Jan 27: Dimitris Krallis on A Global Aegean in the late 19th and early 20th c.

Join us Jan 27, 2025, at 7:30pm, at 4500 Arbutus Street - Upper Hall.

The village of Molyvos in Lesvos inherited the ancient town’s political and ecclesiastical importance to become, under the Ottomans, the centre for the district (kaza). This presentation explores its fascinating history through a family archive assembled spanning over 100 years of history (1830s-1940s), and a young man's memoir from the late 19th c. We explore family memory and history during a transition from empire to nation state – a world still tangible, but passing away in social and cultural flux.

With Professor Dimitris Krallis, Professor, Director (SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies)

Born and raised in Athens, Dimitris Krallis studied political theory at the University of Athens and Byzantine Studies at Oxford and the University of Michigan. Upon completing his doctorate in the states, he joined the faculty at Simon Fraser University, where he teaches at the Department of Global Humanities and directs the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies. After years of research on all things Byzantine he is pivoting towards Late Ottoman and Modern Greek history, inspired by the family archive that will be the focus of today's talk.