Nikos Potamianos: The Carnival and Women: Stories from the Carnival of Athens 1800-1940
IMS meets RethymnoIn his lecture, Nikos Potamianos, a researcher at the IMS-ITE, will present how women participated in the Athenian carnival from the final years of Ottoman rule until the Second World War.
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Workshop "Imaging the cultural dynamics in the transition zones with geoinformatics"
The Laboratory of Geophysical Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeoenvironment (GeoSat ReSeArch Lab) of Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) of Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), in collaboration with the PROSPECT International Thematic Network and COASTLINE Project will organize the workshop.
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RICONTRANS concluding conference "Orthodox Hegemony and Art. Transfer of Russian religious art to the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean (late 16th - early 20th centuries)"
The Principal Investigator of project RICONTRANS: Visual Culture, Piety and Propaganda: Transfer and Reception of Russian Religious Art in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean (16th to early 20th century) [H2020-ERC-COG-2018 grant agreement No 818791] Dr. Yuliana Boycheva is happy to invite you to the concluding conference that will take place on January 23 and 24 at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies.
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Παρουσίαση έκδοσης «Η ελληνική εμπορική ναυτιλία στα χρόνια του Ελευθερίου Βενιζέλου»
Το Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών και Μελετών «Ελευθέριος Κ. Βενιζέλος» και το Ινστιτούτο Μεσογειακών Σπουδών/ΙΤΕ σας προσκαλούν στην παρουσίαση της έκδοσης «Η ελληνική εμπορική ναυτιλία στα χρόνια του Ελευθερίου Βενιζέλου».
Read moreOPEN WORKSHOP / 1st group meeting in the context of the ERC-funded research program MCH-EsMed
This open workshop is the first scientific meeting of the research program MCHEsMed - How the middle class housed itself in the Eastern Mediterranean (2024-2029), which is funded by the European Research Council – Starting Grant 2024 (Grant Agreement 101164009) and hosted by the Department of History of Cities, Diaspora and Immigration in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, FORTH.
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Film screening and film literacy activities "Twice a Refugee"-Hamidiyeh (2023)
On 16 January 2025, in the framework of the MigraMedia project (Erasmus+ Projekt 2023-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000154375), an educational action on migration in cinema was held at the Experimental High School of Rethymnon, by the Laboratory of Image, Sound and Movement IMS-FORTH and the 'Cinema Club' of the Experimental High School. The documenary of the Filmming Team of the 2nd Junior High School of Chania Twice a Refugee-Hamidiyeh (2023) was screened, and activities to raise awareness on refugee issues took place.
Read moreCall for the filling of one (1) postdoctoral researcher position within the research project "SLaVEgents"
ERCCall for the filling of one (1) postdoctoral researcher position within the research project ‘SLaVEgents – Enslaved Persons in the Making of Societies and Cultures in Western Eurasia and Africa, 1000 BCE-300CE’ (H2020-ERC-AdG-2022), GA 101095823
Read moreCall for Expressions of Interest to submit proposals for a temporary part-time employment contract for one post-doctoral researcher
Call for Expressions of Interest to submit proposals for a temporary part-time employment contract for one post-doctoral researcher
Read moreΠρώτο Σεμινάριο Υποψηφίων Διδακτόρων 2025
PhD Candidate Seminars 2025Σκοπός των σεμιναρίων είναι η επιστημονική συζήτηση και ανταλλαγή απόψεων και επιχειρημάτων μεταξύ διδασκόντων, ερευνητών και υποψηφίων διδακτόρων Νεότερης και Σύγχρονης Ιστορίας του Τμήματος Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας του ΠΚ, του ΙΜΣ/ΙΤΕ και άλλων συνεργαζόμενων πανεπιστημιακών και ερευνητικών ιδρυμάτων.
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