Coordinator: Anna Lambropoulou
Members: Ilias Anagnostakis, Voula Konti, Angeliki Panopoulou

The programme examines and studies Byzantine sources and archaeological remains, with a view to publishing a historical and geographical study for each region. The members of the team conduct field trips to identify, check and photograph various locations and sites, settlements, monuments, roads and harbours. Regions investigated include the Peloponnese, South Aegean and Crete.

The Programme organises International Symposia and Meetings concerning the topography, administration, social and ecclesiastical life of Byzantine Peloponnese and participates in thematologically similar events organized by others. The Programme collaborates with international Teams and Programmes studying the Byzantine Historical Geography and especially the subject of Slavic migration

The present form of the Research Team comprises four components

• The Historical Geography of Byzantine Peloponnese (Anna Lambropoulou, I. Anagnostakis, Voula Konti, Angeliki Panopoulou)
• The Historical Geography of South Aegean and Crete (Voula Konti, Angeliki Panopoulou,
• The Foreigners in the Early Medieval Age (Anna Lambropoulou, I. Anagnostakis. External Research Associate: Natalia Poulou-Papadimitriou, Chrisina Katsougiannopoulou) and
• The Monemvasia and Parnon Programme (I. Anagnostakis, Voula Konti).

Publications and books for publication

• Proceedings of the International Symposium, Early Christian Messene and Olympia. Urban and Agrarian Area in the Western Peloponnese. Acts of the International Symposium, Athens, 29-30 May 1998, eds. Petros G. Themelis - Voula Konti, Athens 2002, 286 pp.
• Proceedings of the International Symposium of IBR, Monasticism in the Peloponnese, 4th-15th c., ed. Voula Konti, Athens 2004, 347 pp. (NHRF/IBR,
• Historical Geography of Byzantine Peloponnese (395-1204), vol. I. Byzantine Peloponnese up to the year 1204 (Anna Lambropoulou).