Voorsmaakje
Greece facilitated the migration of some 4,000 of its children for adoption overseas. Between 1950 and 1970, the vast majority of these Greek-born children went to couples in the USA, but some 600 Greek infants and toddlers were sent to the Netherlands. These countries were the largest recipients of Greek “orphans,” who are more appropriately called “adoptees”, because, in many cases, one or both parents were still alive but did not have the means or family support to keep their child. I have recently documented the history of the postwar and Cold War Greek adoption movement in my book Adoption, Memory, and Cold War Greece (U Michigan Press, 2019). From that study came numerous meetings with the Greek-born adoptees and now also a campaign of activism for what they hope Greece will still grant them: their records, their restored citizenship, and further research on this sensitive topic.
Over de spreker
Gonda Van Steen holds the Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature in the Department of Classics at King’s College London. She is the author of five books: Venom in Verse: Aristophanes in Modern Greece; Liberating Hellenism from the Ottoman Empire; Theatre of the Condemned: Classical Tragedy on Greek Prison Islands; and Stage of Emergency: Theater and Public Performance under the Greek Military Dictatorship of 1967-1974. Her latest book, Adoption, Memory, and Cold War Greece (2019), takes the reader into the uncharted terrain of Greek adoption stories that become paradigmatic of Cold War politics and history.
Praktische informatie
Wanneer? dinsdag 16 mei 2023, om 19u30
Waar? auditorium 1 Jan Broeckx (Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Gent)
Prijs? gratis voor leden van het Griekenlandcentrum, UGent studenten (m.u.v. PhD-studenten) en scholieren. Anderen betalen €5.
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