YaleUniversity/ From Empires to Nations: Transitions in the Historical Experience of Sou...

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Paschalis M. Kiltromilides, Ph. D., Harvard University, is Professor of Polítical Science in the Univerty of Athens. The lecture addresses the historiographical question of the emergence of nations in southeastern Europe by considering in  a long-term perspective the transition from Medieval Christian empires to the monocratic rule the Ottoman Empire nt he region in the XVth century and from considering these processes of historical change the lecture sheds light on a number of controversial questions currently under debate in the theory of nationalism. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Lecture in Hellenic Studies was established in 2004 in honor of the program's sponsors.