Day Sessions	Events
Wednesday 10 December	Afternoon: Registration Welcoming Addresses Reception
Thursday 11 December	Morning: Sessions Ι.A, I.B and ΙΙ.A, II.B Afternoon: Sessions III and IV Dinner
Friday 12 December	Morning: Sessions V.Α, V.B and VI.A, VI.B Afternoon: Session VII Plenary Speech
Saturday 13 December	Morning: Sessions VIII.A, VIII.B, IX Afternoon: Closing Session Reception

* Presentation will be in Greek

WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER 2008

Conference Hall of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

17:30 – 19:00 REGISTRATION

19:00 – 20:00 WELCOMING ADDRESSES

20:00 RECEPTION

Ground Floor of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

THURSDAY 11 DECEMBER 2008

SESSION Ι - 9:00-11:00

Α. INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (I). HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES

Conference Hall of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

Chair: Christina Agriantoni (University of Thessaly)
Discussant: Christos Hadjiiossif (University of Crete-IMS/FORTH)

Elpida K. Vogli (University of Thrace)

‘The Distillery of S. & E. & A. Metaxa Brothers of Piraeus’: Business Organization and Marketing Strategy of a Greek industry (1888-1940)*

Helen Beneki (Ionian University)

The Vasileiades Hellenic Machine-Works and Shipyards in Embiricos Bros group of companies: Diversification and Growth*

Stratos N. Dordanas-Theodosis Tsironis (University of Thessaloniki)

The history of the Yfanet textile mills (1926-1945)*

Β. BUSINESS HISTORY (I). SHIPPING AND SHIPBUILDING

Conference Hall of the Labour Union Center

Chair: Gelina Harlaftis (Ionian University)
Discussant: Vassilis Kardasis (University of Crete)

Gerassimos Pagratis (University of Athens)

Organization and Administration of the Maritime Enterprise in Corfu during the first half of 16th century*

Apostolos Delis (Ionian University)

Hermoupolis: Economic apogee and decline in two generations (1830-1880). The case of shipbuilding industry*

Alexandra Papadopoulou (Ionian University)

A Spetsiot shipping firm as a link of the Greek international network

11:00- 11:30 Coffee Break

SESSION ΙΙ - 11:30-13:30

A. INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (I). SECTORAL STUDIES

Conference Hall of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

Chair: Stavros Thomadakis (University of Athens)
Discussant: Christina Agriantoni (University of Thessaly)

Yiannis Antonopoulos (Panteion University)

The development of the Greek arms industry in the Interwar period*

Nikos Tzafleris (University of Thessaly)

The role of the Greek industry during the Greco-Italian War (1940-1941)*

Eleni Chatzimichali (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

Economic continuities before and after World War II: The German influence in Greek telecommunications*

Β. BUSINESS HISTORY (II). MERCHANTS AND MERCHANT NETWORKS

Conference Hall of the Labour Union Center

Chair: Maria Christina Chatziioannou (INR/NHRF)
Discussant: Ioanna Minoglou (Athens Univ. of Economics and Business)

Despoina Vlami (Academy of Athens)

The female environment of a Greek merchant entrepreneur (18th-19th centuries). New evidences from the personal archive of Michail Vassiliou

Aliye Mataraci (Bilgi Universityi)

Reading Social Profile and Economic Standing of a Muslim Merchant Network through Business Correspondence

Antonella Viola (European University Institute, Florence)

Greek traders in British India (1840-1920): between Business History and the History of diaspora traders

14:00 Light Lunch Ground

Floor of Conference Hall of the Xenia University Residence

SESSION ΙΙΙ - 16:30-18:30

BANKING AND FINANCE IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Conference Hall of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

Chair: Christos Hadjiiossif (University of Crete-IMS/FORTH)
Discussant: Stavros Thomadakis (University of Athens)

Kostas Axarloglou, Christos Cabolis (ALBA) and Nikos Chrissidis (Southern Connecticut State University)

Indulgences in the Eastern Orthodox Church: Evidence of Oligopolistic Behavior.

Dimitris Dimitropoulos (ΙΝR/NHRF)

The sarraf of Ali pasha in Istanbul, 1813-1814: financial transactions and dealings*

Ali Coskun Tuncer (LSE)

International Financial Control in the Peripheries of the Gold Standard: The Case of Greece 1879 - 1914

Kostas Loizos (University of Athens)

Development Banking in Greece 1963-2002. A History of Institutional Transformation

18:30- 19:00 Coffee Break

SESSION ΙV - 19:00-20:30

ECONOMY AND SOCIETY IN RURAL GREECE

Conference Hall of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

Chair: Michalis Psalidopoulos (University of Athens)
Discussant: George Stathakis (University of Crete)

Vaso Seirinidou (University of Athens)

From the community forest to the forest as a factory: the case of Thassos island, 19th century*

Maria Papathanassiou (University of Athens)

Living Experiences and Socioeconomic courses: Approaches to the history of mountainous countryside*

21:30 Dinner

FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2008

SESSION V - 9:00-11:00

Α. SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS (I). ELITES AND SOCIAL HIERARCHIES

Conference Hall of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

Chair: Olga Katsiardi Hering (University of Athens).
Discussant: Nikos Karapidakis (Ionian University)

Photis Baroutsos (University of Patras)

Interactions between local elites and Venetian authorities. Embassies as an institution for the formation of economic and social hierarchies*

Eleutheria Zei (University of Crete)

Facets of the formation of social elites in the Aegean of the 18th century: the “notables” of maktu*

Maria Kavala (University of Crete) and Helen Ioannidou (Historical Archives of the Refugees of the Kalamaria Municipality)

Relief and rehabilitation of the 1922 refugees in Thessalonica interwar period. Aspects of nongovernmental organizations*

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

Conference Hall of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

9:00-10:20 Β. BUSINESS HISTORY (III). MERCHANTS AND MERCHANT NETWORKS

Conference Hall of the Labour Union Center

Chair: Ioanna Minoglou (Athens Univ. of Economics and Business)
Discussant: Maria Christina Chatziioannou (INS/NRF)

Konstantina Karakosta (University of Thessaloniki)

«Small Moscopoles». The Economic and Social Organization of the Moscopolite Vlachs in Central and Southeastern Europe*

Evrydiki Sifneos (ΙΝR/NHRF)

War and Entrepreneurial Strategies: Greek Merchant Houses in Taganrog, South Russia during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78*

10:30-10:50 Coffee Break

Conference Hall of the Labour Union Center

SESSION VI - 11:30-13:00

Α. SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS (II). COLLECTIVE PRACTICES AND COMMUNAL MANAGEMENT

Conference Hall of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

Chair: Nikos Karapidakis (Ionian University)
Discussant: Olga Katsiardi Hering (University of Athens)

Matthieu Grenet (EUI)

Une économie communautaire? La charité dans la diaspora grecque (Venise, Livourne, Marseille, v.1770-v.1830)

Ikaros Mantouvalos (Academy of Athens)

Practices of bequest and inheritance of Greeks in Trieste. First comparative approach in relation to cases of Vienna and Pest*

Vassilis Dalkavoukis (University of Thrace)

Legacies and “regional development”: Past and present of a special financial resources category. The example of Zagori in Epirus (Northern Greece)*

10:50-13:30 Β. HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND SOCIAL THEORY

Conference Hall of the Labour Union Center

Chair: Lefteris Tsoulfidis (University of Macedonia)
Discussant: Michalis Psalidopoulos (University of Athens)

Spyros Tzokas (University of Athens)

The economic and the social variables of the technical calculations of Elias J. Angelopoulos, late 19th and early 20th century*

Michel Zouboulakis (University of Thessaly)

Path-dependence and the importance of history in British Economic thought*

Anna Mahera (University of Ioannina)

Between morality, politics and research: the teaching of political economy in France*

Andreas Kakridis (University of Athens)

Continuity and change: mapping the community of economists in Greece (1944-1967)

14:00 Light Lunch

Ground Floor of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

SESSION VII - 17:00-18:30

MARKETS AND PRICE CONTROL

Conference Hall of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

Chair: John Alexander (University of Thessaloniki)
Discussant: Nikos Theocharakis (University of Athens)

Nikos Potamianos (University of Crete)

Laws against profiteering, prices and rent controls and the constitution of the petite bourgeoisie federations 1916-1925*

Lida Papastefanaki (University of Ioannina)

For the historicity of labour markets in Greece*

18:30 Coffee Break

19:00 PLENARY SPEECH

Conference Hall of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

Peer H.H. Vries (Vienna University)

Comparing and connecting economic growth – and its absence – on a global scale

21:30 Dinner

SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER 2008

SESSION VIII - 9:30-11:30

Α. POLITICS AND THE ECONOMY IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Conference Hall of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

Chair: Nikos Theocharakis (University of Athens)
Discussant: Lefteris Tsoulfidis (University of Macedonia)

Manos Perakis (University of Crete)

Socioeconomic transformation in an eastern Mediterranean economy. The case of late ottoman Crete (1840-98)*

Sakis Gekas (University of Manchester)

A failed colonial State. Commissioners, Merchants and intellectuals in the Ionian Islands under British rule

Alexis Frangiadis (Athens Univ. of Economics and Business)

Political Power and Lando-owning Relations in Greece, 1821 – 1940: historiographical approaches*

Β. HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY IN GREECE

Conference Hall of the Labour Union Center

Chair: Katerina Papakonstantinou (University of Piraeus)
Discussant: Socrates Petmezas (University of Crete- IMS/FORTH)

Sébastien Marre (Université Michel de Montaigne-Bordeaux III)

La diaspora grecque à partir du Pirée dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle : une approche démographique

Myrto Dimitropoulou (Université Lumière, Lyon ΙΙ)

«In front of me, the Mayor of the City of Athens». Demographic Behavior in Athens during the second half of the 19th century*

Costantina Moustani (University of Thessaly)

Les registres paroissiaux et les paroissiens du St. Constantinos à Volos: un essai de reconstitution de familles (1913-1922)*

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break

Ground Floor of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

SESSION IX - 12:00-14:30

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY DURING THE OTTOMAN PERIOD

Conference Hall of the Xenia Student Cultural Center

Chair: Andreas Lyberatos (IMS/FORTH)
Discussant: John Alexandropoulos (University of Thessaloniki)

Fokion Kotzageorgis (University of Thessaloniki)

Çiftliks in the kaza of Didymoteichon/Dimetoka (1455-1614)*

Elias Kolovos (University of Crete)

Back to the defters? Economic data and social stratification in the seventeenth-century island of Andros on the basis of the Ottoman cadastre: analysis, methodological, and historiographical issues*

Martha Pylia (University of Thrace)

Notables and political money in prerevolutionary Peloponnese*

Svetlana Doncheva (Institute of Balkan Studies, Sofia)

Economic or communal institutions? The Christian guilds in Thrace and Macedonia during the 19th century*

14:30 Light Lunch

Ground Floor of Conference Hall of the Xenia University Residence

17:30-19:30 Closing session and assessment

Conference Hall of the Xenia University Residence

19:30 Farewell Reception

Ground Floor of Conference Hall of the Xenia University Residence