Evi Gkotzaridis

Evi Gkotzaridis is a European 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]

Evi Gkotzaridis
Born
Thessaloniki, Greece
NationalityFrench
EducationSorbonne
OccupationHistorian
Historiographer
EmployerUniversities:
Jagiellonian, Krakow
NUIM, Maynooth
EUI, Florence
Sabancı, Istanbul
Notable work
Trials of Irish History A Pacifist's Life and Death
AwardsJean Monnet Fellowship
Irish Research Council
European Science Foundation
Marie Curie Fellowship

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

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

References
  1. "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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Retrieved 29 March 2011. Evi Gkotzaridis has written a complex and at times stimulating book on the Irish revisionist debate.
  5. 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. 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. 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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