Article 1: Greek School Textbooks at a Political Crossroads: (Re) Defining the Greek Citizen in the Greek School during the Reign of Colonels (1967-1974)

Greece, Greek Christians was the slogan of the Greek Junta after it overthrew the Greek government in 1967 and ruled Greece until 1974. Led by a group of rightist army officers, headed by Colonel George Papadopoulos, the Junta passed a series of educational reforms during its seven-year reign (Επταετία) that sought to (re)define the Greek citizen. This paper analyzes several elementary and middle school textbooks, educational decrees, and other primary sources to help shed light on how schooling, and more generally education, during what would be known as the “Reign of the Colonels” or “Military Junta” attempted to reshape a Greek national identity.