II&I - Snfphi

Please join us on Tuesday, April 21st for the final University Seminar in Modern Greek of the academic year. Lilia Diamantopoulou (LMU Munich) will present:

🔹The Black Lover of the Queen: A moving story of Markos Abessinios at the Greek Bavarian Royal Court🔹

The seminar is co-sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies Columbia University.

📆Date: Tuesday, April 21st
🕕Time: 4:00 - 5:30 PM EST
📍Location: Faculty House & Online
⬇️Visit our website to register and to read about entry rules:

The Black Lover of the Queen: A moving story of Markos Abessinios at the Greek Bavarian Royal Court - The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Public Humanities Initiative In this seminar Lilia Diamantopoulou (LMU Munich) will explore the life of Markos Abessinios, whose trajectory from enslaved child in Abyssinia to courtier in the Greek Bavarian monarchy and later merchant in Munich offers a rare lens on Black mobility in nineteenth century Europe. At the center is....