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SUMMARY:Who Invented the Modern Greeks\, and Why?
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DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Anthony Kaldellis\, Professor\, University of Chicag
	o\n\nRSVPs not required - Event is free and open to the public\n\nIn the c
	ase of no other people is the distinction between “ancient” and “modern” m
	ore symbolically potent and seemingly clear-cut than with the Greeks. Thei
	r antiquity is an internationally recognized prestige culture\, and their 
	modernity was born full of promise for the future\, as one of the first na
	tions to emancipate itself from imperial domination. But\, this lecture wi
	ll show\, the distinction arose long before the nineteenth century\, in a 
	context that is now forgotten. Who first began to speak of the “modern” Gr
	eeks\, and why? The answer will take us to the Middle Ages and to the pole
	mics that divided Christendom and set the stage for modern Europe.\n\nAnth
	ony Kaldellis is a Professor of Classics at the University of Chicago who 
	specializes in the history\, culture\, and literature of the eastern Roman
	 Empire\, also known as Byzantium. He has published translations of many B
	yzantine works as well as monographs on aspects of its culture and politic
	s\, and recently wrote a 1\,000-page history of Byzantium entitled The New
	 Roman Empire (Oxford University Press\, 2023).\n\nThe event is part of th
	e Reception of Hellenic Culture Lecture Series\, co-organized by the UCLA 
	Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and t
	he UCLA Department of Classics.\n\nEvent Website: https://hellenic.ucla.ed
	u/event/who-invented-the-modern-greeks-and-why-lecture-by-anthony-kaldelli
	s/\n\nSource: https://community.ucla.edu/event/62448a08-ba68-49e1-b420-c06
	c39611f93
LOCATION:247 Dodd Hall
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