KONSTANTINOS G. TSIKNAKIS
Functional Researcher (B)
Programme ''Byzantium and the West''

Petrokefali, Herakleion (Crete), 30 April 1960

EDUCATION
• 1983: B.A. University of Crete, Department of History and Archeology.
• 1984-1987: Research Scholar at the Greek Institute for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies, Venice.

PAST AND PRESENT POSITIONS V
• 1983-1984: Ministry of Youth & Sport, ''Historical Archive of Greek Youth'' Programme.
• 1989-1991: CEC Project ''Review of Historical Seismisity in Europe''.
• 1989-1996: Institute for Byzantine Research/National Hellenic Research Foundation Programme ''Archival, palaeographic and Diplomatic Studies''.
• 1996- : IBR/NHRF Programme ''Byzantium and the West''.

SPECIFIC SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS
• The Helladic Regions under Venetian Rule (16th-17th Centuries).
• The Reports of the Venetian Officials of Crete (16th Century).
• Natural Environment and Rural Landscape in the Peloponnese and Crete during the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period.

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
• Collaborations with the ''Istituto di Ricerca sul Rischio Sismico'' of Milan.
• Collaborations with the Goulandris-Horn Foundation.
• Collaborations with the Greek Institute of Byzantine et Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice.
• Collaborations with the Institute for Neohellenic Research/NHRF (Encyclopaedia of Greek Press).
• Member of scientific societies.
• Member of the organizing committee of 5 scientific symposia.

COMMUNICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES
• Communications in 40 international congresses and symposia.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
• 5 books (3 in collaboration).
• 70 articles in scientific journals, congress and symposia proceedings, and collective works.
• Editing of 5 volumes.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
• Ένα άγνωστο κείμενο του Onorio Belli για τις αρχαιότητες της Kρήτης (1591) / An Unknown Text of Onorio Belli on the Antiquities of Crete (1591), Παλίμψηστον / Palimpseston 9-10 (1989-1990), 179-238 (in Greek).
• O Eλληνισμός της Bενετίας (13ος-18ος αιώνας) / The Hellenism in Venice (13th-18th century), in: Ch. A. Maltezou (ed.), Όψεις της ιστορίας του Bενετοκρατούμενου Eλληνισμού. Aρχειακά τεκμήρια / Aspects of History of Hellenisme under Venetian Dominion. Archival Documents [Greek Culture Foundation, Venetiae quasi alterum Byzantium 1], Athens 1993, pp. 519-596 (in Greek).
• H εβραϊκή κοινότητα του Xάνδακα στα μέσα του 16ου αιώνα / The Jewish Community of Chandax in the Middle of the 16th Century, in: † N. M. Panagiotakis (ed.), Άνθη Xαρίτων /Anthi Chariton, Venice 1998, pp. 729-752 (in Greek).
• Gabriele Seviros a Creta negli anni 1586-1587, in: D. G. Apostolopulos (ed.), Gavriil Seviros, arcivescovo di Filadelfia a Venezia, e la sua epoca. Atti della Giornata di studio dedicata alla memoria di Manussos Manussacas (Venezia, 26 settembre 2003) [Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Postbizantini di Venezia, Convegni 9], Venice 2004, pp. 71-95.
• Provvedimenti contro la circolazione di libri ebraici nel XVI sec. Il rogo del Talmud nei territori greci sotto dominio veneziano nel 1554, Studi Veneziani n.s. 52 (2006), 419-428.
• Όψεις της αμπελοκαλλιέργειας στην Κρήτη στα τέλη του 16ου αιώνα / Aspects of Wine-growing in Crete in the Late 16th century, in: Il. Anagnostakis (ed.), Μονεμβάσιος οίνος - Μονοβασ(ι)ά - Malvasia / Monemvasian Wine - Monovas(i)a - Malvasia [IBR/NHRF, International Symposium 17], Athens 2008, pp. 159-176 (in Greek).
• Οι εκθέσεις των βενετών προνοητών της Κεφαλονιάς (16ος αιώνας) / The Reports of the Venetian Provveditori of Cefalonia (16th Century) [IBR/NHRF, Sources 10], Athens 2008 (in Greek).