The Interpreters: British Internationalism and Empire in Southeastern Europe, 1870–1930

[Giannakopoulos, Georgios]

Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to share news of my new book, The Interpreters: British Internationalism and Empire in Southeastern Europe, 1870–1930, recently published by Manchester University Press.

👉 https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526160133/

The book examines how British diplomats, journalists, and intellectuals engaged with Southeastern Europe from the late nineteenth century to the interwar years. It explores how ideas of internationalism and imperial power shaped debates on national questions, federal solutions, and the management of diversity—drawing instructive parallels with the Irish question and Britain’s broader imperial imagination.

The study situates modern Greece and the Balkans within a wider global conversation about order, sovereignty, and political reform, and may be of interest to those working on the history of foreign relations, nationalism, and international thought in the region.

Over the years, I have had the pleasure of sharing parts of this research at MGSA conferences and in the Journal of Modern Greek Studies. I am very grateful for the engagement, comments, and encouragement from members of this community, which have shaped parts of the book, and I look forward to continuing these exchanges in the future.

With best wishes,

Georgios

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Dr. Georgios Giannakopoulos FRHistS | FHEA

Senior Lecturer in Modern History

Associate Dean Enterprise. Engagement and Employability

School of Policy and Global Affairs, City St. George’s, University of London

Rhind Building, Clerkenwell Campus, Office D521 EC1V 0HB, London UK