"Angelos Delivorrias" Annual Lecture 2024

Honoring a visionary

Every March the Benaki Museum pays tribute to its long-standing director, Angelos Delivorrias, by organizing an annual lecture which is held in the memory of his tremendous contributions on both the archaeological research and the museum itself.

The 2024 lecture will be given by Michael Herzfeld, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of the Social Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, and is entitled "Monuments of the Word” or Intangible Heritage? The History and Consequences of a Misleading Distinction in Greece and Elsewhere".

How can we assess the ways politics and culture regulate the connections between identity and power? The expression "Monuments of the Word" has for a long time formed the understanding of archaeologists with regards to national identity. Yet, the same notion enabled parts of the populace to defy state ideals in order to preserve local traditions. What if new concepts are necessary?

Find out more on Tuesday 19 March, at 19:00, at the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture, 1 Koumbari Street, Athens.

The lecture will be given in Greek.

For more details about the lecture you can check out the official website of the museum.

Angelos Delivorrias (1937-2018) was a Greek archaeologist, director of the Benaki Museum for 41 years and a member of the Academy of Athens. 

  

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