Insurgent Mountains

This research project compares the Andean rebellions of the 18th century and the Greek kleftes, irregular fighters under Ottoman rule, analyzing how armed practices, legitimized by local cosmologies and mountainous territorialities, produced specific forms of resistance and autonomy. The research articulates global history, comparative microhistory, and postcolonial studies, fostering a dialogue between the Andean and Balkan contexts and reflecting on the transhistorical and transcultural dimensions of the insurgencies.