Events Calendar – British School at Athens

William Barlett, Rhodes, with the channel between the Islands and Asia Minor (1836), Wikimedia Commons

Panel discussion

Archaeology in the Ottoman Aegean: Consuls – Culture – Commerce

How did local communities contribute to archaeology in the 19th and early 20th centuries? What were the connections between Ottoman officials, international diplomats, and competing curators? And what was the role of the antiquities market in stimulating intellectual developments? These are some of the questions this panel discussion will explore, bringing together historians and archaeologists to discuss the relationship between archaeology, museums, and the antiquities market in the Ottoman Aegean.
The event is hosted by the British School at Athens in cooperation with the Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe. It is part of the ongoing research and exhibition project ‘Archaeology in the Ottoman Aegean: Consuls – Culture – Commerce’ funded by the German Lost Art Foundation. The project’s research partners include Manolis I. Stefanakis, University of the Aegean; Berlin Antikensammlung; and the British Museum.

Panellists:

Professor Elias Kolovos is Research Director with a specialisation in Ottoman History at the Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research
Centre.
Dr Despina Vlami is Director of Research in the Research Centre for Medieval and Modern Greek Studies of the Academy of Athens.
Anna Vangelatou is a collaborative doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge and Department of Greece and Rome,
British Museum.
Dr Nicholas Salmon is the Project Curator for the project ‘Archaeology in the Ottoman Aegean’ at the Badisches Landesmuseum.
Dr Efthimios Maheras is the Project Researcher for the project ‘Archaeology in the Ottoman Aegean’ at the Badisches Landesmuseum.

Hybrid panel discussion

To attend in-person in Athens, please register HERE

To attend online via webinar, please register HERE