Evangelia Balta

NATIONAL HELLENIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION
INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Evangelia Balta
Research Director
Section of Neohellenic Research
Phone: 210-7273576
Fax: 210-7246212
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Website: http://www.evangeliabalta.com
STUDIES
1977: Department of History (Aristotle University)
1981: Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (U.E.R. Histoire, Sorbonne, Paris I, Ecole des
Hautes Etudes, Section IV, Paris)
1983: Diplôme du troisième cycle (U.E.R. Histoire, Sorbonne, Paris I)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Apr. 1978 – Sept. 1979: Centre for Asia Minor Studies, Athens
Sept 1979 - May 1980: Historical Archives of Macedonia, Thessaloniki
1982-1983, vacataire: C.N.R.S., Paris
1984-1987: Centre for Asia Minor Studies, Athens
1985-1987: Ionian University, Department of History, Corfu
Since 1987: National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Karamanlidika philology, Karamanlidika printed matter
• Turcophone Christian communities of Asia Minor
• Settlement of refugees from Asia Minor
• History of Asia Minor Hellenism
• Economic and social history of the Ottoman period
• Publications of Ottoman sources related to the Balkan and Mediterranean regions
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RESEARCH AND OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
• Orientalski Otdel Narodna Biblioteka “Kiril i Metodii” (Sofia)
(1987-1992)
• Basbakanlik Osmanli Arsivi (Istanbul)
(since 1987)
• Seminar courses at the University of Ioannina
(1996, 1997)
• Academic consultant, Museum of the Olive and Olive Oil
(Sparta, PIOP [Pireaus Bank Group Cultural Foundation])
(1998-1999)
• Participation in the editorial team of the journal “History of Wine”(1999-2008)
• Academic consultant, Museum of Olive Oil (Mytilene, PIOP)
(2003)
• Academic consultant, Kayakapi Project (Turkey)
(2003-2008)
• Postgraduate Seminars at Bilkent University (Ankara)
(2006, 2012)
• Seminar at Athens University
(2007)
• Organizer of three international conferences on Karamanlidika Studies
(since 2008)
• Postgraduate Seminars at the University of Cyprus
(2009, 2012)
• Intensive Summer School of Ottoman Studies (Cunda-Ayvalik)
(since 2010)
• Academic cooperation with the Turkish Cultural Foundation
(since 2010)
• Project: Histories of Ottoman Larnaca
with the University of Cyprus
(2010-2012)
• Project: Ottoman Sources on Paphos
with the Centre of Scientific Research of Cyprus
(2013-2016)
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
• Cultural Encounters Between Muslims and non-Muslims in the Turkish-speaking
Communities of the Late Ottoman Empire, Editor Evangelia Balta (With the
contribution of Mehmet Ölmez), Istanbul, The Isis Press, 2014.
• The Exchange of Populations. Historiography and Refugee Memory, Istanbul, Istos,
2014.
• Festschrift in Honor of Ioannis P. Theocharides, vol. I: Studies on Ottoman Cyprus,
vol. II: Studies on the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, Edited by Evangelia Balta –
Georgios Salakidis – Theoharis Stavrides, Istanbul, The Isis Press, 2014.
• Miscellaneous Studies on the Karamanlidika Literary Tradition, Istanbul, Isis Press,
2013.
• Histories of Ottoman Larnaca, Edited by Evangelia Balta – Theoharis Stavrides –
Ioannis Theocharides, Istanbul, The Isis Press, 2012.
• Between Religion and Language: Turkish-Speaking Christians, Jews and Greek-
Speaking Muslims and Catholics in the Ottoman Empire, edited by Evangelia Balta,
Mehmet Ölmez, Istanbul, Eren, 2011.
• Cries and Whispers in Karamanlidika Books, Proceedings of the First International
Conference on Karamanlidika Studies (Nicosia, 11th–13th September 2008), Edited
by Evangelia Balta and Matthias Kappler, Harrassowitz Verlag -
Wiesbaden
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2010.
• Beyond the Language Frontier: Studies on the Karamanlis and Karamanlidika Printing,
Istanbul, Isis Press, 2010.
• Livâ-i Resmo: Tahrir Defteri (co-author Mustafa O uz), Ankara, Türk Tarih Kurumu,
2009.
• Ottoman Studies and Archives in Greece, Analecta Isisiana LXX, The Isis Press,
Istanbul 2003.
• Problèmes et approches de l’histoire ottomane. Un itinéraire scientifique de Kayseri à
Egriboz, Istanbul, Isis, 1997.
• Les vakifs de Serrès et de sa région (XVe et XVIe s.). Un premier inventaire , Athènes,
Fondation Nationale pour la Recherche Scientifique, 1995.
• L’Eubée à la fin du XVe siècle. Économie et Population. Les registres de l’année 1474 ,
Athènes, Archive of Euboean Studies, 1989.
• Karamanlidika. Bibliographie analytique d’ouvrages en langue turque en caractères
grecs. XXe siècle, Athènes, Centre d’Etudes d’Asie Mineure, 1987.