Mediating legacies of empire in the post-imperial museum

Bibliographic Data

ID2156537
AuthorsEmily Neumeier (Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume30
Issue4
Pages406-420
Publication date2019-08-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory and Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0275-7206 • E-ISSN: 1477-2612
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02757206.2019.1611573
OpenAlexW2946242361
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited12

Throughout the Balkans, the history museum remains a crucial site where memories of an imperial past are molded, rationalized, and integrated into the wider arc of nationalist narratives about a country and its people. The legacy of the Ottoman Empire is particularly fraught in Greece, where this period is almost always classified as 'post-Byzantine' within the context of government institutions. In this paper, I set out to trace the legacy of the Ottoman Empire as it has been mediated in multiple museum sites throughout the country. I will primarily focus on two case studies: The National Historical Museum in Athens and the Museum of Ali Pasha and the Period of Revolution in Ioannina. Comparing these two sites and their practices of display bring into sharper focus the dynamics of how historical memory plays out in a central versus regional sphere of belonging and identity

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Byzantine architecture · Context (archaeology · Empire · Identity (music · Literature · Narrative · National identity · Nationalism · Ottoman empire · Pasha · Period (music · Political science · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Museums and Cultural Heritage

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