Insurgent Mountains

This research brings together eighteenth-century Andean rebellions and insurgent experiences in the Eastern Mediterranean, with particular attention to the Greek klephts, the Cretan revolt of Daskalogiannis, and forms of armed resistance in mountainous territories under imperial rule. It examines, in comparative perspective, how the Andes and the Balkans produced their own languages of autonomy, local justice, rebel memory, and political legitimacy.

The research combines global history, comparative microhistory, oral traditions, material culture, and a critique of imperial narratives. By placing Túpac Amaru, Túpac Katari, Daskalogiannis, and the klephts in dialogue, it approaches mountains as spaces of refuge, circulation, warfare, political imagination, and unstable sovereignties. The work is connected to ongoing academic cooperation between UERJ and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, within broader initiatives of international research and mobility.