Publications

The Asia Minor Chronicles is the first systematic attempt to record, document and analyze issues related to Asia Minor. Annually published since 1938, the Asia Minor Chronicles consist rare archival material and a treasure of knowledge. The edition draws material from the first 2, out-of-print volumes of the Asia Minor Chronicles. Specifically, the articles of Sylvius "Charms and Spells" and "Folklore of Smyrna" are presented.

Both texts deal with the customs and folk medicine of Asia Minor. The aim, of course, is not to replace classical medicine with home remedies, but rather to emphasize the inseparable relationship between modern Greece and the Asia Minor tradition. The reader will realize that many customs and manners are very familiar to him.

The edition is accompanied by an extensive introduction by the historian and collaborator of the Union of Smyrna, Vgena Vartholomeou, and is also adorned with photographs by the famous Swiss photographer Fred Boissonnas, which were kindly provided by the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (MOMus).

he aim of this colouring book is to introduce children, as well as art-loving adults, to original images from the Eastern European travellers’ accounts who visited Asia Minor, which is digitised and presented in our website “Travelogues“.

Presenting images from Asia Minor serves as a tribute to these long-lost cradles of Hellenism which was so abruptly displaced at 1922 and bring us closer to people and places of past centuries.

On the left-hand pages of the book you will find the original artwork and short texts on the author/artist and the theme depicted. Scanning the QR code, you will be directed to the digital source of the image, in “Travelogues”. On the right-hand pages, the pictures are reproduced in a simplified manner, which you are welcome to colour, creating your own piece of art!

The edition Ottoman Athens: Topography, Archeology, History is the fruit of collaboration with the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Ottoman Athens is the first and sole volume to set under investigation the Ottoman presence in Athens. Despite the attraction the city has received recently, no other publications has set forth to examine the ottoman past of Athens, and scrutinize the relevant sources. 12 scholarly articles, from antiquity, to architecture, cartography, daily life and and the Greek War of Independence, aim to shed light upon little studied material, retell the history of Ottoman Athens, but most importantly open up the dialogue between the city and its past. The authors of the original scientific papers of the volume are: Dr Aliki Asvesta, Dr Elizabeth Key Fowden, Dr H. Sukru Ilicak, Eleni Kanetaki, Prof. Dimitris Karidis, Prof. Yannis Kizis, Dr Elena Korka, Ass. Prof. Seyyed Mohammad Taghi Shariat-Panahi, Dr Katerina Stathi, Dr Tasos Tanoulas, Dr George Tolias, Dr Gulcin Tunali, Dr Ioli Vingopoulou, Prof. Joanita Vroom.

The volume accompanied the temporary exhibition “Templon. Holy figures, invisible gates of faith, 20th and 21st century“, organized by the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation and MVN Consultants, which was hosted from 27 October 2017 to 24 March 2018 at the Museum of Byzantine Culture. The publication presents a concise catalog of exhibits and includes 30 scientific papers on templa, with material published for the first time. In addition, it contains 190 color photographs and 100 drawings.

The authors of the articles are: Dr. Jenny Albani, Michail Asfentagakis, Aimilianos Grekas, Dr. Nikolaos Graikos, Dr. Yannis Theocharis, Dr. Anastasia Kapandriti, Prof. Em. Maro Kardamitsi-Adami, Dr. Andromachi Katselaki, Dr. Harry Koutelakis, Arch. Dionysios Lykogiannis, Dr. Spyros Moschonas, George Mylonas, Maria Nanou, Dr. Eirini Panou, Dr. Elena Saenkova, Andreas Sambatakos, Stergios Stasinopoulos, Prof. George Tsigaras, Dr. Agathoniki Tsilipakou, Dr. Niki Tsironi, Eleni Veronika Farmakilidou, Dr. Ioannis Firiligkos, Dr. Christodoulos Chatzichristodoulou, Dr. Stamatios Chondrogiannis.

The catalogue presents the works of the painter Valias Semertzidis (1911-1983) which are permanently exhibited at the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation. Art historian Nikos Hatzinikolaou selected and edited the texts. Includes introductions by Panos Laskaridis, President of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation and by the Semertzidis family. Other authors are Christos Alexiou, Themistoklis D. Tsatsou, Nikos Hatzinikolaou. It also includes  excerpts from the conversations of Valias Semertzidis with Christos Alexiou and a timeline of the painter’s life by Konstantinos Papachristos.

In order to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the death of Aldus Manutius, the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation published this volume in honour of the great printer. The book, which is available in 3 languages, focuses on the Greek collaborators of Aldus, such as Arsenios Apostolis and Marcus Musurus, who accompanied him in his first steps in printing and publishing. This edition accompanies the Laskaridis Foundation exhibition “The Greek editions of Aldus Manutius and his Greek collaborators (c. 1495-1515)”, hosted by the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice (17 September-24 October 2016), where the Greek editions of Aldus during his lifetime are presented.

The catalogue comprises the overall oeuvre of Dimitris Perdikidis, as this is presented in the permanent exhibition of the “Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation”. Designed and edited by photographer Maria Stefossi, it also includes texts by Panos Laskaridis, Chairman of the “Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation”, Manos Stefanidis, Professor of Art History of the University of Athens, Dimosthenis Kokkinidis, Emeritus Professor of the Athens School of Fine Arts, and of Leonidas and Denise Perdikidis. The exhibition curator and long-time researcher of Perdikidis’ work, Miguel Fernández Belmonte, discusses and analyses the works and oeuvre of this distinguished Diaspora painter.

Drawing from the rich epistolary archive of Professor Emmanuel Kriaras, this edition publicizes 185 of his letters written between 2001-2011, addressed to people and foundations. This important edition is evidence of the long-lasting activity and constant presence of this leading Greek intellectual in the world of Letters.

The Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation completed the significant work of restoration of the lighthouses of Tainaro, of Maleas and of Ntana (on Poros island). The collective work “Stone-built Lighthouses: Tainaro and Maleas”, released in March of 2013, “narrates” the fascinating story of their restoration. At the same time, it constitutes a valuable testament of the Greek naval history.

Through an exceptional collection of texts by academics, researchers, journalists and writers, the presence of lighthouses through the ages, between history and myth, their symbolical significances, as well as their value as live monuments of our cultural heritage are featured. This edition could not be without the diary kept by architect Dimitris Eftaxiopoulos during the renovation work. The elegant edition is enriched with ample photographic material.