Stavroula Mavrogeni
Mavrogeni Stavrula, Associate Professor at the School of Balkan, Slavic and Eastern Studies of the University of Macedonia
Her research interests focus on the use of Art and Literature by institutional entities, such as schools and places of remembrance (museums, monuments) towards the establishment, promotion, and/or the dismantling of national identity and distinctiveness of individual ethnicities, subjects of 19th century multiethnic empires. Specifically, the literary and visual arts production and the respective trends that appeared within southern Slavic peoples during times of political, social and cultural upheavals and national crises are studied.
This production is studied under the prism of the emergence of individual ethnicities through painting, sculpture and epico-lyric literature, inherited from European production and ideology. The role of Art and Literature in the creation of a super-national or national identity during the 20th century is examined. In addition her interests include in the new challenges faced by the emerging ethnic states within expanded economic, political and cultural agglomerations (such as the European Union), where for once more the peoples are called to overcome the social and economic crises leading to the promotion of a pronounced nationalistic profile and to redefine the individual and collective identities endeavoring through Art and Education to ensure their national self-consciousness within the bounds of a multicultural coexistence and respect of the Other.
Her research interests focus on the use of Art and Literature by institutional entities, such as schools and places of remembrance (museums, monuments) towards the establishment, promotion, and/or the dismantling of national identity and distinctiveness of individual ethnicities, subjects of 19th century multiethnic empires. Specifically, the literary and visual arts production and the respective trends that appeared within southern Slavic peoples during times of political, social and cultural upheavals and national crises are studied.
This production is studied under the prism of the emergence of individual ethnicities through painting, sculpture and epico-lyric literature, inherited from European production and ideology. The role of Art and Literature in the creation of a super-national or national identity during the 20th century is examined. In addition her interests include in the new challenges faced by the emerging ethnic states within expanded economic, political and cultural agglomerations (such as the European Union), where for once more the peoples are called to overcome the social and economic crises leading to the promotion of a pronounced nationalistic profile and to redefine the individual and collective identities endeavoring through Art and Education to ensure their national self-consciousness within the bounds of a multicultural coexistence and respect of the Other.
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The historical course of the Balkan nations, in addition to the national historiographies, was reflected in the works of art and the artists of the time. Influenced by the European movement in support of the national liberation struggle and the themes of historical painting in the West, Balkan artists created themes of a similar historical content.
Through images and emotional charge, painting sought to influence public opinion not only in the emerging nations, but also in other European countries. This aspect of painting was of major importance for the development and shaping of the national consciousness.
In this article I will try to group the works of historical painting created in these three states under the influence of Romanticism and later artistic currents. My goal is to highlight the great historical moments of the three states and to study the way in which they passed on to the general public of their countries the meaning of the struggles for national sovereignty, their long history, but also the sufferings they suffered during the period of Ottoman rule.
Η δημιουργία του νέου εθνικού κράτους οδήγησε αφενός στην αποτιτοποίηση και την αποϊδεολογικοποίηση της ιστορίας αφετέρου στην ανάδειξη ενός νέου εθνοκεντρικού μοντέλου. Στο πλαίσιο αυτό, επιχειρήθηκε μία νέα ανάγνωση των γεγονότων που είχαν διαδραματιστεί τόσο στους Βαλκανικούς Πολέμους όσο και κατά τη διάρκεια του Α΄ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου. Οι παλαιοί ήρωες αποκαθηλώθηκαν και στη θέση τους εμφανίστηκαν νέοι ήρωες που προσδιόρισαν και την νέα εθνική αφήγηση.
Στόχος της παρούσας είναι η μελέτη της ιστορίας των Βαλκανικών Πολέμων, καθώς και του Α΄ Παγκοσμίου πολέμου, όπως παρουσιάζεται στα σχολικά εγχειρίδια της Σερβίας και κυρίως ο τρόπος με τον οποίο αναδείχθηκαν τα γεγονότα στο πλαίσιο της διαμόρφωσης της νέας εθνικής ιδεολογίας.
The historical course of the Balkan nations, in addition to the national historiographies, was reflected in the works of art and the artists of the time. Influenced by the European movement in support of the national liberation struggle and the themes of historical painting in the West, Balkan artists created themes of a similar historical content.
Through images and emotional charge, painting sought to influence public opinion not only in the emerging nations, but also in other European countries. This aspect of painting was of major importance for the development and shaping of the national consciousness.
In this article I will try to group the works of historical painting created in these three states under the influence of Romanticism and later artistic currents. My goal is to highlight the great historical moments of the three states and to study the way in which they passed on to the general public of their countries the meaning of the struggles for national sovereignty, their long history, but also the sufferings they suffered during the period of Ottoman rule.
Η δημιουργία του νέου εθνικού κράτους οδήγησε αφενός στην αποτιτοποίηση και την αποϊδεολογικοποίηση της ιστορίας αφετέρου στην ανάδειξη ενός νέου εθνοκεντρικού μοντέλου. Στο πλαίσιο αυτό, επιχειρήθηκε μία νέα ανάγνωση των γεγονότων που είχαν διαδραματιστεί τόσο στους Βαλκανικούς Πολέμους όσο και κατά τη διάρκεια του Α΄ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου. Οι παλαιοί ήρωες αποκαθηλώθηκαν και στη θέση τους εμφανίστηκαν νέοι ήρωες που προσδιόρισαν και την νέα εθνική αφήγηση.
Στόχος της παρούσας είναι η μελέτη της ιστορίας των Βαλκανικών Πολέμων, καθώς και του Α΄ Παγκοσμίου πολέμου, όπως παρουσιάζεται στα σχολικά εγχειρίδια της Σερβίας και κυρίως ο τρόπος με τον οποίο αναδείχθηκαν τα γεγονότα στο πλαίσιο της διαμόρφωσης της νέας εθνικής ιδεολογίας.