Loving Greek Culture in New Rome: Hellenism in Byzantium

In celebration of the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution, the Classics and Mediterranean Studies Department at the University of Illinois Chicago, under the auspices of the Embassy of Greece in the USA and in collaboration with HALC, the Metropolis of Chicago, the Foundation for Hellenic Studies, Illinois, and the Consulate General of Greece in Chicago, presents “Philhellenism through the Ages,” a two-part series that will explore the impress and influence of Hellenic culture from antiquity to the present.

In part one we will host four online conversations with scholars and lay an intellectual and historical foundation for the very idea of Philhellenism and its varied expressions in the past, and use this as a springboard to think about how this played a key role in the formation of the modern Greek state.

In our second conversation - "Loving Greek Culture in New Rome: Hellenism in Byzantium" - Professor Young Richard Kim is joined by Anthony Kaldellis, Professor of Classics at The Ohio State University, to discuss the persistence and perseverance of Greek culture in the eastern Roman Empire, known today as the Byzantine Empire. They will explore what (Phil)Hellenism meant to the people of the Byzantine world, especially its complicated relationship with Christianity. They will also consider how the idea of Byzantium influenced the Greeks on the eve of the Revolution.

Видео Loving Greek Culture in New Rome: Hellenism in Byzantium канала The Hellenic American Leadership Council