Research Projects
SE RISK
Advanced techniques for SEismic RISK reduction in Mediterranean Archipelago Regions
2006-2007
SE-RISK aims to develop a general and modular methodology for creating earthquake-risk scenarios that concentrates on the distinctive features of Mediterranean Archipelago towns and sub-regions, including both current and historical buildings.
Archimedes
Archimedes
2005
Archimedes focuses on the development of contemporary and integrated methodologies that would control the pollution caused by places of sanitary burial of waste.
History of the countryside: Greek rural economy in the interwar years
History of the countryside: Greek rural economy in the interwar years
2001-2008
The project aimed at building a Data Base Management System (DBMS) populated with all the available quantitative data on the Interwar Greek rural economy.
ELISTOKAINO
Innovation and ‘Greekness’ in the Fields of Art and Art Criticism, 19th Centrury
2013-2015
The aim of the program is to study the 19th century when, after the establishment of the Greek state, the transfer of Western artistic models/formulas have been instituted/established.
Ottoman Sources for the History of the Island of Lefkada
Ottoman Sources for the History of the Island of Lefkada
2009-2011
The aim of the project is to study the economic and social history of the island of Lefkada (Aya Mavra) under Ottoman administration (1479-1684).
TALOS
TALOS
2006-2008
The objective of the project is the development of an integrated system of seismic risk management in Greece.
Translation of the Ottoman Judicial Registers of Veroia
Translation of the Ottoman Judicial Registers of Veroia
2004
The aim of the project is the translation and publication of the Ottoman judicial records of the city of Veroia, which are located in the Imathia Branch of the General State Archives.
The Production and Exchange of Stone Tools: Recapturing Neolithic Cultural Heritage in Southern Balkans
The Production and Exchange of Stone Tools: Recapturing Neolithic Cultural Heritage in Southern Balkans
2002-2005
The proposed project aims towards the creation of a computerized tool for the integration and dissemination of knowledge concerning the technology and the exchange of stone tools in the southern Balkans (Bulgaria and the Aegean).
The Pediada survey project
The Pediada (Omphalion Pedion) survey project
2001-2006
The Pediada survey is an interdisciplinary project, based on fieldwork carried out between 1982 and 1989 by the archaeologist Nikos Panagiotakis, in the Pediada region in central Crete, , with permits by the Greek Ministry of Culture. Since 1999 the Project has been supported by a large team of experts in various fields.
Modernization and Greek Theatre: The reception of Realism and Naturalism in the Modern Greek Theatre
Modernization and Greek Theatre: The reception of Realism and Naturalism in the Modern Greek Theatre
2013-2015
The reception of the wider European realistic tradition, from conventional realism of the mid-19th century to the anti-reformist Naturalism, is a desideratum of the history of Modern Greek Theater. The subject has been identified in the past but has not yet been systematically studied, mainly because of the vastness of material. The issue is related to a number of serious issues that have arisen in the tradition of "urban drama" which was bequeathed by the Enlightenment; and concerns the thorny but crucial problem of the degree of assimilation of realistic artistic conventions into the Greek dramaturgy of 19th and first decades of 20th century. In short, the research project aims to examine the realistic representation of Modern Greek society, its qualities and its limitations.
Locating, transcribing, translating and commenting of Ottoman constitutional documents of the Principality of Samos
Locating, transcribing, translating and commenting of Ottoman constitutional documents of the Principality of Samos
2009-2012
The aim of the project, which forms part of a wider project of The Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy, directed by Sophia Laiou (Ionian University), is to contribute to a forthcoming volume on the constitutional documents of the Principality of Samos (1834-1912).
Priniatikos Pyrgos
Geophysical and Geoarchaeological Project at Priniatikos Pyrgos and within the Istron Area, Mirabello, Eastern Crete
2002-2005
A Geophysical and Geoarchaeological Project at Priniatikos Pyrgos and within the Istron Area, Mirabello, Eastern Crete
Marriage contracts in the Greek world 1500-1830
Marriage contracts in the Greek world 1500-1830
2000-2010
The project is a pilot scheme responding to the general need to consider as a historical source the surviving notarial documents from various regions in Greece from the end of the Middle Ages to the 20th century in toto. The objective will be to allow a quantitative analysis and subsequent interpretation of the documents and to chart significant issues of medieval and modern Greek history.
Record and study of the names of people in Greece in the post- Middle Ages and early modern times. Names of people of Thessaly and Eastern Macedonia.
Record and study of the names of people in Greece in the post- Middle Ages and early modern times. Names of people of Thessaly and Eastern Macedonia.
The aim of the project is to collect and organise a huge volume of data so as to facilitate utilization for further study. This data concerns material relating to the names of people which were used during the period on which the research focuses, and which constitute a partial aspect of the social reality of the time and can represent a starting point for the study of basic historical issues.
History of the Black Sea, 18th – 20th century
History of the Black Sea, 18th – 20th century
2012-2015
This ongoing project continues the work of the Black Sea Project. It still processes its archival material, statistical series and publications, and feeds its website with new information.
ByHeriNet
Byzantine Heritage Network: Rehabilitation, highlighting and management in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin - ByHeriNet
2007-2007
ByHeriNet aims to create a collaborative network for the preservation and promotion of Byzantine Cultural Heritage.
Digital Crete
Digital Crete: Mediterranean Cultural Itineraries
2004-2005
The Programme of Turkish Studies contributed in Digital Crete a system of cultural information concerning the Ottoman Centuries in Crete.
Avant-Garde Theatre and Modern Greek Theatre
Avant-Garde Theatre and Modern Greek Theatre
2003-2005
The program primarily focuses on the similarities between Modern Greek and European theatre avant-garde movements as well as on the inner difficulties that Greek society faced in its dialogue with the European developments from the 1890s up to WWII. It constitutes the first Greek project on the avant-garde theatre in relation to the problems of modernization and the westernization of the country; it aims at claiming a place in the international discussion on these subjects as well as on the study of the general cultural relations between Greek and European theatre. Modern Greek theatre cannot really escape from its isolationism unless it delimits its exact historical position in Modern European theatre.
Classification of the Turkish Archive of Chania
Classification of the Turkish Archive of Chania
1995-1998
The project aimed at classifying and cataloguing the archival material of the Ottoman Archive of Chania (Ottoman, Greek, bilingual registers and documents - dating mostly from the second half of the 19th century).