Don't miss our exhibition Evliya Çelebi: The Book of Travels, part of our Our Shared Europe project.
Evliya Çelebi, a 17th century Turkish traveller was inspired by a dream to embark on a physical, intellectual and spiritual journey through Istanbul, Cairo, Vienna and London. All his adventures are captured in The Book of Travels.
Let’s follow in his footsteps and find out about the stories of constant conversations and exchanges between the Ottoman Empire and Europe, through trade in coffee, music, medicine, architecture, and stories of far off but not so distant lands.
Explore the exhibition and discover these travels – of both people and ideas across time and space – through the eyes of Evliya, Lady Mary Montagu, Jean de Thevenot and other adventurers.
Feed your own curiosity and find out all about the inescapable desire to travel and learn about the exchanges between Turks and Europe that have existed throughout history.
THESSALONIKI
After its success in Athens, our exhibition Evliya Çelebi: The Book of Travels is travelling to Thessaloniki and will include a series of wrap-around activities organised in collaboration with the Municipality of Thessaloniki.
LECTURES
Islam and Greece: Benchmarks in the relationship between the Arab-Islamic and the Mediterranean-Europe world – A new approachFAIRY TALE NARRATION FOR GROWN-UPS
One thousand and One Nights: The night of the DestinyAll the above events will be held in the exhibition space at Geni Tzami, 30 Archaeologikou Mouseiou Street.
EXHIBITION
When: Opening - 24 January 2012, 7 p.m.
ATHENS: EXHIBITION
Following the official opening on 4 April 2011, Elias Kolovos, Assistant Professor of Ottoman History, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete, will give a lecture about Evliya Celebi’s worκ.
ATHENS: LECTURE BY CAROLINE FINKEL
Within the framework of the exhibition, Caroline Finkel will give a lecture entitled On the trail of Evliya Çelebi: an Anatolian adventure.
Caroline is one of the academic consultants who contributed to the strand of the British Council's Our Shared Europe project that focuses on Evliya Çelebi. She will give her own perspective on Evliya Celebi work.
Caroline Finkel is an Ottoman historian, Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and author of the book Osman’s Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1923.
The lecture will be in English and admission is free.
When: Tuesday 10 May 2011, 7.30 p.m.
ATHENS: EVENING READINGS BY SASHA VOULGARI AND GEORGE KATSANOS
Within the framework of the Evliya Çelebi: The Book of Travels exhibition, the Benaki Museum is hosting a series of evening readings at the Museum of Isalmic Art by narrator Sasha Voulgaris, accompanied by musician George Katsanos and a variety of musical instruments.
Mother of Pearl and Corals (Σεντέφια και Κοράλλια) is inspired by travel and a variety of original musical instruments from around the world. The audience will hear a new selection of stories on the museum's beautiful moonlit terrace overlooking the Acropolis, Thissio and Kerameikos.
The narrated works are suitable for adult audiences.
When: 23, 24 & 25 June 2011, 2100–2230
INFORMATION
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The exhibition is being organised in partnership with the Benaki Museum.
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