Across the Aegean

Violetta Hionidou is Professor of Modern European History at Newcastle University, UK. Her research interests span from famines to birth control; from popular medicine to family history; and from migration and refugee studies to the displacement experiences of Pontic Greeks in the former USSR. Currently, she is researching migration in times of famine. She has published three monographs, two of which are prize-winning. Hionidou has held research fellowships at Princeton University's Seeger Centre for Hellenic Studies, at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (George Papaioannou Fellowship), and at the University of Cambridge (Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellowship).Dimitris Skleparis is Senior Lecturer in the Politics of Security at Newcastle University. His research explores the intersections of security and forced displacement, focusing on threat perceptions, empathy, and collective memories of historical victimisation. He has published widely in international journals and edited volumes, and has contributed to research reports and policy briefs. Dimitris is Co-Convenor of the Greek Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association and serves on the Scientific Board of the Greek Review of Social Research. He previously held academic and research positions at the University of Glasgow, the University of California, and ELIAMEP.

• IntroductionVioletta Hionidou and Dimitris SkleparisPart 1: Navigating Humanitarianism: War, Displacement, and Marginalised LivesChapter 1Fleeing across the Aegean Sea: Orphans and unattended minors in Greece under the aegis of the Near East Relief after the Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922Eleftheria DaleziouChapter 2Forced Migrations, Humanitarianism and Sex-Trafficking: the case of the Anatolian Greeks revisited, 1921–1925Panagiotis Karagkounis and Georgios GiannakopoulosChapter 3Dystopias of sexual abuse and prostitution: the case of Greek-Orthodox refugee women in the 1920sGeorgios KritikosChapter 4Lived experiences of dehumanisation: a case study of Asylum Seekers in the Zervou Refugee Camp in Samos, Greece, 2022-2024Clara De La Hoz Del RealPart 2: Identity of peoples and placesChapter 5The Social Construction of Ottoman Greek Identity in an Early 20th-Century US ContextYiorgo TopalidisChapter 6Identity Confusion of a Multifaceted Landscape: Revisiting the Isolated Rum Heritage in Rural Ayvalık (Late 19th/Early 20th Century)Hasan Sercan SağlamChapter 7Intertwined Settlements, different Memories: Lithri and Ildiri in the shadow of Forced MigrationsNurşen Kul and Ela ÇilChapter 8Diasporic Homelands in the Greco-Turkish Context (post-1923): The Locality of Imbros (Ίμβρος/Gökçeada)Laura BrodyPart 3: MemoryChapter 9Legacies of the 1923 Turkish-Greek Population Exchange: Greek Refugees in Turkey during World War IIAlexandros LamprouChapter 10Odyssey across the Aegean: The Perilous Exodus of Greek Jews (1943–1944) in Light of Individual Agency and Refugee ExperienceJulia FröhlichChapter 11Postmemories of the 1922 Asia Minor refugee experience on Chios: The perspective from oral histories, 1999–2020Violetta HionidouChapter 12Impossible Homecomings: Reconsidering the Legacies of the Greco-Turkish War and Population Exchange through the Life and Work of Etel Adnan (1925–2021)Kristina GedgaudaitėChapter 13Perceptions of the Past: Pleasant Remembrance and Difficult Memories of Greco-Turkish Population Exchange DescendantsSerkan GünayConclusions Dimitris Skleparis and Violetta HionidouAfterword Bruce ClarkBibliography