The Battle for Otranto: Adriatic Cultural Competition in the Wake of Ottoman Aggression - Colloquium

Speaker: Jake Eisensmith

This colloquium is a preview of Jake’s recent work on his dissertation that will be presented at the upcoming Kalamazoo 2022 ICMA Student Committee Session New Approaches to the Art and Architecture of Angevin and Aragonese Naples (1265-1458). This presentation, developed from research during his residency in Naples, examines the diverse cultural practices of Puglia in the 1400s and how the Ottoman invasion of Otranto in 1480 provided a means for the Neapolitan metropole to reassert royal cultural dominance along its Adriatic border.

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Zoom password available on HAA Undergraduate and Graduate Canvas sites, or by request from haadept@pitt.edu.