CHARALAMBOS GASPARIS

FULL CV

Research Director
Research Programme ''Byzantium and the West''    

Rethymno (Crete), 14 March 1959

ACADEMIC DEGREES
• 1981: Degree from the Department of History, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Crete.
• 1982-1985: Research Scholar at the Greek Institute for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies, Venice.
• 1986: Ph.D., Department of History and Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Crete.

PRESENT AND PAST POSITIONS
• 1988-1992: Assistant Researcher at the Institute for Byzantine Research / National Hellenic Research Foundation, Research Programme: ''Archival, Paleographic and Diplomatic Research''.
• 1992-1995: Associate Researcher at IBR / NHRF, Research Programme: ''Archival, Paleographic and Diplomatic Research''.
• 1995-2001: Senior Researcher at the IBR / NHRF, Research Programme: ''Byzantium and the West''.
• 2001: Research Director at the IBR / NHRF, Research Programme: ''Byzantium and the West''.

MAIN FIELDS OF RESEARCH
• Society and Economy in the Latin Colonies of Greek East during the Later Middle Ages (13th-15th c.)

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
• 2000-2001, 2008-2009: Visiting Professor, Department of History and Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Crete.
• 2001-2009: Seminar on Historical Sciences, IBR/NHRF.
• 2003-2009: Visiting Professor, Postgraduate Course: ''Publishing Historical Sources - Latin Medieval Sources'', Department of History, Ionian University.
• Responsible for the Programme: Pandektis (Πανδέκτης)and Pandektis (Πανδέκτης) 2 (Department of Culture: ''InfoSociety''). Cooperation with: Institute for Greek and Roman Antiquity, Institute for Byzantine Research, Institute for Neohellenic Research and National Documentation Center / NHRF.
• Associate Editor and Journal Manager of the IBR peer-reviewed open access journal ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΑ SΥΜΜΕΙΚΤΑ.

PAPERS READ IN CONGRESSES
He has participated in more than 30 international and local congresses. Recent and forthcoming papers are:
• Τhe Trade of Land Products in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Regional Sea Routes from 13th to 15th Century, in: Commodities and Traffic Routes. Aspects of Supply and Accommodation in the Eastern Mediterranean (4th to 15th centuries), International Symposium, Wien, 19-22 October 2005.
• To Δουκάτο της Νάξου και η Κρήτη (13ος-15ος αι.) / The Duchy of Naxos and Crete (13th-15th c.), in: ΤοΔουκάτοτουΑιγαίου / The Duchy of the Aegean Sea, International Scientific Meeting, Naxos, July 6-8 2007 / Athens, November 26 and 28, 2007.
• Οι ταβέρνες στη μεσαιωνική Κρήτη (13ος-15ος αι.). Χώρος διασκέδασης και εμπορίου / The Taverns in Medieval Crete (13th-15th c.). A Place for Amusement and Commerce, in: Taverns and Inns in the Mediterranean World in the Later Middle Ages (12th-16th c.), [IBR/NHRF], Athens, April 14-16, 2008.
• Byzantine Aristocratic Families under Venetian Dominion. Crete XIIIth-XIVth c., in : Strategies familiales dans le monde greco-latin des XIIIe-XVIe siecles, Journee d'etude, Universite de Rouen, 21 mai 2008.
• Can we talk about Autonomy and Self-Government for Cities of the Venetian Colonies in the Late Middle Ages?, Formes des autonomies urbaines dans le monde greco-latin des XIIIe-XVIe siecles, IBR/ NHRF - Ecole Francaise d'Athenes, Athens, May 25-26, 2009.
• Ψηφιοποιημένο υλικό για τον βυζαντινό πολιτισμό. Υλικό ανοικτής πρόσβασης στο διαδίκτυο/ Open Access Digital Material for the Byzantine History, 2nd International Congress. ''Greece in the World''. ''Byzantine Studies'', Athens, June 25-27, 2009.

PUBLICATIONS
He has published 7 monographs and 60 publications in refereed and other scientific journals, conference proceedings and scientific books. Among them:
• H γη και οι αγρότες στη μεσαιωνική Kρήτη. 13ος-14οςαιώνας / Land and Peasants in Medieval Crete. 13th-14th century, Athens 1997.
• Cerigo sotto il dominio veneto: problemi economici di un'isola di importanza strategica, in: Venezia e Cerigo, Atti del Simposio Internazionale, Venezia, 6-7 dicembre 2002, Venezia 2003, 107-116.
• Catastici Feudorum Crete. Catasticum sexterii Dorsoduri. 1227-1418, v. 1-2, Athens 2004.
• Τhe Period of Venetian Rule on Crete: Breaks and Continuities during the Thirteenth Century, in: A. Laiou (ed.), Urbs Capta. The Fourth Crusade and its Consequences / La IVe Croisade et ses consequences, Paris 2005, 233-246.
•  ''Feudatarii Cretenses'': La formazione della classe dei proprietari terrieri a Creta veneziana nel XIII secolo, in: G. Grivaud - S. Petmezas (eds.), Byzantina et Moderna. Melanges en l'honneur d'Helene Antoniadis-Bibicou, Athens 2007, 57-73.
• Terra o mare? Greci e Veneziani nel nuovo contesto economico delle colonie (XIII-XIV sec.), in: Ch. Maltezou - A. Tzavara - D. Vlassi (eds.), I Greci durante la venetocrazia: Uomini, spazio, idee (XIII-XVIII sec.), Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi, Venezia, 3-7 dicembre 2007, Venezia 2009, 39-51.
• Catastici Feudorum Crete. Catasticum Chanee. 1314-1396, Athens 2008.
• Η Πίζα στον ύστερο Μεσαίωνα. Το πολιτικό και κοινωνικό πλαίσιο / Pisa in the Later Middle Ages. The Political and Social Status, in: Ν. G. Moschonas (ed.), Οι ναυτικές Πολιτείες της Ιταλίας (Αμάλφη, Πίζα, Γένουα, Βενετία) και η ανατολική Μεσόγειος / The Italian Maritime Republics (Amalfi, Pisa, Genoa, Venice) and the Eastern Mediterranean, Athens 2008, 43-55.
• Ο ελληνισμός μετά την άλωση του 1204 / Greeks after the Fourth Crusade, in: Ν. G. Moschonas (ed.), Η Τέταρτη Σταυροφορία και ο ελληνικός κόσμος / The Fourth Crusade and the Greek World, Athens 2008, 269-286.