The Long Italian Philhellenism

Date: 

Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 7:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: 

Online

Full title:

Presentation: The Long Italian Philhellenism

Organized by:

CHS US

Open to:

All

Language:

English

Speakers:

Franscesco Scalora (CHS, "Bruno Lavagnini" Sicilian Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies) as the main presenter, Johanna Hanink (Brown University), Nicolas Prevelakis (Harvard, CHS), and Konstantina Zanou (Columbia University) as respondents.

Synopsis:

Within the pan-European phenomenon called Philhellenism, Italy, due to its history, geographical location, and political status, was prominent in a different way – it appears that the Greek phenomenon was perhaps more deeply felt and rooted. Franscesco Scalora will give a presentation on the topic, followed by a discussion with academic respondents.

Find out more about the event and how to attend it on the CHS US website.

Warriors wearing the traditional pleated skirt-like garment, fustanella, siege Athens. Visible in the background is the hill of Acropolis and other ancient monuments.
Georgios Karaiskakis in the Battle of the Acropolis (ca. 1835), oil painting by Johann- Christian Georg Perlberg (1807-1884);Thanassis and Marina Martinou Collection.