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1821 DIGITAL ARCHIVE

1821 Digital Archive Events

1821 and the World

On Thursday 15 June 2023, the event 1821 and the World took place, on the occasion of the publication of the books Η Ρωσική Αυτοκρατορία και ο ελληνικός κόσμος [Russian Empire and the Greek World, Alexandria Publications, 2023] by Ada Dialla and Southern Europe in the Age of Revolutions (2023, Princeton University Press) by Maurizio Isabella.

Read more here.

The Mediterranean Age of Revolutions

Alexandria Publications, Psifides Publications, the Research Centre for the Humanities (RCH) and the Reseach Centre for Modern History (KENI – Panteion University) organized an event entitled The Mediterranean Age of Revolutions which took place on June 7, 2024 at the Sakis Karagiorgas II Amphitheatre of Panteion University.

The event included a discussion on the occasion of the publication of the books Η ρωσική αυτοκρατορία και ο ελληνικός κόσμος [Russian Empire and the Greek World],, by Ada Dialla, Liberalism after the Revolution. The Intellectual Foundations of the Greek State, c. 1830-1880, by Michalis Sotiropoulos and Χερσαίο νησί: Η Μεσόγειος και η Κύπρος στην οθωμανική εποχή των επαναστάσεων [Peninsular island: Cyprus and the Mediterranean in the Ottoman age of revolutions], by Antonis Hadjikyriacou.

Read more here.

Conference - 1821 Observatory

On 4-6 May 2023, the conference of the research project “Observatory 1821” took place at the Municipal Library of Komotini.

Read more here (in Greek).

1821 Digital Archive - Bodossaki Lectures on Demand

On the occasion of the research project “1821 Digital Archive” and the exhibition at the Benaki Museum, Ada Dialla (Head of Academic Committee) and Alexandros Psychoulis (visual curator of the platform and exhibition) discuss the unexpected ways in which artistic and scientific thought interacts with design and the implementation of a research project concerning the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution: How do we design a space for historical memory in 2021, what is the role of interdisciplinarity in these explorations, and how do we currently manage the tension between material and digital space, which is becoming increasingly charged in the current era?

To view the discussion, click here.

1821 Digital Archive at the Benaki Museum
The exhibition of the “1821 Digital Archive” in a physical space at the Benaki Museum is an installation that explores, from a spatial perspective, our ideas of what an archive does, and how, as well as the dynamic narrative that results from approaching, in diverse ways, documents on the Revolution of 1821.

To read more, go here.

1821 Digital Archive Official Presentation
The Academic Steering Committee of the 1821 Digital Archive announced the official presentation of the project, together with the opening of an exhibition on the same theme, and under the same title, which was held at the Benaki Museum.
The event can be viewed online (in Greek) here.
To read the event’s announcement, go here.
Presentation of the 1821 Digital Archive at the Corfu Reading Society
The 1821 Digital Archive project was presented at the Corfu Reading Society in the context of the Society’s celebratory events for the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution.
The event can be viewed online (in Greek) here.
1821 Digital Archive: archival questions, research prospects, digital challenges

The Research Centre for the Humanities, the National Hellenic Research Foundations and the General State Archives are co-organizing a two-day conference, titled “1821 Digital Archive: archival questions, research prospects, digital challenges”.
The conference will be held in the “Leonidas Zervas” Auditorium, of the National Hellenic Research Foundation on March 14-15, 2019.

Conference Program in Greek (PDF)

Workshop: 1821: What Made it Greek and Revolutionary?
In the framework of the 1821 Digital Archive project, the Research Centre for the Humanities (RCH) co-organized a series of scientific meetings alongside with the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia of the New York University (NYU) under the title «1821: What Made It Greek and Revolutionary?». The conferences took place in New York, Athens, London and Berlin. RCH was represented by Professor Ada Dialla, President of its Executive Administrative Board.

1821 Researchers’ Lab

Within the context of the 1821 Digital Archive project, the Research Centre for the Humanities (RCH) aims to invigorate academic dialogue and exchange of ideas by creating a strong and vibrant network of young scholars participating in the project. With this purpose, the RCH hosts regularly the «1821 Researchers’ Lab» meetings, where all the participants discuss the implementation of the project, each providing his or her individual insight through their experience working in the collaborating institutions, while also conversing about their specific scientific interests on Greek history. The first results of the «1821 Researchers’ Lab» will be presented in a conference that will be held in the summer of 2018.

 

Digital Humanities in Greece: Concerns and Challenges
In the framework of the 1821 Digital Archive project, the Research Centre for the Humanities (RCH) organized a 1-day conference under the title “Digital Humanities in Greece: Concerns and Challenges” (February 16th, 2018). The conference introduced a reflective conversation about the present and future of Digital Humanities. Drawing from the project’s experience of working and researching within a digital environment, the conference investigated the epistemological components of Digital Humanities, focused on diverse humanities fields in relation to the impact of digitality on their theories and methods, and critically presented a selection of digital humanities applications.

For the conference’s program in Greek, click here.