Institute for Mediterranean Studies

Nikos Potamianos: The Carnival and Women: Stories from the Carnival of Athens 1800-1940

IMS meets Rethymno

In 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.

The Municipality of Rethymnon and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) are organizing for the year 2025 a series of lectures addressed to the general public of our city. In these talks, open to everyone, the Institute's researchers will present elements of their research work in an accessible way, followed by a discussion.

 

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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».

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OPEN 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.

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Πρώτο Σεμινάριο Υποψηφίων Διδακτόρων 2025

PhD Candidate Seminars 2025

Σκοπός 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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