Institute for Mediterranean Studies

FROM NUBIA TO SUDAN

Greek-Norwegian photo exhibition tells about life along the Nile: From a Medieval cathedral and an Ottoman fortress of the past to Islamic monuments and controversial dams in the present

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Exhibition of photographs shot by the archaeologists Alexandros Tsakos and Henriette Hafsaas-Tsakos

The Institute of Mediterranean Studies, Rethymno, hosts an exhibition of photographs shot by the archaeologists Alexandros Tsakos and Henriette Hafsaas-Tsakos, partners in life and work, who have worked, travelled, and lived in Sudan during the last couple of years.

The opening of the exhibition, FROM NUBIA TO SUDAN, will take place on Wednesday 16 May at 20:30 with a short presentation by Alexandros Tsakos. The exhibition will run until 27 May 2012.

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Lecture of Prof. Halil Berktay

The Postgraduate Programme of Turkish Studies of the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Crete and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies invites you to the lecture of Prof. Halil Berktay (Sabancı University, Istanbul) "Ottoman history and historiography: Looking back on the 20th century". The lecture will take place in the Institute for Mediterranean Studies in Monday, March 19, at 8:30 p.m.

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Ms. Maria Vakondiou was awarded a one-year fellowship (2012-2013) with the programme "Art, Space and Mobility in Early Ages of Globalization"

Ms. Maria Vakondiou, collaborator with the project "Western Art in Crete during the Venetian period" and a doctoral candidate at the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Crete with the PhD subject: "Building crafts in Crete during the Venetian Period (13th-17th centuries)", got a one-year fellowship (2012-2013) with the programme "Art, Space and Mobility in Early Ages of Globalization," sponsored by the Getty Foundation and the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut.

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