%0 Journal Article %T Victor B¨¦rard et la Mac¨¦doine %A Ivan Savev %J Cahiers Balkaniques %D 2011 %I INALCO %X Un hell¨¦niste convaincu, Victor B¨¦rard, en vient, au d¨¦but du XXe si¨¨cle ¨¤ soutenir l¡¯existence de Mac¨¦doniens et le slogan la Mac¨¦doine aux Mac¨¦doniens¡±.Le Congr¨¨s de Berlin en 1878 avait laiss¨¦ la Mac¨¦doine aux mains des Ottomans. La Gr¨¨ce, la Serbie et la Bulgarie, parvenues ¨¤ ses limites et pr¨¦voyant le retrait futur des Ottomans peaufinent les arguments linguistiques et historiques qui justifieront leurs revendications territoriales. Victor B¨¦rard, un hell¨¦niste respect¨¦ et bon connaisseur de la r¨¦gion sud balkanique, effectue des enqu¨ºtes en Mac¨¦doine en 1896 et 1903 qu¡¯il publie ¨¤ Paris.Cette ¨¦tude montre comment, dans le contexte de la propagande nationaliste des pr¨¦tendants ¨¤ la possession de la Mac¨¦doine, Victor B¨¦rard en vient progressivement ¨¤ affirmer qu¡¯il existe une population autochtone, les Mac¨¦doniens. Il soutient leur programme pour la constitution d¡¯une f¨¦d¨¦ration ou conf¨¦d¨¦ration avec le slogan la Mac¨¦doine aux Mac¨¦doniens ce qui fait toute l¡¯actualit¨¦ de ses ouvrages. In 1878, the Congress of Berlin had left Macedonia in the hands of the Ottomans. Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria had reached its limits. Anticipating the Ottoman retreat, they polish language and historical arguments that will justify their territorial claims. Victor B¨¦rard, a respected Hellenist and a good expert of the southern Balkans, is doing researches in Macedonia in 1896 and 1903. These will be later published in Paris.This study shows how, in the context of the nationalist propaganda build-up made by the candidates for the possession of Macedonia, Victor B¨¦rard comes progressively to assert the existence of a native population: the Macedonians. He supports their program for the forming of a federation or confederation which slogan would be ¡°Macedonia to Macedonians¡±. This makes his works very topical. %K ¦¬¦Á¦Ê¦Å¦Ä¦Ï¦Í ¦Á %K ¦¢¦Á¦Ë¦Ê ¦Í¦É¦Á %K ¦¥¦Ë¦Ë ¦Ä¦Á %K ¦¬¦Ï¦Í¦Á¦Ò¦Ó ¦Ñ¦É %K ¦°¦Ñ¦É¦Ò¦Ó ¦Í¦Á %K ¦¨¦Å¦Ò¦Ò¦Á¦Ë¦Ï¦Í ¦Ê¦Ç %K ¦²¦Á¦Ë¦Ï¦Í ¦Ê¦Ç %K ¦²¦Ê ¦Ð¦É¦Á %K ¦² ¦Ñ¦Ñ¦Å %K ¦¢¦Á¦Ë¦Ê¦Á¦Í¦É¦Ê¦Ï ¦° ¦Ë¦Å¦Ì¦Ï¦É (1912-1913) %K ¦²¦Ô¦Í ¦Ä¦Ñ¦É¦Ï ¦Ó¦Ï¦Ô ¦¢¦Å¦Ñ¦Ï¦Ë ¦Í¦Ï¦Ô (1878) %K History %K Balkan Wars (1912-1913) %K Greece %K Macedonia %K Serres %K Skopje %K Monastir %K Pristina %K Salonika %K Balkans %K macedonian identity %K macedonian federation %K journeys in Macedonia %K nationalistic propaganda %K Congress of Berlin 1878 %K identit¨¦ mac¨¦donienne %K f¨¦d¨¦ration mac¨¦donienne %K propagande nationaliste %K Gr¨¨ce %K Balkans %K Mac¨¦doine %K Sa %U http://ceb.revues.org/819