Institute for Mediterranean Studies

Department of Ottoman History

The Department of Ottoman History of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies is the only research unit in Greece exclusively dedicated to the systematic study of Ottoman history. The Department specialises in the research of the social, economic and cultural history of the Ottoman Empire, including its transition and transformation processes in relation to its precursor and successor states. To achieve its objectives, the Department has developed since 1987 pioneering structures for a. training young scholars in Ottoman and Turkish history and b. carrying out research in Ottoman history, with emphasis on: i. The study of Ottoman archives, ii. Ottoman monuments and artefacts, and iii. the publication of historical works of synthesis.

People

Marinos Sariyannis

Marinos Sariyannis

Research Director, Department Coordinator of Ottoman History
Curriculum vitae
Antonis Anastasopoulos

Antonis Anastasopoulos

Associate Professor
Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete
Curriculum vitae
Elias Kolovos

Elias Kolovos

Associate Professor
Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete
Curriculum vitae
Zeynep Aydogan

Zeynep Aydogan

Postdoctoral researcher
Curriculum vitae
Matteo Barbano

Matteo Barbano

Postdoctoral researcher
Curriculum vitae
Melis Cankara

Melis Cankara

Postdoctoral researcher
Curriculum vitae
Isik Demirakin

Isik Demirakin

Postdoctoral researcher
Curriculum vitae
Sukru Ilicak

Sukru Ilicak

Postdoctoral researcher
Curriculum vitae
Abdulmennan M. Altıntaş

Abdulmennan M. Altıntaş

Postdoctoral researcher
Dimitrios V. Giagtzoglou

Dimitrios V. Giagtzoglou

Ph.D. candidate
University of Crete
Christos Kyriakopoulos

Christos Kyriakopoulos

Ph.D. candidate
AEGREGIS
Markos Litinas

Markos Litinas

Ph.D. candidate
Giorgos Vidras

Giorgos Vidras

Ph.D. candidate
AEGREGIS
Maria Anastasiadi

Maria Anastasiadi

Postgraduate student
Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete
Curriculum vitae
Vassilis Demetriades

Vassilis Demetriades

IMS Honorary Fellow, Professor Emeritus of Turkish Studies
Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete
Curriculum vitae
Elisabeth Zachariadou †

Elisabeth Zachariadou †

IMS Honorary Fellow, Professor Emerita of Turkish Studies
Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete
Curriculum vitae

Research Projects

JaNet

Janissaries in Ottoman Port-Cities: Muslim Financial and Political Networks in the Early Modern Mediterranean

ERC

European Research Council Starting Grant scheme (StGr2019 no. 849911, Funded under: H2020-EU.1.1.)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yannis Spyropoulos
Start date: 1 February 2020, End date: 31 January 2025
Overall budget: € 1,498,389
Hosted by: Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece

CURE

Cultures and Remembrances

CuRe: Cultures and Remembrances – Virtual time travels to the encounters of people from the 13th to 20th centuries: The Cretan experience

αποφ.ενταξης αρ.πρωτ. 87542/Ι4/29-5-2018

GHOST

Geographies and Histories of the Ottoman Supernatural Tradition: Exploring Magic, the Marvelous, and the Strange in Ottoman Mentalities

ERC

The project will explore Ottoman concepts and beliefs about the supernatural. Its main objectives will be to examine the significance and content of the various perceptions of the "supernatural", to place them within the various Ottoman world images, to analyse the changes that have occurred over time and to relate them to the emergence of different cultural levels and social groups.

METOPO (WP2)

Urban and rural landscape in transition: Chandakas and the countryside, from Venetian to Ottoman Crete

Scientific coordinators: Elias Kolovos (IMS), Chrysoula Bekiari (ICS), Poulikos Prastakos (IACM)

MedIns

Mediterranean Insularities: Space, Landscape and Agriculture in Early Modern Cyprus and Crete

MedIns is a comparative spatial history of Ottoman Cyprus and Crete during the early modern period. Based on data from the conquest fiscal survey registers of Cyprus (1572) and Crete (1669-70), the project employs G.I.S. methods and digital cartographic tools to map the patterns of economic production of the two islands.

AEGREGIS

The Rural Economy of Crete in the Early Modern Period: A GIS Approach

The project aims at studying the rural economy of Ottoman Crete combining the use of unpublished Ottoman archival material with applications offered by new technologies, such as the Geographical Information Systems (GIS).