The management of Byzantine monuments in modern Greece (19th-20th centuries)

October 15, We are pleased to announce a lecture of Dionysis Mourelatos (Athens, Greece) to be presented at the Seminar of the Center for Medieval Studies

“The management of Byzantine monuments in modern Greece (19th-20th centuries)”

Greece has been grappling with the issue of “national continuity” since gaining its independence, addressing it in various ways. K. Paparrigopoulos, a history professor at the University of Athens in the mid-19th century, first expressed the ideas behind the young state’s identity by introducing his threefold scheme (Antiquity, Byzantium, and Modern Greece) for national history. The incorporation of the history of the Byzantine Empire in the ‘national’ narrative was deemed necessary as early as the nineteenth century, and the study of Byzantine art and its incorporation in what was perceived as the national past was an essential step in this direction. Following the Greek-Turkish War between 1919 and 1922 in Asia Minor, the conventional historiographical perception persisted. In the post-war world, during the Cold War, the perception of Byzantium became a new field of confrontation between East and West.

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Time 19 PM (CET)

Language English

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2024