“From the Aegean to the Black Sea”: International Conference in Athens

14-15 October 2016 the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (IHR/NHRF) and the History Department of the Ionian University co-organized an international conference “From the Aegean to the Black Sea”. The conference was dedicated to the memory of Evridiki Sifneos, who was Research Director in the IHR/NHRF. The conference served as a forum in which Greek and foreign colleagues presented their studies on themes close to the research interests and other activities of Evridiki Sifneos, a scholar who labored continuously with aplomb, passion and good cheer for the promotion of scientific knowledge.

The program of the conference can be found here.

Participants of the conference: AGRIANTONI Christina (Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropolgy / University of Thessaly), ARDELEANU Constantin (History Department / Universitatea Dunărea de Jos, Galatz, Romania), BELOUSOVA Liliya (Odessa State Archives, Ukraine), BELAVILAS Nikos (Urban Environment Laboratory, School of Architecture / National Technical University of Athens), CHATZIIOANNOU Maria Christina (Institute of Historical Research / National Hellenic Research Foundation), CHRISSIDIS Νikolaos (History Department / Southern Connecticut State University, USA), DELIS Αpostolos (Institute for Mediterranean Studies / Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas), GALANI Katerina (History Department / Ionian University), HADZIIOSSIF Christos (Institute for Mediterranean Studies / Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas), HARLAFTIS Gelina (History Department / Ionian University), KARADIMOU YEROLYMPOU Alexandra (School of Architecture, Department of Urban Planning) / Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), KATSIARDI Olga (Department of History and Archaeology / National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), KOLIAS Taxiarchis (Director Institute of Historical Research / National Hellenic Research Foundation), KOLONAS Vassilis (Department of Architecture / University of Thessaly), KONSTANTINOVA Victoria (Department of History / Berdyansk State Pedagogical University), KONTOGEORGIS Dimitris (International Hellenic University / School of Humanities), LAIOU Sophia (Department of History / Ionian University), LYBERATOS Andreas (Department of Political Sciences and History / Panteion University), LYMAN Igor (Department of History / Berdyansk State Pedagogical University), MICHAILARIS Panayotis (Institute of Historical Research / National Hellenic Research Foundation), MIKHALIUK Roman (International Relations, Russian Academy, Southern Scientific Center, Rostov-on-Don), MITSOS Achilleas (Department of Environment / Aegean University), NIKOLAIDES Efthimios (Institute of Historical Research / National Hellenic Research Foundation), PAPADOPOULOU Alexandra (History Department / Ionian University), PARADEISOPOULOS Sofronis (Foundation for the Hellenic Culture, Odessa Unit), PETMEZAS Socrates (Department of History and Archaeology / University of Crete), POLYCANDRIOTI Ourania (Institute of Historical Research / National Hellenic Research Foundation), SIFNAIOS DODSON Michael (Architect), SIFOUNAKIS Nikos (Architect, founding member of the Cultural Association “Archipelagos”, former Member of Parliament and Minister), SYDORENKO Anna (History Department / Ionian University), TCHKOIDZE Eka (History Department / Ilia State University, Tublis, Georgia), TOLIAS George (Institute of Historical Research / National Hellenic Research Foundation), VITOPOULOU Athina (Open Hellenic University), YAKOVAKI Nassia (Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration / National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), YURKOVA Oksana (Institute for the Ukrainian History / National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine).

Representatives of the Research Institute of Urban History Igor Lyman and Victoria Konstantinova presented a report “The Evolution of Port Cities in the Russian Borderlands”.