Δεύτερο Σεμινάριο Υποψηφίων Διδακτόρων 2025
PhD Candidate Seminars 2025Σκοπός 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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Nikos Potamianos: The Carnival and Women: Stories from the Carnival of Athens 1800-1940
IMS meets RethymnoIn 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.
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Workshop "Imaging the cultural dynamics in the transition zones with geoinformatics"
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)"
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 (16th to early 20th 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)
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.
Read moreΠρώτο Σεμινάριο Υποψηφίων Διδακτόρων 2025
PhD Candidate Seminars 2025Σκοπός 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
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"
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
LIFEFollowing 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)
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 2024-2025The 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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