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CANCELLED Can cultural life thrive under authoritarianism? Evidence from Greece, 1970-1973
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT TERM
Existing accounts of life under the Colonels’ dictatorship (1967-1974) contend that cultural activity in Greece was all but eradicated due to repression and censorship. However, our research uncovers exactly the opposite, nothing less than a cultural Big Bang. I outline the evidence and address two questions: First, what made this development possible—and, more generally, which conditions facilitate the development of cultural life under authoritarianism? And second, why was this cultural boom erased from collective memory?
Date:
4 March 2026, 17:00
Venue:
St Antony's College - North Site
Venue Details:
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Speakers:
Stathis Kalyvas (All Souls College, Oxford),
Foteini Dimirouli (Keble College, Oxford)
Organising department:
European Studies Centre
Organiser contact email address:
julie.adams@sant.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Othon Anastasakis (SEESOX, St Antony's College, Oxford)
Part of:
South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Julie Adams
