Tag: Greece
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Behold, here comes the bride: textiles, women, and marriage in the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture – Author: Roxana Coman
Behold, here comes the bride: textiles, women, and marriage in the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture Author: Roxana Coman 21 July 2023 Supported by a Short-Term Scientific Mission Grant in the COST Action Europe Through Textiles: Network for an Integrated Research, and the Orient-Institut Istanbul, the two months spent in the Benaki Museum of Greek…
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Turkish and Greek folk songs of the late Ottoman era: Popular culture and intercommunal relations through musical collections – Author: Evangelia Chaldæaki
Turkish and Greek folk songs of the late Ottoman era: Popular culture and intercommunal relations through musical collections Author: Evangelia Chaldæaki 12 April 2023 As it is widely known, various musical genres emerged during the whole timespan of the Ottoman Empire, around the city centers and at the countryside areas. These genres were connected to…
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A visual life narrative of 1830s Ottoman Izmir/Smyrna: The Harvard Fulgenzi Album – Author: Richard Wittmann
A visual life narrativeof 1830s Ottoman Izmir/Smyrna: The Harvard Fulgenzi Album Author: Richard Wittmann 29 MAY 2020 A beautiful album, conceived in Smyrna, modern-day Izmir, blends the Ottoman world of the mid-19th century with that of the new national state of Greece. This combination constitutes the subject of the 25 illustrations which portray the human form and…
