With the kind support of the A. S. Onassis Foundation, the research project “Between Athens & Alexandria. Platonism, 3rd-7th c. CE” (2022-2024), in collaboration with the Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, organise a monthly lecture series on late antique Neoplatonism.
Read moreOn Tuesday, December 10, at 19:00, the Institute of Mediterranean Studies, its Director, Professor of Maritime History Gelina Harlaftis and BIBLIOSKOPIO Publications organize a presentation of the book by Alkistis Iliadi entitled "A Love with a P".
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Following the success of OpenEARTH-1, we are excited to invite you to the 2nd International Conference OpenEARTH 2024, hosted by the Laboratory of Geophysical - Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeo-environment of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies. The event will take place from 26-28 November in Rethymno, Crete. Join us as we explore innovative strategies for addressing climate change impacts on agriculture, water management, and sustainable practices. For more details and registration, please visit the official conference website: OpenEARTH 2024.
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Uğur Zekeriya Peçe is an Assistant Professor of History at Lehigh University. Drawing on Crete’s multilayered legacy of violence and tracing the Muslims displaced from the island because of civil war in the 1890s, this talk weaves together a story of intercommunal and environmental violence, European military intervention, displacement, and mass protest. Uğur Zekeriya Peçe explores the transformation of Muslim Cretans from silenced refugees in the 1890s to loud protesters after 1908, arguing that the islanders energized late Ottoman politics and society.
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The present conference aims to study interpersonal relationships in crisis as they are portrayed in Greco-Roman literature. It is organised in the framework of the project LACRIMALit, IMS/FORTH, with the collaboration of the Postgraduate Programme in Classical Studies of the University of Crete. MA, PhD and early career researchers have been selected through a call for abstracts. They have the opportunity to present their research and to exchange ideas with the members of the LACRIMALit project, as well as with senior researchers who also participate in the conference. The conference focuses on the delineation of literary characters in the context of crisis, as they are presented in Greco-Roman literature.
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Lecture by the Department of Modern History of the Department of History & Archaeology of the University of Crete.
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With the kind support of the A. S. Onassis Foundation, the research project “Between Athens & Alexandria. Platonism, 3rd-7th c. CE” (2022-2024), in collaboration with the Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, organise a monthly lecture series on late antique Neoplatonism.
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We cordially invite you to our workshop entitled “Production and Trade of Olive Oil in the Nineteenth Century in the Mediterranean”, that will take place on the 25th of October 2024 at IMS-FORTH.
Read moreWith speakers Oleksandr Pronkevich, professor at Ukrainian Catholic University and a researcher of Spanish literature and culture and theater critic John Freedman, curator of the Ukrainian component of Ukrainian Drama Translations web-site.
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The 12th EBHA (European Business History Association) Franco Amatori Summer School will take place in Rethymno, Crete (Greece) from Tuesday September 3rd to Saturday, September 7th, 2024.
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The Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology — Hellas (IMS-FORTH) and Directorate of Modern Cultural and Intangible Cultural Heritage (Ministry of Culture) invite you to the opening of the travelling exhibition "from counter stern to stem: sailing ships of the 18th and 19th centuries".
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