Institute for Neohellenic Research

From early on, the INR has attempted to supply the research community with useful research tools on Greek cultural and social history. In addition, thematic or chronological bibliographies, inventories of archives, indexes of important sources, collections of microfilms of rare editions, maps and visual evidence from the activities of foreign travellers in Greece, portraits of Greek scholars from the 15th century to the present, a database of Greek religious painters after the Fall of Constantinople, and many more, are only some of the research infrastructure projects that have been realized and are available to anyone interested to consult them.

Projects carried out by INR members within their particular fields of research result in publications, produced as independent volumes either by the INR in its monograph series or by publishing houses in the market or included in collective volumes and scholarly journals.
A large part of the invaluable collection of primary sources kept at the INR has now become available through the internet thanks to the project PANDEKTIS (funded by the Information Society and carried out in the NHRF). INR research collections comprise nine out of a total of eleven PANDEKTIS databases. Digital technology is widely used to make the INR research and printing output available to the research community. In this vein, electronic collections such as Instrumenta Studiorum Neohellenica and Instrumenta Studiorum Balkanica are to be found in the INR website.

Beyond its research and publishing activities, the INR is actively involved in the organization of scholarly events (conferences, symposia, lectures, seminars) addressed to an international audience as well as in the development of training seminars for young researchers.

Development strategy: The Institute of Neohellenic Research employs its human resources and the momentum of on-going basic research projects to achieve a broadening of its horizons as well as the revitalization of its strategies through continuous reflection on the research philosophy guiding the study of the modern Greek world.

Structure:The Institute's research activities are organized in three sections of coordinated projects as follows:

I. Cultural History (Literary History, Historiography, History of Science, Geographical Culture and History of Cartography, Religious Art, Institutions and Ideology)
II. Economic and Social History (15th-19th c.) (History of Enterprises and Industrial Archaeology, Historical Demography, Ottoman Studies, Travel Networks, Greek-Romanian Networks)
III. Contemporary Political History (Documenting the Political and Social History of the 20th c., History of Political Ideas, the Greek Press, Historical Archive of Greek Youth)

Accomplishments: The accomplishments of the INR include nearly 110 published monographs as well as the Cahiers de Recherche, a periodical series already in its 33rd volume, conference proceedings and annual publications such as The C. Th. Dimaras Lecture which is published every year since 1996 in elegant small volumes. What deserves to be underlined, however, is the publication, since 2004, of a bilingual academic journal, The Historical Review / La Revue Historique, which counts 5 volumes so far and is available in hard copy and electronic form. Published exclusively in English and French, the journal has successfully reached out to an international readership while it is being indexed in well-established internet databases such as Historical Abstracts and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Last but not least, the series Historical Archive of the Greek Youth featuring 47 titles is also published by the INR. All INR publications are considered innovative and reliable tools for the study of modern Greek culture and society and are widely used by the research community.