Magazine LAKONIKA THEMATA, No. 133, 24–30 June 2000:
Commemorative Events Honoring the Historic Battle of Diros.
For the First Time, the Speaker Was a Woman and a Daughter of Mani

By journalist Maria Chioupi.

The 174th anniversary of the historic Battle of Diros was celebrated with particular splendor and enthusiasm on Sunday, 25 June, in the presence of His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Mani; the three Members of Parliament for the prefecture, other officials and a considerable number of people from Mani.

The most important feature of the event was Ms SEREMETAKIS’s distinction as the first woman to join the long line of speakers, who for many years had all been men, at the commemorative events marking the Battle of Diros against Ibrahim’s Turco-Arab forces.

Honorary Plaque Presented to Nadia Seremetakis by the Municipality of Oitylo
 The Municipality of Oitylo, Mani, presented author C. Nadia Seremetakis with an honorary plaque following her commemorative address in Diros Square, delivered on the occasion of the anniversary of the Battle of Diros, where the women of Mani defeated Ibrahim’s enemy forces in 1826.
 
 Ms Seremetakis, whose research and writing have played a foundational role in the field of Greek anthropology and in cultural studies more broadly, has focused on issues of public history and the cultural history of women in Greece, particularly women in the southern Peloponnese, in Laconia and Messenia. Her work has been published and distinguished abroad for its enduring relevance, as well as for its innovative style, which brings together scholarship and literature.

The event was attended by all the local authorities, numerous guests from other parts of Greece and a large audience. Ms Seremetakis had also recently delivered a lecture in Gythio, at the invitation of the Laconia branch of the Greek National Tourism Organisation and the Prefectural Administration of Laconia, entitled “The Poetry of Dialogue.”

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