George Souvlis
Biography
Ι have completed my PhD at the European University Institute in Florence (Department of History and Culture). I have taught courses in modern and contemporary Greek and European history and sociology at Democritus University of Thrace (2019-2020) and at the University of Ioannina (2020-2023).
My research interests lie in the fields of fascist studies, the history of ideas, and historical sociology. My most recent publications include the following books/special issues: Voices on the Left (2019), Back to the ’30’s?: Recurring Crises of Capitalism, Liberalism, and Democracy (edited jointly with J. Rayner, S. Falls, and T. Nelms, 2020), The Normalization of Far-Right Discourse in Greece (edited jointly with R. Vasilaki, 2021), “Re-assessing the Metaxas Dictatorship (1936-1941): Greek Fascism or Old-Style Authoritarianism?”, Fascism 11/2 (November 2022) (co-edited with A. Kallis), Radical Journalism (co-edited with S. Farrell and E. Siapera, 2023), Duty to Revolt: Transnational and Commemorative Aspects of Revolution (co-edited with A. Karatzogianni, 2023), Τhe Alternative Right in Greece (2025), Politics of Liberation. Conversations with Theory and History (co-edited with R. Vasilaki) as well as a series of articles in the journals Praksis, Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, Fascism. Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies, Práticas da História, and Critical Education.
Research fields
- Fascist studies
- Historical sociology
- Intellectual history
- History of modern Greece
Selected publications
- Vasilaki, Rosa & George Souvlis (Eds.). Politics of Liberation. Conversations with Theory and History. Athens: RLS Greece, 2025. [link] 🔓
- Vasilaki, Rosa & George Souvlis. “Instrumentalizing gender: from interwar fascism to the Alt Right in Greece,” Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe 31 (2023): 447-466. [link]
- Souvlis, George. “Genuine Fascist Theory or Non-Systematic Conceptualisations of the New Authoritarian Order? Towards an Anatomy of Nikolaos Koumaros’s Anti-Parliamentarian Thought,” Fascism 11 (2022): 211–236. [link] 🔓
- Rayner, Jeremy, Susan Falls, George Souvlis & Taylor C. Nelms (Eds.). Back to the ‘30s? Recurring Crises of Capitalism, Liberalism, and Democracy. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. [link]
Main projects
- Researcher in the project ‘STEXEU — The Constitutional Road to Dictatorship: States of Exception and Authoritarianism in Europe, 1900-39‘ — Coordinated by Arturo Zoffmann Rodriguez (IHC — NOVA FCSH) and funded by the European Research Institute (Starting Grant, Grant agreement ID: 101163723 ). 2025- [link]
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News
History is at School! — New educational programme from the IHC
Programme aims to familiarise students with historical research and its tools
‘Our Father – The Last Days of a Dictator’ wins three awards
received three awards at the Caminhos do Cinema Português festival
IHC at Science and Technology Week 2025
The two activities hosted by the IHC will take place on 25 November
