Research Projects
Shipping and trade in Venetian Crete
Shipping and trade in Venetian Crete; The case study of Curcumeli’s company (16th century)
2022-2023
Funded by: Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies/ Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
Host Institution: IMS/FORTH
ERRIKOS THALASSINOS
ERRIKOS THALASSINOS
2022-2023
The aim of this project is to preserve, document and showcase, through a series of actions, the work of Errikos Thalassinos (1927-2000), the prolific filmmaker, screenwriter, and writer from Herakleion, Crete. With the permission of Errikos Thalassinos’ family, the project’s team has completed the digitalization and documentation of the holdings of his personal archive (Responsible: Grigoris Voskakis).
Athens Alexandria
Between Athens & Alexandria
2022-2024
Principal Investigator: Irini-Fotini Viltanioti
Start date: 1 January 2022, End date: 31 December 2024
Hosted by: Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece
LACRIMALit
Leaders and Crisis Management in Ancient Greek Literature
2022-2025
Principal Investigator: Melina Tamiolaki, Dept. of Philology UoC
Host Institution: IMS/FORTH
Collaborating Institution: University of Crete
HistOIL
Oil, but Not Olive Oil: How Petroleum Products Became Greece's Top Exports
2022-2024
Principal Investigator: Christos Tsakas
Collaborating Institutions: Institute for Mediterranean Studies
KALLIPOS
European Dramaturgy (20th Century). From Luigi Pirandello to Sarah Kane.
2021-2023
Scientifically Responsible: Konstantina Georgiadi
Team members: Maria Sehopoulou, Vania Papanikolaou
Project KALLIPOS, Open Academic Editions. ESPA 2021-2025. The project is implemented by the NTUA Research Committee, in collaboration with the Hellenic Academic Libraries Link (Heal-Link) – NTUA Branch.
Duration: 18 months
A National Facility for the 3D Imaging of the Near Surface
A National Facility for the 3D Imaging of the Near Surface
2021-2022
AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities.
Partner Investigator / https://www.grants.gov.au/Ga/Show/62bad26a-4eef-4e73-9f65-fc8fa673b72a
FORTHistory
FORTHistory 1983-2023
2021-2023
Principal Investigator: Professor Gelina Harlaftis
Hosted by: Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece
Fin de siècle
Fin de siècle: Impressions of Melodies from Smyrna
2021-2022
The project concerns the creation and publication of a trilingual book-cd (Greek-English-French), containing songs from the region of Smyrna, published in late 19th century by L. A. Bourgault Ducoudray under the title Trente Mélodies Populaires de Grèce & d’ Orient.
BALAA
Byzantine Agricultural Landscape Across the Aegean: Historical Analysis of the Landscapes of Messene in the Peloponnese (GR) and Amorium in Asia Minor (TR)
2021-2023
Principal Investigator: Nikos Tsivikis
Collaborating Institutions: Anadolu University, Eskişehir and Society for Messenian Archaeological Studies
Η Πόλις γεννιέται
nomades artcore: «Η Πόλις γεννιέται»
2021
Μια «κατακερματισμένη» παράσταση, εμπνευσμένη από τις ανώνυμες μαρτυρίες ανθρώπων, οι οποίοι έζησαν και μεγάλωσαν στο Ρέθυμνο του χθες και του σήμερα. Φωνές σημερινών γονιών, νέων, μαθητών. Ένα συνονθύλευμα καθημερινού λόγου, ακαδημαϊκής γνώσης, σωματικότητας, ποίησης και ζωντανής μουσικής.
PanArtExh
The Institution of Panhellenic Art Exhibitions, 1938-1987
2020-2022
The proposed research project aims at the systematic documentation and critical analysis of the fifteenth Panhellenic Art Exhibitions, which were organised between 1938 and 1987 and were the most important periodical large-scale art exhibition in 20th century Greece. This study based on extensive research in state and private archives, state and private art collections, as well as in the daily and periodical press, shall provide us with essential information about the artistic production of each era (e.g. the dominant artistic trends), the means of State intervention in the arts and the trends within the art market. Finally, it will look at the art criticisms, which formed the dominant aesthetic canon, by promoting certain artistic criteria and consequently influencing the reception of the artworks by the public and the direction of the artistic production in Greece.
DETACC
Detect and Attribute agricultural droughts to Anthropogenic Climate Change
2020-2022
Detect and Attribute agricultural droughts to Anthropogenic Climate Change
VHSS
Virtual Historic Sailing Ships
2020-2022
Promoting the maritime cultural heritage with the development of an integrated platform of 3D digital representations of historical ships.
ACTYS
Advanced spectro-bathymetric mapping of shallow seafloor using UAV imagery and deep learning techniques
2020-2022
Advanced spectro-bathymetric mapping of shallow seafloor using UAV imagery and deep learning techniques
Stratis Karras
Stratis Karras's Theater and Contribution to Modern Greek Culture and Society
2020-2022
The aim of this project is to record and digitalize the theater work of Stratis Karas, prepare an edition of his plays, and give prominence to his contribution to modern Greek culture.
International Film Productions in Greece: The Case of Crete
International Film Productions in Greece: The Case of Crete
2020-2022
This project focuses on international film productions that were shot on the island of Crete, Greece, which, since the late 1940s has attracted many foreign film crews. In particular, the project examines the reasons behind producers’ choice of Crete as a shooting location, the legislation under which these productions became feasible, and their consequences for the local economy and society. This project is implemented by the University of Crete, Greece.
VCAT-Gr
A Value Chain Analysis of Tobacco in Greece (1949-1981)
2020-2023
The purpose of this research project is to produce a historical account of the evolution of Greece’s tobacco sector in the period that spans between the end of the Greek Civil War (1949) and the country’s accession into the EEC in 1981.