PhD History candidate Dimitris Mitsopoulos will explore the history of sex work in interwar Salonica, situating it within the city’s transformation from a multiethnic imperial port into a nationalized urban center in the aftermath of the Ottoman Empire. Drawing on police records, League of Nations reports, and press, his seminar will consider how prostitution was shaped by overlapping processes of refugee resettlement, wartime militarization, state management of venereal disease, and the restructuring of the urban space.

*Seating is limited. Registration closes at NOON on Monday, December 1st. If you do not have a Columbia ID, you will receive a QR code to access the campus. Non-CU affiliates will be swiped into Hamilton Hall between 3:45-4:00 PM. Register here.