Research Projects
BLACK SEA
The Black Sea and its port-cities from the 18th to the 20th century. Development, convergence and linkages with the global economy
2012-2015
The aim of the project was the identification, analysis and synthesis of the economic and social develοpment of 20 port-cities of the Black Sea that formed an integrated market that became the larger grain-exporting area in the world in the second half of the nineteenth century until the beginning of the twentieth century.
Second Period
The city in modern times
2012-2022
This project, in collaboration with the General State Archives of Cyclades, aimed mainly at the creation of an exemplary database for Ermoupolis of Syros (19th-20th century), by processing the most important sources that are available for the city: municipal registers, population censuses, civil records, notarial and judicial records, proceedings of the municipal council, archives of educational and philanthropic institutions, and other evidence that constitute series.
Observatory for the Water Management of E. Mediterranean
Observatory for the Water Management of E. Mediterranean
2010
The Observatory for Water Management of E. Mediterranean aims to organize activities for the management of water taking a leading role that will also include training and information actions.
Observatory for the Cultural & Environmental Resources of the Municipality of Neapolis, Lasithi
Observatory for the Cultural & Environmental Resources of the Municipality of Neapolis, Lasithi
2010
The Cultural and Environmental resources of the Municipality of Neapolis intends to promote the cultural and landscape heritage of the Municipality to the wider public, using a number of multimedia, the cartographic display of archaeological sites or areas of distinct geomorphological peculiarities.
Greek artists in the West, 15th -19th century
Greek artists in the West, 15th -19th century
2007-2017
This program aims at a deeper understanding of Greek artists' work by way of collecting biographical evidence, identifying and documenting their work, and assessing the quality of their production. The program also seeks to investigate the identity of the artists' commissioners and their status within the new cultural environment.
History of the cities of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans (18th-20th c.)
History of the cities of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans (18th-20th c.)
2006-2014
The main objective of the project is the contribution to a better understanding of the urban phenomenon in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean in the modern and contemporary period, through a comparative approach that permits us to go beyond the limitations of the national framework within which usually take place the historical studies.
Register of Greek poetry 1801-1850
Register of Greek poetry 1801-1850
2005
The main objectives of the project is the systematic inventorying of all Modern Greek poems, whether published or not, onymous or anonymous, written or published during the above-mentioned period (folk songs are excluded), together with classification both in printed form as well as data base according to author and collection, title and first verse.
Digital Crete
Digital Crete: Mediterranean Cultural Itineraries
2004-2005
Digital Crete aims towards the creation of a cultural information system, consisting of digitized documentation and information regarding the cultural heritage of the island of Crete, from prehistory to the modern periods.
Archive of Modern Greek Prosody: the romantic ballad
Archive of Modern Greek Prosody: the romantic ballad
2003-2004
The aim of the project is the research, study and charting of a completely new unresearched genre of the Greek romantic period(1821-1880), the romantic ballad. The research of independently published books and journals of the period 1821-1882 will enable the locating and cataloguing of all poems which could be characterised as ballads, as well as a first concise description of the course of Greek ballad-writing before Giorgios Byziinos.
Poetical texts of the revival of ancient metres in the 19th century
Poetical texts of the revival of ancient metres in the 19th century
2003-2004
The aim of the project is the study and charting of a little-researched area of Greek poetry of the 19th century, of poetical texts which were presented as a revival of ancient metres. With the research of independently published books, and perhaps subsequently journals of the period from 1821 to the end of the 19th century, all poems which could be considered as belonging to the category of the revival of ancient metres will be located, recorded in an electronic database, and digitalised in an electronic archive.
Bibliographical guide to the poems of Giorgos Seferis
Bibliographical guide to the poems of Giorgos Seferis
2001-2003
The aim of the project was to create a bibliographic guide to the poetry of George Seferis.
Archive of Greek prose
Archive of Greek prose
1996-1999
The aim of the project was to map Greek fiction (novels and short stories) from 1830-1880.
First Period
The city in modern times
1994-2011
This project, in collaboration with the General State Archives of Cyclades, aimed mainly at the creation of an exemplary database for Ermoupolis of Syros (19th-20th century), by processing the most important sources that are available for the city: municipal registers, population censuses, civil records, notarial and judicial records, proceedings of the municipal council, archives of educational and philanthropic institutions, and other evidence that constitute series.
Itanos
Itanos Archaeological Research Program
1994-2002
The archaeological research program at Itanos began in 1994 under the scientific patronage of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of Rethymno and the French School of Archaeology at Athens. In collaboration with the XXIVth Ephoria of Prehistorical and Classical Antiquities, a team from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne conducted an archaeological survey in the surroundings of Itanos.
The Christian communities of Cappadocia
The Christian communities of Cappadocia
1992-1994
The project of study of the Christian communities of Cappadocia focuses on the historical development of those communities from the mid-18th century
Integrated Mediterranean Programmes (IMP)
Study of the Cultural Tradition of Crete - Cretan Μusic
1991-1994
Archive of Modern Greek prosody
Archive of Modern Greek prosody
1990-1997
The main products of the project are the Archive of Modern Greek Prosody, which is today housed at the IMS and is at the disposal of all interested researchers, and the Bibliography of Modern Greek Prosody (2000). The Archive includes the classified entries of the bibliography either in photocopied or printed form.
Archaeology and Politics
Archaeology and Politics
1990-2000
The objective of the project, which aspires to create a study centre for the history of archaeology in Crete, is the investigation into the direct or indirect influence of political considerations in the development of the discipline of archaeology in Greece.