Location University of Newcastle, UK
Date and time
Tuesday 6 September 2022
08:00 - 16:30 (London GMT)
11:00 - 19:30 (Ankara UTC+3)
Fast forward 100 years, Greece and Turkey are again at the epicentre of forced migrations, in what has become known as “Europe’s refugee crisis”. Greece is one of the main gateways to the EU for thousands of people on the move every year, while Turkey hosts the largest number of refugees worldwide. However, migration to, settlement in, and movement between the two countries is met with a number of challenges for forced migrants: the militarisation of borders, the erection of physical barriers, economic crises, political instability, populism, power politics, old rivalries, and a pandemic have posed insurmountable obstacles to people seeking refuge in recent times.
The centenary of the Greco-Turkish population exchange offers an opportunity to reflect on how forced migrations are remembered, lived, experienced and governed in the two countries and beyond.
Day 2 Programme:
Session 1:
Chair: Daniel-Joseph MacArthur-Seal, British Institute At Ankara
10.00 – 10.15 Zeynep Turkyilmaz, Potsdam University, online
From Exception to Exile: Rethinking the Deportations of the Pontic Greeks (1916-1921)
10.15 – 10.30 İlhan Zeynep Karakılıç, Bahçeşehir University, in-person
Exchangee Habitus in a Black Sea Village of Turkey: Boundary Drawing and Community Making
10:30 – 11.00 Questions and Comments
Session 2
Chair: Violetta Hionidou, Newcastle University
11.00 – 11.15 Alexandros Lamprou, Phillips Universität Marburg, online
Legacies of 1923 Turkish-Greek Population Exchange: Greeks Refugees in Turkey during World War II
11.15 – 11.30 Julia Fröhlich, University of Vienna, in-person
One Route, Many Ways to Relative Freedom. The Multi-facetted Refugee Movement from Greece to Turkey (1941–1944) told through a Multi-perspective Lens
11.30 – 12.00 Questions and Comments
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Boluwajo Kolawole, Newcastle University
13.00 – 13.15 Meghan Garrity, Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and Intl Affairs, online
What enables or constrains mass expulsion? Orthodox Greeks & the Lausanne Convention
13.15 – 13.30 Selvihan Kurt, İstanbul Technical University, in-person
The Izmir Museum and its Collection after the War: The Acquisition of the Abandoned Properties of non-Muslims by Izmir Museum
13.30 – 14.00 Questions and Comments
Session 4
Chair: Boluwajo Kolawole, Newcastle University
14.00 – 14.15 Miraç Ayça Türkfiliz, Middle East Technical University, in-person
Tracing the Collective Memory of a Depopulated Rural Settlement Exposed to Population Exchange: The Krom Valley, Gümüşhane, Turkey
14.15 – 14.30 Hasan Sercan Sağlam, CNRS – CESCM, Poitiers, in-person
Identity Confusion of a Multifaceted Landscape: Revisiting the Isolated Rum Heritage in Rural Ayvalık
14.30 – 15.00 Questions and Comments 15.00 – 15.30 Coffee & Tea Break
Session 5
Chair: Dimitris Skleparis, Newcastle University
15.30 – 15.45 Ela Çil & F. Nurşen Kul, Izmir Institute of Technology, in-person
Mapping ghosts: on the demolished Greek legacy of Urla
15.45 – 16.00 F. Nurşen Kul & Ela Çil, Izmir Institute of Technology, in-person
Intertwined settlements, juxtaposed stories: History of Lithri and Ildiri
16.00 – 16.30 Questions and Comments
Session 6
Chair: Elena Katselli, Newcastle University
16.30 – 16.45 Serkan Günay, Oxford Brookes, in-person
Perceptions of the Past; Pleasant Remembrance and Difficult Memories
16.45 – 17.00 Yiorgo Topalidis, University of Florida, online
“Just like my grandparents”: Contemporary Utility of Past Migration Experiences Toward an Empathetic Sociopolitical Praxis.
17.00 – 17.30 Questions and Comments
Sponsored by: Newcastle University, British School at Athens and The British Institute at Ankara.
With the support of: The Greek Politics Specialist Group – GPSG and The Turkish Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association, and the Society for Modern Greek Studies.