Online Lecture
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 17.30 CEST
Athanasios Barlagiannis, Modern Greek History Research Centre, Academy of Athens
Who was vaccinating in 19 th century Greece? How was the effectiveness of the vaccine ascertained? Were there any popular reactions and what forms did they take? The presentation aims to discuss these questions after tracing the history of the smallpox vaccination in the regions of the Ottoman Empire, which would become Greece in 1832, as well as its relations to inoculation, the previous form of smallpox prevention developed by Greek physicians of the Ottoman Empire. It highlights the
factors that influenced vaccination policies and concludes with the importance of public administration in overcoming obstacles such as popular discontent and fears, scientific uncertainty, challenges from local political opposition and practical issues, such as long-distance transportation of the vaccine.
Athanasios Barlagiannis, Modern Greek History Research Centre, Academy of Athens
Who was vaccinating in 19 th century Greece? How was the effectiveness of the vaccine ascertained? Were there any popular reactions and what forms did they take? The presentation aims to discuss these questions after tracing the history of the smallpox vaccination in the regions of the Ottoman Empire, which would become Greece in 1832, as well as its relations to inoculation, the previous form of smallpox prevention developed by Greek physicians of the Ottoman Empire. It highlights the
factors that influenced vaccination policies and concludes with the importance of public administration in overcoming obstacles such as popular discontent and fears, scientific uncertainty, challenges from local political opposition and practical issues, such as long-distance transportation of the vaccine.
Short CV:
Athanasios Barlagiannis is a tenure-track researcher at the Modern Greek History Research Centre of the Academy of Athens, specialising in the history of the institutions of the Greek state, 19 th - 20 th centuries. He holds a PhD in Modern Greek History from the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (Paris). Since 2016, he has been collaborating with the French research centre TELEMMe (Marseille) on medical and scientific exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean during the 1820s-
1830s. He is a member of the Network for the History of Health (Greece) and treasurer of the Greek Commission of the DHST/IUHPST. He is interested in the history of public health policies, medicine, pharmacology and the Greek state.
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Athanasios Barlagiannis is a tenure-track researcher at the Modern Greek History Research Centre of the Academy of Athens, specialising in the history of the institutions of the Greek state, 19 th - 20 th centuries. He holds a PhD in Modern Greek History from the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (Paris). Since 2016, he has been collaborating with the French research centre TELEMMe (Marseille) on medical and scientific exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean during the 1820s-
1830s. He is a member of the Network for the History of Health (Greece) and treasurer of the Greek Commission of the DHST/IUHPST. He is interested in the history of public health policies, medicine, pharmacology and the Greek state.
Link: https://kit-lecture.zoom-
x.de/j/6884631281?pwd=R3ZwaXVvQWhEaG5MTmlrdytTUXFPUT09
Access without registration - for additional questions, please contact the organizer by
stefan.poser@kit.edu
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