Publications

Under the supervision of Dr. Şükrü Ilıcak, a large group of researchers leaned over the Ottoman archives, which until now had not been studied. The two-volume edition, which exceeds 1,600 pages, includes 700 documents, transcribed from the ottoman language, translated and fully annotated. These are letters found in the Ayniyat Registers, in the Ottoman Archives of Constantinople, dating from June 1821 to 1826, when the Great Powers begun their official diplomatic intervention to the Greek Revolution. It is a project of international standards, undertaken for the first time by a Greek institution, a fact validated by the collaboration with Brill publishing house.

The publication is in English, honoring both the international impact of the Greek Revolution – it is clear today that we are talking about a pan-European event – as well as the global academic interest in these documents. In addition to new information about the battles and the events of the Greek War of Independence, these documents come to help historians and scholars understand the concept of revolution during the Greek uprising.

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The work of Konstantinos Tsitselikis, Professor of International Law at the University of Macedonia, deals with one of the least studied historical issues. From 1830 to 1947, the Greek territory developed rapidly, but without absolute certainties. Usually, the borders of Greece were secured successfully and permanently, but some times, they were drawn occasionally or ineffectively. They have always been associated with the program of national homogenization and national integration, but also with the geostrategic aspirations of the Forces. Occupation, domination, co-ownership, compose the complex shape of the genealogy of a stormy and bloody adventure that runs through the Greek territory before taking the form we know today. The stamp, Greek and foreign, is an indication and means of exercising power, occupation or sovereignty of the territory that became – or did not become – Greek. A strong symbol and message for who exercises political and institutional control over the land, the postage stamp, like the postmark, is associated with every corner of Greek territory once found on one side or the other of the border line.

Awards:

"Grand gold medal" at the international (philatelic) exhibition Balkanfila XX (2024).

Honorable mention (Vermeil) in the category of works of philatelic literature with a promotional and historical character, in the competitive part of the European Philatelic Exhibition Notos 2021.

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.

Letters of Greek and foreign intellectuals, along with documents of organizations (foundations, companies, associations etc.), part of Professor Emmanuel Criaras correspondence, covering the period 1924-2010. An important historical token, in the crossroads of public and private life, which holds special value for the History of Greek Letters. A revealing testimonial, it sheds light on the manifold presence and flourishing course of this prominent intellectual.

Τα κείμενα του κύκλου ομιλιών που οργάνωσε το 2004 το Ίδρυμα Αικατερίνης Λασκαρίδη με θέμα την ελληνική ποίηση και την πολύμορφη, όσο και γόνιμη διαδρομή της, από τα χρόνια του Μεσοπολέμου έως τη γενιά του ’70, με την πολύτιμη συμβολή της Καθηγήτριας του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών Ρίτσας Φράγκου-Κικίλια και τη συμμετοχή των εκλεκτών ομιλητών Φραγκίσκης Αμπατζοπούλου, Γιώργου Αράγη, Στέφανου Διαλησμά, Μορφίας Μάλλη, Ελένης Πολίτου-Μαρμαρινού και Μίμη Σοφοκλέους.

Με γλαφυρότητα και οξυδέρκεια, οι εισηγητές ανιχνεύουν το ποιητικό σύμπαν της περιόδου αυτής, εξετάζοντας, μεταξύ άλλων, τα πεδία της ελληνικής ποίησης κατά τη διάρκεια του Μεσοπολέμου, τους δημιουργούς της Πρώτης και Δεύτερης Μεταπολεμικής Γενιάς και της Γενιάς του ’70, τους κύριους θεματικούς άξονες, τις επιδράσεις και τις εκφραστικές τάσεις, το παιχνίδι με τις λέξεις στο ποιητικό έργο της Κικής Δημουλά, καθώς και γενικότερα ζητήματα της Ποιητικής.