Department of Linguistics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Dr. Stefanos Katsikas

Director of Modern Greek Studies, Lecturer of Linguistics
Lecturer of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

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    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Department of Linguistics, MC-168
    707 South Mathews Avenue
    Urbana, IL 61801

    Office: 4039 Foreign Language Bldg.
  • Telephone: 217-333-3563
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Research Interests

Democratization, Post-conflict resolution and security in Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean 19th-21st centuries Wider Interests: rise of national ideologies in 19th and 20th century Europe; democracy and authoritarianism in interwar and Cold War Europe; Muslim-Christian relations in Europe; security implications of corruption, human trafficking and organized crime in Europe; Cold and post-Cold War European History



Education

  • BA in History, Ionian Univeristy, Corfu
  • MA in Southeastern Europe, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London
  • PhD in Social Science, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London

Current Projects

  • Reconciliation and Transitional Justice in Greece after the country's Civil War; foreign policy of the Greek junta towards Eastern Europe (1967-1974); political, social and cultural life of Muslims in Greece (1832-1941); Muslim converts to Greek Orthodoxy (1821-1875)

    • Publications

    Books

    Book Contributions

    • "Millet Legacies in a National Environment: Political Elites and Muslim Communities in Greece (1830s-1923)." State-Nationalisms in the Ottoman Empire, Greece and Turkey: Orthodox and Muslims (1830s-1945). London; New York: SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East, 2012. 51-73. 27 Sep. 2012.
    • "A Hostage Minority: The Muslims of Greece (1923-1941)." State-Nationalisms in the Ottoman Empire, Greece and Turkey: Orthodox and Muslims (1830s-1945). London; New York: SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East, 2012. 164-190.
    • "The Europeanization of Bulgarian Society: A Long-Lasting Political Project." Bulgaria and Europe: Shifting Identities. London; New York; New Delhi: Anthem Press, 2010. 1-22.
    • "Negotiating Diplomacy in Post-Communist Bulgaria: Sofia’s Balkan Policy in the Post-Cold War Period." Bulgaria and Europe: Shifting Identities. London; New York; New Delhi: Anthem Press, 2010. 129-54. 27 Sep. 2012.
    • "Epilogue." Bulgaria and Europe: Shifting Identities. London; New York; New Delhi: Anthem Press, 2010. 193-96. 27 Sep. 2012.

    Edited Books

    • State-Nationalisms in the Ottoman Empire, Greece and Turkey: Orthodox and Muslims (1830-1945). London; New York: SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East, 2012.
    • Bulgaria and Europe: Shifting Identities. London; New York; New Delhi: Anthem Press, 2010. 27 Sep. 2012. <http://www.anthempress.com/index.php/bulgaria-and-europe.html>.

    Journal Articles

    • "Muslim Minority in Greek Historiography: A Distorted Story?." European History Quarterly 42.3 (2012): 444-467. 27 Sep. 2012. <http://ehq.sagepub.com/content/current>.
    • "Introduction: European Modernity and Islamic Reformism among Muslims of the Balkans in the Late-Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Period (1830s-1945)." Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs 29.4 (2009): 435-442. 27 Sep. 2012.
    • "Conclusion: European Modernity and Islamic Reformism among Muslims of the Balkans in the Late-Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Period (1830s-1945)." Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs 29.4 (2009): 537-543. 27 Sep. 2012.
    • "National Reconciliation After Civil War: The Case of Greece." Journal of Peace Research 46.4 (2009): 559-575. 27 Sep. 2012. <http://jpr.sagepub.com/content/46/4/559.full.pdf>.
    • "Millets in Nation States: The Case of Greek and Bulgarian Muslims, 1912-1923." Nationalities Papers 37.2 (2009): 177-201. 27 Sep. 2012. <http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cnap20/37/2>.
    • "All Change: the Reform Effect of Image Modification within Bulgarian Political Parties on their Foreign Policy Agendas during the 1990s." Etudes Balkaniques (2006): 57-78. 27 Sep. 2012.
    • "A Comparative Overview of the Foreign Policy-making in Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia during the 1980s." Bulgarian Historical Review (2006): 106-144. 27 Sep. 2012.

    Special Issue of a Journal

    • European Modernity and Islamic Reformism among Muslims of the Balkans in the Late-Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Period (1830-1945). Spec. iss. of Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs 29.4 (2009): 27 Sep. 2012. <http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjmm20/29/4>.

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