Institute for Mediterranean Studies

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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Fifth seminar meeting on “The seas of the Indian Ocean: Thalassology and Global History of the pre-modern”

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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