Fw: [hellenicstudies] Modern Greek Lecture, Friday Febr. 20 at 5 pm

[Kosta Dalageorgas]

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Dear all,

Please join us for our yearly Modern Greek Culture Lecture, Friday February 20th at 5 pm in Social Sciences 201 (Tea Room), with reception to follow (see posted attached). 

Professor Emily Neumeier will speak about "Poetic Justice in Ali Pasha’s Epirus.”

Abstract:

On the eve of the Greek War of Independence, the ambitious Ottoman governor Ali Pasha ruled the vast domain of Epirus, spanning northern Greece and southern Albania. He transformed the region with a distinctive architectural vision that operated within but also challenged imperial norms. This is especially clear in architectural inscriptions: by the nineteenth century, public epigraphy in the Ottoman realms followed strict standards, which Ali Pasha defied at every turn. This presentation explores how the governor commissioned a series of inscriptions in Greek verse to emphasize local roots and legitimize his rule, inscribing his personal brand of politics onto the landscape of Epirus.

With all best wishes,

Carolina

Carolina López-Ruiz
Chair, the Department of Classics (2024-)

The University of Chicago

Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions and Mythologies
Divinity School, Classics, ISAC, and the College 
Off: Classics 22B / Swift Hall 300E

Author of Greek Mythology: from Creation to First Humans (2025)
Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean (2021)

Associate Editor, History of Religions journal