Michalis Sotiropoulos
Lecturer in Modern Greek Studies · College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences · University of Edinburgh
Quick answer: Michalis Sotiropoulos is Lecturer in Modern Greek Studies at University of Edinburgh. Michalis Sotiropoulos shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ Open to PhD supervision enquiries? Yes. Areas of interest for supervision: I welcome enquiries from postgraduates who want to work on global, comparative, and intellectual approaches to the history of the Greek world after the fall of Byzantium and up to the 20th century.
Research interests
My research focuses on what Franco Venturi described as a "political history of ideas" with an emphasis on the history of the modern Greek world, the Age of Revolutions, and more generally the Mediterranean during the 18th and 19th centuries. I have published extensively on these themes, while my recent book, Liberalism after the Revolution: The Intellectual Foundations of the Greek State, c. 1830–1880 (Cambridge University Press, 2023), was awarded the 2024 Edmund Keeley Book Prize by the Modern Greek Studies Association.
Selected publications (since 2023)
Liberalism after the Revolution: The Intellectual foundations of the Greek state c. 1830-1880 (Cambridge University Press, 2023), MGSA Edmund Keeley Book Prize 2024
Philhellenism and the Greek Revolution of 1821: Towards a Global History (Routledge, forthcoming, 2025)
‘George Finlay and the Greek Revolution of 1821: The Scottish Enlightenment and transnational liberalism in revolutionary Europe’, in Roderick Beaton and Neils Gael, (eds), The Greek Revolution of 1821: Contexts, Scottish Connections, the Classical Tradition (Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming, 2024)
‘1821 and Philhellenism’ in Véronique Chankowski, Gilles Grivaud, Kostas Vlassopoulos, Antonia Kiousopoulou, Marinos Sariyannis, Angelos Dalachanis, Efi Gazi (eds.), Παγκόσμια Ιστορία της Ελλάδος – Histoire Mondiale de la G
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Is Michalis Sotiropoulos hiring PhD students at University of Edinburgh?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Michalis Sotiropoulos's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Open to PhD supervision enquiries? Yes. Areas of interest for supervision: I welcome enquiries from postgraduates who want to work on global, comparative, and intellectual approaches to the history of.
What does Michalis Sotiropoulos research?
My research focuses on what Franco Venturi described as a "political history of ideas" with an emphasis on the history of the modern Greek world, the Age of Revolutions, and more generally the Mediterranean during the 18th and 19th centuries. I have published extensively on these themes, while my re
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