Conferences

Conferences organized by the Gennadius Library vary in scope and scale ranging from small symposia around a very specific theme, such as the Orthodoxy and the Ottoman World Around It: Cultural and Intellectual Connections, 1657-1861, convened by Gennadius Library Macricostas Fellow Yusuf Karabicak in 2024, to larger professional gatherings like the conference organized on the occasion when Greek libraries joined the Consortium of European Research Libraries, which filled Cotsen Hall with more than 200 library professionals who wanted to be informed about new library projects throughout Europe (2006).

Past academic conferences have covered topics such as the cultural and political relations between Greece and Latin America organized in 2017 by the Director of the Library and Professor Gregory Jusdanis of Ohio State University. This conference, entitled ‘One Hundred Years of Dialogue: Latin American Approaches to Hellenism’ brought to Athens 22 speakers from around the world for a truly innovative topic that drew more than 200-250 people into Cotsen Hall.

The symposium “The Topography of Ottoman Athens. Archaeology and Travel” planned around the exhibition of the same title in 2015 broached a rich topic and resulted in an edited volume.

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