{"id":329,"date":"2016-04-06T21:13:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T19:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeanmonnet.pols.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=329"},"modified":"2016-04-06T21:13:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T19:13:10","slug":"balta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanmonnet.pols.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/2016\/04\/06\/balta\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Monnet Talk Series-Evangelia Balta-11.04.2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bilkent University
\nDepartment of Political Science & Public Administration
\nJean\u00a0Monnet\u00a0Talk Series
\nannounces:<\/p>\n

“Why Study Karamanlidika (Ottoman Literature written in the Greek Alphabet)”
\nMonday, 11 April 2016, 14:30-16:00
\nT-171 (Postgraduate Seminar\u00a0Room)<\/p>\n

by<\/p>\n

Prof. Evangelia Balta
\nNational Hellenic Research Foundation<\/p>\n

Short Bio<\/p>\n

Evangelia Balta (b. 1955) is a Research Director at the Institute of Historical Research at the National Hellenic Research Foundation. Her interests focus on subjects related to Economic and Social History during the Ottoman period, as well as the culture of Greek Orthodox population of Anatolia. In addition to her commitment to various programmes in Greece, Cyprus and Turkey, she has been invited to teach seminars for groups of graduate students by universities in Greece and abroad.<\/p>\n

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She is a founding member of the planning committee of \u039f\u1f36\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u1f31\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c1\u1ff6 (History of Wine), a scholarly group which has organized seven conferences on subjects related to wine and wine production (2000-2008). In addition to her commitment to various programs at the National Research Foundation, she has also served as a scholarly advisor for the Museum of Olive and Greek Olive Oil in Sparta (Greece), the Museum of Industrial Olive-Oil Production in Lesvos (Greece), and the Museums of Wine at the Ktima Hatzimihalis and the Ktima Gerovassiliou (Epanomi-Greece). She was academic supervisor for the restoration of the Kayakapi neighborhood (Project Kayakapi) in \u00dcrg\u00fcp, Turkey (2003-2008).<\/p>\n

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Since 2008 she has organized three International Conferences on Karamanlidika Studies. She has conducted seminars on Karamanlidika Studies at the annual Intensive Summer School on Cunda Island organized by the Ottoman Studies Foundation (since 2010).<\/p>\n

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She was made an honorary member of the Turkish Historical Society (2013) and she was awarded the “\u039frder of Merit (Liyakat Ni\u015fan\u0131)” by the President of the Turkish Republic, Abdullah G\u00fcl (2014).<\/p>\n

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Books (only)<\/strong><\/p>\n