Institute for Mediterranean Studies

2nd International Conference OpenEARTH 2024

LIFE

Following the success of OpenEARTH-1, we are excited to invite you to the 2nd International Conference OpenEARTH 2024, hosted by the Laboratory of Geophysical - Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeo-environment of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies. The event will take place from 26-28 November in Rethymno, Crete. Join us as we explore innovative strategies for addressing climate change impacts on agriculture, water management, and sustainable practices. For more details and registration, please visit the official conference website: OpenEARTH 2024.

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Book Talk: "Island and Empire: How Civil War in Crete Mobilized the Ottoman World" by Uğur Zekeriya Peçe, Lehigh University

Lecture Series 2024-2025

Uğur Zekeriya Peçe is an Assistant Professor of History at Lehigh University. Drawing on Crete’s multilayered legacy of violence and tracing the Muslims displaced from the island because of civil war in the 1890s, this talk weaves together a story of intercommunal and environmental violence, European military intervention, displacement, and mass protest. Uğur Zekeriya Peçe explores the transformation of Muslim Cretans from silenced refugees in the 1890s to loud protesters after 1908, arguing that the islanders energized late Ottoman politics and society.

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Lecture by Pierre-Yves Donzé

The Institute for Mediterranean Studies and the Greek Economic History Association are organizing a lecture by Pierre-Yves Donzé (Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics) on "The globalisation of the watch industry (1950-2024): how Swiss companies strengthened their competitive advantage" to be held on November 11, 2024.

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Call for the filling of one (1) postgraduate scholarship position within the research project JANET (H2020-ERC-StG-2019), GA 849911

ERC

Call for the filling of one (1) postgraduate scholarship position within the research project JANET - ‘Janissaries in Ottoman Port-Cities: Muslim Financial and Political Networks in the Early Modern Mediterranean’ (H2020-ERC-StG-2019), GA 849911

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