Hi! My name is Emmanouil (or “Manolis”) Peponas, and I was born in Athens, Greece, in 1995. After a non-promising basketball career as a youngster, I decided to follow an even more unstable career pathway and be a historian. And seriously, I never regret it. I hold a BA in History, a BA in Philosophy, an MA in Modern and Contemporary History (University of Ioannina), and a Ph.D. in Contemporary Greek History (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens). During my studies, I was awarded three scholarships for my academic excellence. Additionally, I have worked as a freelance author, researcher, and editor for remarkable institutions and companies for over a decade. Apart from my scholarly activities, several of my articles are addressed to the public and published in magazines, sites, and newspapers. I am also the author of five books - none of them is a best-seller. In my free time, I practice kickboxing and calisthenics (or watch hilarious videos with dogs on YouTube). I state that I write “sine ira et studio,” but no one believes me.

On this website, you can find more about what I’m up to, explore my latest publications, and delve into topics that interest me. Occasionally, I’ll share my thoughts or anything intriguing that captures my attention.

News

October 2024: I was selected as a Junior Associate Fellow at the NATO Defence College.

September 2024: I was elected as an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

June 2024: I presented the paper “The Northern Epirus Question and the creation of the anti-Western myth”, in History Days, a conference organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

June 2024: My article “A paradoxical otherness in revolutionary Crete: the case of Sfakia”, was published in Charalampos Minaoglou (ed.), The Greek Revolution in Piraeus and Island Greece (Irodotos, Athens 2024).

June 2024: My article “From the League of Prizren to the Greater Albania. When History Influences Contemporary Foreign Policy” was published on International Strategy’s website.

June 2024: I was selected as a member of the Journal of Military Studies editorial board.

May 2024: I successfully defended my Ph.D. thesis.