Center for Asia Minor Studies: Co-organizing the Exhibition “Asia Minor Hellenism”

To mark the centennial anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, the Center for Asia Minor studies collaborated with the Benaki Museum in co-organising the large commemorative exhibition ‘ASIA MINOR HELLENISM: Heyday · Catastrophe · Displacement ·Rebirth’. More than 1,100 exhibits and over 500 photographs brought to life the heyday of Hellenism before the persecutions, the dramatic period between 1919 and 1923 as well as the settlement and integration of the Asia Minor refugees in Greece. An unprecedented number of public and private lenders ensured the quality and variety of content, as well as the uniqueness of the exhibition (88 holy metropolises, state archives, organisations, museums, institutions, athletic associations and 93 private collections). Both the exhibition and the two accompanying publications were curated by the art historian Evita Arapoglou, in close collaboration with the Director of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies, Professor Paschalis Kitromilides, member of the Academy of Athens, and the researchers of the Centre, the Academic Director of the Benaki Museum, Dr George Manginis, the curators of the Museum, as well as many collaborating scholars.

Supported by the A. G. Leventis Foundation.