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Conference Program 25-28 May 2018 26/05/2018 FORMAL WELCOME TO VIP GUESTS 10.30-12.00 Presentation : Brigadier Nikolaos Delatolas (Greek Army History Directory) and Stelios A. Mantzaris President “The Lemnos Friends of Anzac” Association 12.15 Keynote address: Sir Hew Francis Anthony Strachan 13.15 Departure for Moudros Town. Arrival at Moudros Commonwealth War Cemetery, ‘Laying of wreaths’ followed by visit to Moudros Nautical History Museum and presentation for Conference attendees and Speakers. 17.45 – 19.15 Session Α: The outcome of the military campaign in the Balkans and the Dardanelles 1918, and the conclusion of the Moudros Armistice. Chair: Vlasis Vlasidis, Emmy Livaniou (Huffington Post), Dragana Markovic (Serbian Journalist) Speakers ❖ Mesut Uyar, “The Birth and Development of the Ottoman Amphibious Defence Concept on the Gallipoli Peninsula". ❖ Theofanis Vlachos, “The battle of Skra di Legen (30.05.1918) and its impact on the Hellenic Army" ❖ Ivan Petrov, ”The assault at Dobro Pole and the collapse of Bulgaria in September 1918” ❖ Aleksandra M. Pećinar, “A Mini World War in The Balkans” 19.30 – 21.15 Session B: The outcome of the military campaign in the Balkans and the Dardanelles 1918, and the conclusion of the Moudros Armistice. Chair: Vlasis Vlasidis, Emmy Livaniou (Huffington Post), Dragana Markovic (Serbian Journalist) ❖ Lena Korma, "An unorthodox opponent: the contribution of Lemnos island to the eradication of the infectious diseases of the Gallipoli and Macedonian Front" ❖ Major Thomas Loukas, “Health care of the Greek army during WWI” ❖ Efstratios Dordanas, “From Macedonian Front to Western Front. German Empire just before 11.11.1918". ❖ Zisis Fotakis, “Sailing in Heavy Seas. The Greek Navy at War, 1918-1923” 1 27/05/2018 10.00-11.45 Morning-Session A: Political reflections and orientations after the Armistice: the dilemmas for Greece and for the Ottomans Chair: Zisis Fotakis, Katerina Fykari (PR, Municipality of Lemnos), Ismini Kriari ❖ Photini Tomai-Constantopoulou, “A guide to trace WWI into Greece’s diplomatic archives. The dramatic consequences of Moudros Armistice over Greece ‘s strategy in Anatolia” ❖ Evanthis Hatzivassiliou, “After the Armistice: Greece, the Options for the Near East and the Road to the Peace Conference” Despoina Charitou, “WWI forts and trenches in Macedonian Front 1915-1918. A first Approach” ❖ Peter Argyris Katsambanis, “The geo-political impact of the Armistice of Mudros and its continued impact in the 21st century” ❖ Katarine Sarikakis, Prof. Antonis Skamnakis, Prof. Olga Kolokytha, “The Greek Press during the Great War: Making sense of the National Discord and Allies’ Betrayal” 12.00-13.45 Morning-Session B: Lemnos as a case study for the memory and the cultural heritage of WWI Chair: Efstratios Dordanas, Elli Lemonidou, Evanthis Hatzivassiliou ❖ Vlasis Vlasidis, “Constructing cemeteries and paying tribute to the fallen WWI and WWII soldiers in Greece” ❖ Peter Stanley, ‘Locus of fates: reflections on Lemnos’s place in Great War history’ ❖ Despoina Charitou, “WWI forts and trenches in Macedonian Front 1915-1918. A first Approach” ❖ Ismini A. Kriari, “ The protection of Cultural Heritage and Maritime Archeology within the Rulings of UNESCO” 18.00-20.00 Session: Culture-Business Chair: Konstantinos Bogdanos (Proto Thema), Marianthi Milona (German Press), Aleksandra Pecinar ❖ Athanasios Nakasis, “Management of Archaeological sites” ❖ Elli Lemonidou, “The First World War as a "lieu de memoire": European and Greek dimension’ ❖ Konstantinos Tsegas, “Lemnos: a place of great historical significance and a truly unique travel destination. ❖ Stelios A. Mantzaris , “The need to develop cultural tourism in Greece. Lemnos, as a role model for development” 2 Conclusions: Brigadier Nikolaos Delatolas (Greek Army History Directory) and Stelios Mantzaris President “The Lemnos’ Friends of Anzac” Association 21.15: Formal function presented by “Chef Club Akropolis” with cooking and preparation of local gastronomic delights. Varos Village Traditional Hotel & Residences. Musical Program performed by local island Cultural Dance Groups 28/05/2018 09.30 Departure from Varos Village Hotel for Lemnos Island Tour including: - Prehistoric Poliochni - Ancient Ifestia and it’s Theatre - Portianou village, Portianou Commonwealth War Cemetery and the Stephen Saunders Memorial -The island’s capital Myrina and its castle Speakers Charitou Despoina, Ph. Candidate in Military Archaeology, Department for Balkan Slavic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece Dordanas Efstratios, Assistant Professor in Modern European and Balkan History, Department for Balkan Slavic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece Fotakis Zisis, Ass.Professor in Naval History, Hellenic Naval Academy, Pireaus, Greece Hatzivassiliou Evanthis, Professor of Contemporary History, Department of History, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Greece Katsambanis Peter Argyris, Lawyer, Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Member for Hillarys- President of WHIA (World Hellenic Interparliamentary Association) Kolokytha Olga, Assistant Professor in Media Governance and Media Industries Research Lab, Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Austria Korma Lena, Ph.D. in History, French School of Athens, Greece Kriari Ismini A., Professor of Constitutional Law, Rector of Panteion University, Department of Public Administration and Economics, Athens, Greece Lemonidou Elli, Assistant Professor, Cultural Heritage Management & New Technologies Department, University of Patras, Greece Loukas Thomas, Major, Hellenic Army. 3 Mantzaris A. Stelios, President of “The Lemnos Friends of Anzac” Association-Lemnos Hoteliers Association, Greece Nakasis Athanasios, Ph.D., Architect NTUA, MS, President of “ICOMOS” Greece. Pećinar Aleksandra M, PhD in Diplomatic History of Balkans during the first half of 20th century with special focus on relations of Serbia and Greece, Serbia Sarikakis Katharine, Professor in political economic dimensions of media and communications governance, Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Austria Skamnakis Antonis, Assistant Professor in News, Journalism and Politics, Department of Journalism, mass media and Communication, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Stanley Peter, Professor, University of NSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society Strachan, Sir Hew Francis Anthony, DL, FRSE, FRHistS, Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland Tomai Constantopoulou Photini, Director, Minister A’, Service of Diplomatic and Historical Archives-Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tsegas Konstantinos, Attorney at the Supreme Court, Secretary General of Greek Tourism Organization (GNTO) Uyar, Mesut, Professor PD, International Relations Antalya Bilim University,Turkey Vlachos Theofanis, PhD Candidate, Hellenic Army History Directorate Vlasidis Vlasis, Assistant Professor in Contemporary History, Media and Communication, Department for Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece 4 .