[MGSA-L] Save the Date: March 2, 2017: "The Greek and Byzantine Past under Ottoman Eyes"

[Paris Papamichos Chronakis]

Dear friends and colleagues in the Chicagoland,

The Hellenic Studies Initiative at the Department of Classics and
Mediterranean Studies, the Middle East and Muslim Societies Cluster, and
the Department of Art History at UIC cordially invite you to a
mini-colloquium on


*"The Greek and Byzantine Past under Ottoman Eyes"*

*Thursday, March 2, 4 pm*

*UIC Richard J. Daley Library, Room 1-470
<https://www.google.com/maps/place/UIC+Richard+J.+Daley+Library/@41.871871,-87.6526747,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x880e2ce54d58db89:0xf0a57779b9c6f4fb!8m2!3d41.871871!4d-87.650486?hl=en>*


*Dr. Emily Neumeier (Ohio State University), “Alternative Claims to
Antiquity in Ottoman Greece”*

*Dr. Sotiris Dimitriadis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki),
“Encountering Byzantium: Ottoman Antiquarianism in fin-de-siècle
Thessaloniki”*


*Discussant: Prof. **Zainab Bahrani (Columbia University)*


How have the Ottoman Muslims, Jews and Christians imagined the Greek and
Byzantine pasts? Two presentations dispel the notion of an Ottoman
population indifferent to antiquities and unearth a fascination with the
classical and Byzantine eras that has largely been forgotten by modern
scholarship. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Ottoman Empire laid claims
to the ancient and Byzantine heritage as its own cultural patrimony in an
attempt to position itself as a modernizing state and the rightful heir to
the region’s historical past. At the same time, different political actors,
(from the Muslim Ali Pasha of Yannina to the Christian and Jewish residents
of Thessaloniki), engaged with the Byzantine past to counter authority and
strengthen their own position in an ever-changing political landscape.

Light refreshments will be offered. The event is free and open to the
public.


[image: Inline image 1]
Thessaloniki, "Las Incantadas", from E. Cousinéry, *Voyage dans la
Macédoine* (Paris, 1831)







-- 
Paris Papamichos Chronakis
Lecturer
Department of Classics and Mediterranean Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago
601 South Morgan Street (MC 315), 1818 University Hall
Chicago, IL, 60607-7117
tel. 310 560 2732
skype name: pchronakis
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