In this seminar poet and architect Phoebe Giannisi revisits her poetic research on the goat-herding practices of the Vlachs, a nomadic people of the Southern Balkans, that informed her groundbreaking poetry collection Chimera (New Directions: 2024, translated from the Greek by Brian Sneeden). She will read her poetry and present how her practice is by definition chimeric, drawing on field recordings, state archives, and ancient texts. She will also discuss how this work might be presented as part of an upcoming exhibition of public humanities projects in Greece.

This seminar is co-sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies. Registration closes at NOON on Wednesday, November 13th. If you do not have a Columbia ID, you will receive a QR code to access Faculty House. Click here to register.