Symposia
International Symposia of the Program of Turkish Studies
Since 1991, the Program of Turkish Studies has organised five International Symposia in Rethymno, under the heading “Halcyon Days in Crete”.
The Symposia are held every three years with the participation of twenty to thirty eminent experts in Ottoman Studies from all over the world. They are the only regular international symposia on Ottoman Studies held in Greece. The subjects of the six symposia held so far were the following:
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1.The Ottoman Emirate (1300-1389) (Rethymno, 11-13 January 1991)
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2.The Via Egnatia under Ottoman Rule (Rethymno, 9-11 January 1994)
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3.Natural disasters in the Ottoman Empire (Rethymno, 10-12 January 1997)
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4.The Kapudan Pasha: His Office and His Domain (Rethymno, 7-9 January 2000)
5.The Provincial Elites in the Ottoman Empire (Rethymno, 10-12 January 2003)
6. Crete and the Eastern Mediterranean, 1645-1840 (Rethymno, 13-15 January 2006)
The proceedings of the first four symposia have
been published by Crete University Press. They were edited by Elizabeth
Zachariadou and received particularly favourable reviews from the international
community of Ottomanists
. The proceedings of the fifth symposium have
been published by Crete University Press (ed. Antonis Anastasopoulos) .
The proceedings of the first three symposia have been translated into Turkish and published by Tarih Vafki Yurt Yayinlari.
. The proceedings of the fifth symposium have
been published by Crete University Press (ed. Antonis Anastasopoulos) .The proceedings of the first three symposia have been translated into Turkish and published by Tarih Vafki Yurt Yayinlari.
