Nikos Potamianos: The Carnival and Women: Stories from the Carnival of Athens 1800-1940

IMS meets Rethymno

• February 10, 2025
• 7:30 PM
• Events

In his lecture, Nikos Potamianos, a researcher at the IMS-ITE, will present how women participated in the Athenian carnival from the final years of Ottoman rule until the Second World War.

The Municipality of Rethymnon and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) are organizing for the year 2025 a series of lectures addressed to the general public of our city. In these talks, open to everyone, the Institute's researchers will present elements of their research work in an accessible way, followed by a discussion.

 

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Workshop "Imaging the cultural dynamics in the transition zones with geoinformatics"

• January 30, 2025
• 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
• Events

The Laboratory of Geophysical Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeoenvironment (GeoSat ReSeArch Lab) of Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) of Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), in collaboration with the PROSPECT International Thematic Network and COASTLINE Project will organize the workshop.

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RICONTRANS concluding conference "Orthodox Hegemony and Art. Transfer of Russian religious art to the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean (late 16th - early 20th centuries)"

• January 23, 2025–January 25, 2025
• Events

The Principal Investigator of project RICONTRANS: Visual Culture, Piety and Propaganda: Transfer and Reception of Russian Religious Art in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean (16^th to early 20^th century) [H2020-ERC-COG-2018 grant agreement No 818791] Dr. Yuliana Boycheva is happy to invite you to the concluding conference that will take place on January 23 and 24 at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies.

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Film screening and film literacy activities "Twice a Refugee"-Hamidiyeh (2023)

• January 16, 2025
• Events

On 16 January 2025, in the framework of the MigraMedia project (Erasmus+ Projekt 2023-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000154375), an educational action on migration in cinema was held at the Experimental High School of Rethymnon, by the Laboratory of Image, Sound and Movement IMS-FORTH and the 'Cinema Club' of the Experimental High School. The documenary of the Filmming Team of the 2nd Junior High School of Chania Twice a Refugee-Hamidiyeh (2023) was screened, and activities to raise awareness on refugee issues took place.

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Πρώτο Σεμινάριο Υποψηφίων Διδακτόρων 2025

PhD Candidate Seminars 2025

• January 13, 2025
• 4:00 PM–6:00 PM
• Events

Σκοπός των σεμιναρίων είναι η επιστημονική συζήτηση και ανταλλαγή απόψεων και επιχειρημάτων μεταξύ διδασκόντων, ερευνητών και υποψηφίων διδακτόρων Νεότερης και Σύγχρονης Ιστορίας του Τμήματος Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας του ΠΚ, του ΙΜΣ/ΙΤΕ και άλλων συνεργαζόμενων πανεπιστημιακών και ερευνητικών ιδρυμάτων. 

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Online Lecture on «Porphyry on the Prologue of Plato's Timaeus» by Luc Brisson

• December 12, 2024
• 7:00 PM
• Events

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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Presentation of the book by Alkistis Iliadi entitled "A Love with a P"

• December 10, 2024
• 7:00 PM
• Events

On 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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2nd International Conference OpenEARTH 2024

LIFE

• November 26, 2024–November 28, 2024
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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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Film screening and film literacy activities "Io, Capitano" (2023, dir. Matteo Garrone)

• November 21, 2024–November 28, 2024
• Events

On 21 and 28 November 2024, in the framework of the MigraMedia project (Erasmus+ Projekt 2023-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000154375), an educational action on migration in cinema was held at the Experimental High School of Rethymnon, by the Laboratory of Image, Sound and Movement IMS-FORTH and the 'Cinema Club' of the Experimental High School. Matteo Garrone’s film Io, Capitano (2023) was screened and discussed with the students of the Club and activities to raise awareness on migration issues took place.

The activity was carried out in the framework of the collaboration between the IMS-FORTH Laboratory of Image, Sound and Movement and the "Cinema Club" of the Experimental High School of Rethymnon in the context of MigraMedia. 

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Book Talk: "Island and Empire: How Civil War in Crete Mobilized the Ottoman World" by Uğur Zekeriya Peçe, Lehigh University

Lecture Series 2024-2025

• November 20, 2024
• 8:30 PM
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The lecture will be given in English.

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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International Conference: Interpersonal Relations in Crisis in Greco-Roman Literature

HFRI

• November 14, 2024–November 15, 2024
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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 with title: Archaeology of the Ludlow Massacre and the Story of Louis Tikas…a Greek American Hero

• November 13, 2024
• 8:30 PM
• Events

Lecture by the Department of Modern History of the Department of History & Archaeology of the University of Crete.

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