Evi Gkotzaridis
Evi Gkotzaridis
Born
Thessaloniki, Greece
NationalityFrench
EducationSorbonne
Occupation(s)Historian
Historiographer
Employer(s)Universities: Sorbonne, Paris
Jagiellonian, Krakow
NUIM, Maynooth
EUI, Florence
Sabancı, Istanbul
Notable workTrials of Irish History A Pacifist's Life and Death
AwardsJean Monnet Fellowship
Irish Research Council
European Science Foundation
Marie Curie Fellowship

Evi Gkotzaridis is a historian whose work focuses on 20th century Irish and Greek history.[1] Her critically acclaimed[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] book Trials of Irish History gave the first detailed analysis of the revisionist debate in Ireland.[1] She has also authored a book called A Pacifist's Life and Death, the first historical biography detailing the life, time and achievements of Grigorios Lambrakis. Lambrakis was an athletic champion, doctor, politician and Greece's most committed defender of democracy and peace. He was mortally struck on the head with a club by Right-wing 'parastate' individuals, shortly after he had delivered the keynote speech at an anti-war meeting in Salonica, on 22 May 1963.[10][11]

Reviews

Scholarly reviews of Trials of Irish History were positive overall with occasional criticism of her writing style.[2] Matthew Kelly described her book as "underpinned by a remarkable historical intelligence".[2] Bill Kissane of the London School of Economics said the book "defends the revisionists".[3] Brian Girvin of the University of Glasgow wrote that it was a "stimulating book on the Irish revisionist debate."[4] David Fitzpatrick of Trinity College in Dublin described it as "quirky" but was "an exceptionally lively, generous, intelligent, wide-ranging and well-informed tribute to a much maligned but formidable lineage of historians."[5] Martyn Powell described it as "anti-nationalistic" in tone.[9] Scholarly reviews of A Pacifist's life and Death were also positive. Historical journalist Tasos Kostopoulos wrote: "People shape history and yet they are also shaped by it. This simple truth is brought home to us once again by this biography of Grigorios Lambrakis, by historian Evi Gkotzaridis which was published recently in English by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. By recounting the life of the left-wing Greek deputy as a constant interaction with the turbulent developments of the time, the book deals exhaustively with the description of the latter, stressing in particular all those aspects of post-war Greek reality less known to the international readership but which proved decisive to the evolution and death of the subject: a strong police state, a stifling control of parliamentary life, a close monitoring of the country by the former Allies, and the systematic abetment of a fascist deep state with the purpose of suppressing the internal enemy via illegal methods."[12] Historian William Mallinson wrote: "This is not a book for the fainthearted goody-goody 'draw-a-line-under-it' brigade, since it deals with a subject that the gang-ho extreme right-wing part of the Greek Establishment would like to be forgotten. The author's passion is clear. Yet, she manages to detach herself sufficiently to have undertaken wide-ranging research into the environment that led to the brutal killing of Lambrakis. This is a painstakingly researched book, in a positive sense, with a wide range of resources consulted, as befits a serious historian. It is a brave attempt to deal with a subject still considered taboo by much of the Greek Establishment and to remind us of the importance of being vigilant to protect the flawed democracy that still exists in Greece."[13]

Books

● Η Ζωή και ο Θάνατος του Γρηγόρη Λαμπράκη. Ένας Ειρηνιστής στη Δίνη του Εμφύλιου Διχασμού από την Εύη Γκοτζαρίδη, ΚΨΜ (εκδόσεις), 2023

● A Pacifist's Life and Death: Grigorios Lambrakis and Greece in the Long Shadow of Civil War by Evi Gkotzaridis, Cambridge Scholars Publishing (publisher),2016

● Trials of Irish History: Genesis and Evolution of a Reappraisal 1938—2000 by Evi Gkotzaridis, Routledge (publisher), 2006

Articles

  • “Irish Revisionism and Postmodernism,” (Le révisionnisme irlandais et le postmodernisme) ETUDES IRLANDAISES, No.26:1, Spring 2001, pp. 131–57. DOI : 10.3406/irlan.2001.1561
  • “Irish Revisionism and Continental Theory. An Insight into an Intellectual Kinship,”(Révisionnisme irlandais et théorie continentale. Un aperçu d'une parenté intellectuelle) THE IRISH REVIEW, Vol. 27, No. 1, Summer 2001, pp. 121–139. doi:10.2307/29736025
  • “Revisionist Historians and the Modern Irish State: the Conflict between the Advisory Committee and the Bureau of Military History. 1946-1966,” (Les historiens révisionnistes et l'État irlandais moderne: le conflit entre le comité consultatif et le bureau d'histoire militaire. 1946–1966) IRISH HISTORICAL STUDIES, Vol.35, No.137, May 2006, pp. 99–116. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021121400004661
  • “Revisionism in the 20th century: Bankruptcy of a Concept and Permanence of a Practice?” (Le révisionnisme au XXe siècle : faillite d'un concept et permanence d'une pratique?) THE EUROPEAN LEGACY, Vol. 13, No. 6, October 2008, pp. 725–741. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10848770802358112
  • “What is Behind the Concept: Fragmentation and Internal Critique in the Revisionist Debates of Greece and Ireland,” (Ce qui se cache derrière le concept : fragmentation et critique interne dans les débats révisionnistes en Grèce et en Irlande) RICERCHE STORICHE, A. XLI No.1, Jan-April 2011, pp. 87–110. http://digital.casalini.it/10.1400/169087
  • “Who Will Help Me to Get Rid of this Man? Grigorios Lambrakis and the Non-Aligned Peace Movement in Post-Civil War Greece: 1961-1964,” (Qui m'aidera à me débarrasser de cet homme? Grigoris Lambrakis et le mouvement pacifiste non-aligné dans la Grèce de l'après-guerre civile : 1961–19640) JOURNAL OF MODERN GREEK STUDIES, Vol. 30, No. 2, October 2012, pp. 299–338. doi:10.1353/mgs.2012.0020“
  • ‘Who Really Rules this Country': Collusion between State and Deep State in Post- Civil War Greece and the Murder of Independent MP Grigorios Lambrakis. 1958-1963,” (‘Qui dirige vraiment ce pays !’ : Collusion entre l'État officiel et l'État profond dans la Grèce de l’après-guerre civile et le meurtre du député indépendant Grigoris Lambrakis. 1958–1963) Vol. 28, No. 4, December 2017, pp. 646–673, DIPLOMACY AND STATECRAFT. DOI : 10.1080/09592296.2017.1386458
  • “The 1940’s and their Afterlives. Resistance, Collaboration and the Enduring Problem of Communism,” (Les années 1940 et leurs lendemains. Résistance, collaboration et le problème persistant du communisme) in Balkan Legacies: The Long Shadow of Conflict and Ideological Experiment in Southeastern Europe, edited by Balazs Apor (TCD) & John Paul Newman (NUIM), PURDUE UNIVERSITY PRESS. Publication : 15 June 2021. http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/titles/format/9781612496405
  • “Modern Irish Historiography, Politics, and Ireland’s Colonial Status,” (L'historiographie irlandaise moderne, la politique et le statut colonial de l'Irlande) in Ireland and Ukraine. Essays in Comparative History and Politics, edited by Stephen Velychenko, Joseph Ruane, & Ludmilla Hrynevych, IBIDEM/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS. Publication: 2022. https://cup.columbia.edu/book/ireland-and-ukraine/9783838216652

References

  1. 1 2 "Revisionism in the Twentieth Century: A Bankrupt Concept or Permanent Practice?". Academia.edu. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2011. European University Institute, Dept. of History and Civilization, I-50133 Florence, Italy
  2. 1 2 3 Matthew Kelly (book reviewer) (2008). "Trials of Irish History: Genesis and Evolution of a Reappraisal, 1938–2000 by Evi Gkotzaridis (London: Routledge, 2007; pp. 324. N.p.)". The English Historical Review. pp. 804–806. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2011. VolumeCXXIII, Issue502 ... This is a remarkable book, underpinned by a remarkable historical intelligence. It is also exceptionally over-written. ... Despite this, the book is compellingly clever and anyone with an interest in Irish history or historiography should read it thoroughly.
  3. 1 2 Bill Kissane (London School of Economics and Political Science) (2006). "Review: Evi Gkotzaridis, Trials of Irish History: Genesis and Evolution of a Reappraisal 1938—2000". Journal of Contemporary History. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-203-34069-1. Retrieved 29 March 2011. On a range of issues this book defends the revisionists, and invokes heavyweights of European historiography behind their case
  4. 1 2 BRIAN GIRVIN (University of Glasgow) (2 April 2009). "(review of this book:) Trials of Irish History: Genesis and Evolution of a Reappraisal 1938–2000. By Evi Gkotzaridis". Oxford Journals: 20th Century British History. pp. 267–270. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2011. Evi Gkotzaridis has written a complex and at times stimulating book on the Irish revisionist debate.
  5. 1 2 David Fitzpatrick of Trinity College (Dublin) (2008). "(review of:) Trials of Irish history: genesis and evolution of a reappraisal, 1938–2000". History Ireland. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011. Though decidedly quirky in its approach and interpretations, this book is an exceptionally lively, generous, intelligent, wide-ranging and well-informed tribute to a much maligned but formidable lineage of historians. By making Irish revisionism interesting, it does what I had thought impossible. One awaits with interest the response of the post-revisionists whom Gkotzaridis has so deftly wrong-footed.
  6. ↑ Alan O'Day (April 2008). "Reviewed work(s): Trials of Irish History: Genesis and Evolution of a Reappraisal, 1938–2000. (Routledge Studies in Modern European History, number 7.) by Evi Gkotzaridis". The American Historical Review. 113: 588. doi:10.1086/ahr.113.2.588.
  7. ↑ Brian Girvin (2007). "Beyond Revisionism? Some Recent Contributions to the Study of Modern Ireland". The English Historical Review. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2011. Stewart cited in Evi Gkotzaridis, Trials of Irish History: Genesis and Evolution of a Reappraisal, 1938–2000 (London: Routledge, 2006), p. 150, which also contained the most detailed review of the issues involved in the controversy. ... Oxford Journals; Humanities; VolumeCXXIV, Issue506; Pp. 94–107
  8. ↑ Ian McBride (2007). "Reviewed work(s): Trials of Irish History: Genesis and Evolution of a Reappraisal 1938–2000 by Evi Gkotzaridis". Field Day Review. 3: 205–213. JSTOR 30078850.
  9. 1 2 Martyn Powell (30 December 2008). "Eighteenth Century". Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature. 92: 78–99. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8314.2008.00220.x. (see page 87) Those interested in Irish historiography should note the publication of Evi Gkotzaridis, Trials of Irish History: Genesis and Evolution of a Reappraisal (Routledge, £80), an immensely stimulating book which is, in general, anti-nationalistic in its tone.
  10. ↑ Gkotzaridis, Evi (Oct 2012) "Who Will Help Me to Get Rid of this Man? Grigorios Lambrakis and the Non-Aligned Peace Movement in Post-Civil War : 1961-1964," JOURNAL OF MODERN GREEK STUDIES, 30(2): 299-338 https://doi.org/10.1353/mgs.2012.0020
  11. ↑ Gkotzaridis, Evi (Dec 2017) "Who Really Rules this Country!' Collusion between State and Deep State in post-Civil War Greece and the Murder of Independent MP Grigorios Lambrakis. 1958-1963," DIPLOMACY & STATECRAFT, 28(4): 646-673.https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2017.1386458
  12. ↑ Tasos Kostopoulos, "Lambrakis before the Pickup Truck," Efymerida ton Syntakton, 18 June 2017
  13. ↑ William Mallinson, REVIEW OF "A Pacifist's Life and Death: Grigorios Lambrakis and Greece in the Long Shadow of Civil War", JOURNAL OF BALKAN AND NEAR EASTERN STUDIES, 20(6), pp. 639–640
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