Studies
- 2005 Doctoral thesis. (University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Government). Title: ‘Ancient Prophecies, Modern Predictions’: Myths and Symbols of Greek Nationalism. Supervisor: Prof. Anthony D. Smith (LSE). Examiners: Prof. David A. Martin (LSE), Prof. Richard J. Crampton (Oxford)
- 1997 Master’s degree (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Law, Economics and Political Science, Department of Political Science and Public Administration)
- 1993 Bachelor’s degree (University of Crete, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy and Social Studies)
Career
- 2025 Elected to the Department of Sociology, University of Crete
- 2021-2025 [spring semesters] Adjunct lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Patras
- 2023 Member of the Associate Teaching Staff, Hellenic Open University, MSc “Folk Culture and Modern Cultural Heritage (FCH)”
- 2020 Module coordinator and lecturer, GCIV 520 – Journey through Greek History: Great Historical Figures from Antiquity to the Late 19th Century, MA in Greek Civilization DL, University of Nicosia (distance learning)
- 2018 Adjunct lecturer, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Department of Political Science and History, Master’s Program in Political Science and History
- 2017 Member of the Associate Teaching Staff, Hellenic Open University, Study Program “Greek Civilization” (ELP)
- 2015-present Researcher (unpaid position), Center for Modern History Research (KENI), Department of Political Science and History – Panteion University
- 2007 Non-tenured Research Fellow, Institute of Modern Greek Studies, National Hellenic Research Foundation
- 2006 Adjunct lecturer, University of the Peloponnese, Department of History, Archaeology & Cultural Heritage Management & Department of Theater Studies.
Research Interests
- Modern Greek history
- Nation, nationalism, and national identity in the modern and contemporary world
- History of ideas and mentalities in Greek society
- Conspiracy theories
2016-2020 European Cooperation in Science and Technology (EU COST), European Action CA 15101 “Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories” (COMPACT). Representative of Greece (full member) in the management committeehttps://www.cost.eu/actions/CA15101/#tabs|Name:management-committee and researcher in Working Group 2 (Actors and Audiences) - Prophecy and revolt in the Ottoman Empire, the Balkans, and (early) modern Europe
2018 – 2023 European Cooperation in Science and Technology (EU COST), CA18129: Islamic Legacy: Narratives East, West, South, North of the Mediterranean (1350-1750) (IS-LE). Deputy representative of Greece in the management committee https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18129/#tabs|Name:management-committee and researcher in Working Group 3 (Beyond borders) - Digital Humanities
2017 – 2022 European Cooperation in Science and Technology (EU COST), European Action CA 16213 “New Exploratory Phase in Research on East European Cultures of Dissent” (NEP4DISSENT). Representative of Greece (full member) in the management committee https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA16213/#tabs|Name:management-committee and researcher in Working Group 5 (Mediating Research Through Technology) - Analysis of Historical Networks
2024 – 2028 European Cooperation in Science and Technology (EU COST), European Action CA 23143 “Participation through Prayer in the Late Medieval and Early Modern World” (PRAYTICIPATE). Representative of Greece (full member) on the management committee https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23143/#tabs+Name:Management%20Committee and researcher in Working Group 2 (Social realities and networks of prayer)
Selected Publications (detailed in CV)
Monograph
- Hatzopoulos, M. 2025. ‘Sacred’ myths and national ideas in modern Greece, Athens: Kardamitsas (in Greek).
Special Issues
- Hatzopoulos, M. 2023. Religiographies, Special Issue: “Religious Dimensions of Nationalism”, vol. 2, no. 2.
Edited books and collective volumes
- Stavrinidis, N. 2019. The Last Period of the Siege of Candia. The Arrival of Köprülü Pasha in Crete, edited, with introduction, commentary, and afterword by M. Hatzopoulos and P. Charalambakis, Heraklion: Vikelia Municipal Library (in Greek).
- Kitromilidis, P. – Hatzopoulos, M. 2014. Ripples in modern Greek political thought. From the 19th to the 20th century (edited and introduced by), Athens: IIE/EIE (in Greek).
Articles in scientific journals
- Hatzopoulos, M. 2023. “Sacralising the Greek Revolution.” Religiographies, vol. 2, no. 2, 20-37.
- Hatzopoulos, M. 2011. “Oracular Prophecy and the Politics of Toppling Ottoman Rulein South-East Europe”, The Historical Review / La Revue Historique 8, 95-116.
- Hatzopoulos, M. 2002. “Nation and Nationalism. A Brief Overview of a Contemporary Scholarly Debate,” Greek Review of Political Science 19, 109-127 (in Greek).
Chapters in Collective Volumes
- Hatzopoulos, M. 2025. “The ‘Hour’ of the ‘Resurrection’. Prophetic time and the insurrectionary process”, Proceedings of the international conference 1821: The known-unknown revolution. A tradition of insurrection, Athens: Synadelfos Publications (in Greek).
- Hatzopoulos, M. 2021. “Saints in revolt: The anti-Ottoman Vision of kyr Daniel”, Lionel Laborie and Ariel Hessayon (eds), Early Modern Prophecies in Transnational, National and Regional Contexts, vol. 2: The Mediterranean World, Leiden: Brill, 246-276.
- Hatzopoulos, M. 2020. “Eighteenth-century Greek Prophetic Literature,” David Thomas & John Chesworth (eds), Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History, Volume 14. Central and Eastern Europe (1700-1800), Leiden: Brill 2020, 382-402.
- Hatzopoulos, M. 2016. “Prophetic Structures of the Ottoman-ruled Orthodox Community in Comparative Perspective: Some Preliminary Observations”, Paschalis Kitromilides – Sophia Matthaiou (eds), Greek-Serbian Relations in the Age of Nation-Building, Athens: SNR/NHRF, 121-147.
- Hatzopoulos, M. 2014. “Messianism and Monarchy. On the conditions for legitimizing dynastic power in Greece in the late 19th century,” Paschalis Kitromilidis – Marios Hatzopoulos (ed. – intro.), Fluctuations in Modern Greek Political Thought. From the 19th to the 20th Century (Workbooks 35), Athens: IIE/EIE, 13-45 (in Greek).
- Hatzopoulos, M. 2013. “Receiving Byzantium in Early Modern Greece (1820s – 1840s),” Olivier Delouis -Anne Gouderc -Petre Guran (eds), Héritages de Byzance en Europe du Sud-Est à l’époque moderne et contemporaine (Mondes Méditerranéens et Balkaniques 4), Athens: École Française d’ Athènes, 219-229.
- Hatzopoulos, M. 2009. “From Resurrection to Insurrection: ‘sacred’ myths, motifs, and symbols in the Greek War of Independence”, Roderick Beaton -David Ricks (eds), The Making of Modern Greece: Nationalism, Romanticism and the Uses of the Past (1797-1896), London: Ashgate, 81-93.