Conference

THE PATRIOTISM OF THE EXPATRIATES
Diasporas and national consciousness between Europe, the Mediterranean and beyond in the long 19th century

Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs – University of Nicosia, Cyprus & Queen Mary, University of London
18 February 2012, University of Nicosia, 2nd Floor Conference Room – Main Building

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
9:30- 10:00 Welcome note & Introductory remarks:
Nicos PERISTIANIS (University of Nicosia)
Maurizio ISABELLA (Queen Mary, University of London)
10:00- 10:40 SESSION 1
Chair: Emilios SOLOMOU (CCEIA – University of Nicosia)
Artan PUTO (“Marin Barleti” University, Tirana), The idea of nation in the writings of Sami Frasheri and Faik Konitza
Vaso SEIRINIDOU (University of Athens), Between nation and empire: Balkan intellectuals in the Habsburg Monarchy, late 18th – 19th c.
10:40-10:55 Discussion
10:55-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:15 SESSION 2
Chair: Daphne LAPPA (EUI, Florence & AHDR, Cyprus)
Dominique Kirchner REILL (University of Miami), Exiled or Homeward Bound? The Slippery case of Place in the Era before Nation States
Antonio D’ ALESSANDRI (Università Roma Tre), Historical Nation vs. Ethnic Nation: Romanian and Hungarian exiles in Western Europe after 1849
12:15-12:30 Discussion
12:30-14:00
LUNCH
14:00-15:00 SESSION 3
Chair: Nicos PERISTIANIS
“EXPATRIATES” Project – Presentation of research results:
Konstantina ZANOU (IPE & CCEIA – University of Nicosia)
Discussants:
Antonis LIAKOS (University of Athens)
Maurizio ISABELLA (Queen Mary, University of London)
15:00-15:30 Discussion

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