empire, internationalism, southeastern European history & politics. www.geogian.com

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Very grateful to hear from Manchester University Press that Holly Case had such kind words about my book. Her work in international and intellectual history has deeply shaped how I think about—and write—history.

26.01.2026 19:20 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ahead of the US publication of his work 'The Interpreters' Georgios Giannakopoulos, is set to talk at Yale University.

Monday 17 November, 12pm-1pm
Luce Hall, Yale University

@giannako.bsky.social

events.yale.edu/event/after-...

11.11.2025 12:23 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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PODCAST – Episode 74: History and Memory of Partition In the first of a special series hosted by Alexandria Innes and Georgios Giannakopoulos, guests Andrekos Varnava and Beyza Kiziltepe trace how Cyprus’s division continues to live in the memor…

Today we launch a special series of podcasts about Cyprus, hosted by Alexandria Innes @andri-i.bsky.social and TLP convenor Georgios Giannakopoulos @giannako.bsky.social
thelausanneproject.com/2025/11/14/p...

14.11.2025 08:29 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
Georgios Giannakopoulos, "The Interpreters: British Internationalism and Empire in Southeastern Europe, 1870-1930" (Manchester UP, 2025) - New Books Network

Had great fun discussing with Vlada Lilic The Interpreters in the new books network podcast. Check it out: newbooksnetwork.com/the-interpre... @manchesterup.bsky.social

10.11.2025 14:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Interpreters: Reading Empires, Nations, and Their Questions - Greek Studies Now The Interpreters is, in that sense, a book about continuities—about how the languages of freedom, civilisation, and reform forged in the age of empire continue to shape the ways Europe imagines and ma...

The portal “Greek Studies Now”
offered me the space to reflect on the intellectual journey that led me to this project.

gc.fairead.net/the-interpre...

06.11.2025 19:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you Tom!

27.10.2025 16:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thrilled to share that my book The Interpreters is out!
It explores how Britain engaged with the politics of Southeastern Europe—national questions, federations, and minority rights—and how those debates echoed from the Balkans to Ireland.
🔗 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526160133/

27.10.2025 11:45 — 👍 15    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 0

This has been a while in the making. Grateful to the great team @enghistrev.bsky.social

25.09.2025 20:53 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Manchester University Press - The interpreters The interpreters - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The interpreters by Georgios Giannakopoulos

So, my forthcoming book has a website! Massive thanks to Michelle Tusan & Holly Case for their endorsements! More to come manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152616013...

11.03.2025 17:20 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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PODCAST – Episode 60: Inventing Ikbal Nile Green walks Jonathan Conlin through Ikbal and Idries Shah’s unstable stable of aliases and identities.

📣 Episode #60 of The Lausanne Project Podcast is out! 📣🎉

Nile Green talks about his new book, "Empire’s Son, Empire’s Orphan: The Fantastical Lives of Ikbal and Idries Shah," walking us through their shifting stable of aliases and identities 👇🏼

thelausanneproject.com/2024/11/29/p...

29.11.2024 09:29 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Very much interested to see how they will deal with the ownership question - determining what gets exchanged is not that big of a problem

03.12.2024 11:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Talks over return of Parthenon marbles to Athens are ‘well advanced’ | Parthenon marbles | The Guardian <strong>Exclusive: </strong>Keir Starmer reiterates support for British Museum reaching deal with Greek PM, who visits UK on Tuesday

Not sure if a deal is imminent as this “exclusive suggests” but the Parthenon marbles story never seems to go away. I’ll be discussing this in 15’ live at BBC News amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

03.12.2024 09:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is pretty cool!

30.11.2024 19:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Stuart Hall Foundation University of Sussex PGR Studentship : University of Sussex PhD Scholarship, Stuart Hall Foundation University of Sussex Postgraduate Research Studentship

Stuart Hall PhD scholarship at Sussex:
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

27.11.2024 19:27 — 👍 94    🔁 56    💬 2    📌 3

🎓 Intersting new book on League of Nations: "Instruments of international order Internationalism and diplomacy, 1900–50" edt by Thomas Bottelier & @stoeckmannjan.bsky.social with chapters by @giannako.bsky.social @lukasschemper.bsky.social @kdstahl.bsky.social
www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

25.11.2024 21:39 — 👍 18    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 2
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Don’t Go to War With the ICC America can help Israel without attacking the court.

In light of the news that the ICC has just issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant along with one Hamas leader (the other two have been killed), this piece is once again relevant:

www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/dont-...

21.11.2024 12:24 — 👍 131    🔁 54    💬 3    📌 1

Congrats - excellent decision

18.11.2024 19:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Out Again: Samaras’ Expulsion Reminiscent of Decades-Old Rift - tovima.com Antonis Samaras’ ousting highlights New Democracy’s ongoing identity crisis

For those interested in Greek politics, here’s a conversation in the English edition of “To Vima” on developments in the right wing www.tovima.com/politics/out...

18.11.2024 18:50 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Tough, moving, brave and utterly compelling reading by my fantastic DPE colleague Paul Sagar. Some of you will find this hard to read. But it is essential that you do.

17.11.2024 17:02 — 👍 15    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

so heartbreaking - thanks for posting

17.11.2024 19:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Very Model of a Modern Major Liar? By Alan Lester The Red River Expedition with Colonel Garnet Wolseley’s boat featured flying the ensign at Kakabeka Falls, Frances Anne Hopkins, 1877: We understand the British Empire’s military cam…

About to do some more filming for the Canadian TV series Red River Gold. Here’s my blog about Wolseley, whose, let’s say ‘colourful’, account of the Red River Expedition launched him on his illustrious & bloody military career across the British Empire.

alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-ver...

16.11.2024 08:20 — 👍 21    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Intellectual History & Friends Part 3 is here! Do let me know if there is anyone I should add or if you would like to be added go.bsky.app/MX1ZBPL

16.11.2024 10:12 — 👍 95    🔁 31    💬 39    📌 2
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Collections Researcher at The National Archives Recruiting now: Collections Researcher on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

Collections Researcher
The National Archives
#skystorians 🗃️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKQ694/c...

15.11.2024 07:23 — 👍 30    🔁 30    💬 1    📌 0

That is amazing! Congrats!

14.11.2024 17:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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⭐️ Exciting News ⭐️
Race & Resistance is excited to officially announce our 2025 conference, RESISTANCE, RENEWAL, REIMAGINATION: 100 Years of Race & Resistance in Britain🚨

⏳CfP deadline: 13th January 2025
📅 7th March 2025
📍University of Oxford

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Black Academic Futures⭐

14.11.2024 16:41 — 👍 17    🔁 17    💬 0    📌 1
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Visiting Bye-Fellowship for scholars from the Global South The Opportunity

Hey #academicsky, there's a great opportunity for a visiting fellowship for someone from the Global South in Arts and Humanities, to spend time at Cambridge. Do pass on!
www.cai.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/vi...

14.11.2024 09:19 — 👍 169    🔁 157    💬 3    📌 5
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Hello new followers!

My book Odious Debt: Bankruptcy, International Law, and the Making of Latin America just came out! academic.oup.com/book/58846

Over the next few days I will use this 🧵 to praise the ideas/books of others - friends, mentors, and enemies - that informed my own

Stay tuned!

12.11.2024 15:44 — 👍 69    🔁 13    💬 3    📌 1
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The Simpsons on PhD students - almost twenty years old & more cutting than ever

13.11.2024 21:13 — 👍 194    🔁 48    💬 4    📌 5

CFP for the @drinkingstudies @womenandalcoho1 conference, co-organised with the @wellcometrust "Drinking Cultures" project, hosted by @drlucycogan at @ucddublin next June. Our theme this year is 'Dangerous Pleasures?'. Please RT (and submit an abstract)
www.womenandalcohol.net/2024/10/cfp-...

14.11.2024 07:37 — 👍 7    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

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