Institute for Mediterranean Studies

Research Projects

BLACK SEA

History of the Black Sea, 18th-20th centuries

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.

MCH-EsMed

How the middle class housed itself in the Eastern Mediterranean

ERC

Principal Investigator: Konstantina Kalfa
Funded by: European Research Council - Starting Grant 2024 (Grant Agreement 101164009)
Start date: 1 December 2024,   End date: 30 November 2029
Overall budget: € 1,499,913
Hosted by: Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece

Black Sea (2012-2015)

The Black Sea and its port-cities, 1774-1914. Development, convergence and linkages with the global economy

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

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.

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.)

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.

Digital Crete

Digital Crete: Mediterranean Cultural Itineraries

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.

First Period

The city in modern times

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.