Institute for Mediterranean Studies

Lecture by Panayotis Stathis with the topic “Revisiting the Greek revolution of 1821. The multiple paths to revolt”

200 years since the Greek revolution of 1821

The series of online lectures organized by the Institute for Mediterranean Studies-FORTH about the Greek Revolution of 1821 continues on Monday, May 24, 7 p.m. (GMT+3), with a lecture by the historian Panayotis Stathis, PhD candidate of the University of Crete, about “Revisiting the Greek revolution of 1821. The multiple paths to revolt”.

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Eighth seminar meeting on “Maritime communities in the era of economic internationalization. The case of the island of Spetses, 1830-1870” by Alexandra Papadopoulou

Global Economic History and the History of the Seas

The Department of Mediterranean and Global Economic and Social History and the Centre of Maritime History of the IMS/FORTH will organise, during the present academic year 2020/21, a series of seminar meetings on the «Global Economic Ηistory and the History of the Seas», using the zoom platform.

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Book launch: Nikos Potamianos, Της αναιδείας θεάματα. Κοινωνική ιστορία της αποκριάς στην Αθήνα, 1800-1940 [Social history of the Athens carnival, 1800-1940], Cretan University Press 2020.

Lecture Series 2020-2021

Open Lecture Series of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies - FORTH 2021

Two online discussions  on the history of carnival and the way carnival has been studied by social sciences and humanities are organized by IMS-FORTH, the journal Ta Historica and Cretan University Press. Follow the link here.

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