D3. THE GREEK PRESS

Project objectives:

This Research Project aims at a systematic recording and study of newspapers and other periodicals pertaining to Greek subjects and published by Greeks or foreigners either in Greece or abroad (mainly by Greeks of Diaspora).
Among the recent activities of the Project, is the publication of a) the proceedings of the International Conference The Greek Press, 1784 to the Present. Historical and theoretical approaches (May 23-25, 2002), edited by Loukia Droulia, scientific director of the Programme, and b) the monograph The Cypriot Newspaper PAFOS, 1921-1950, by Magda K. Kitromilidou, (with an introduction by Petros Papapolivios, Professor of the University of Cyprus), as part of the series ''Encyclopaedic Library of the Greek Press''.
However, the most important work of the Project is the recent publication of the four-volume Encyclopaedia of the Greek Press, covering the period 1784-1974 (edited by Loukia Droulia and Gioula Koutsopanagou), including approximately 2,500 entries, which contain profiles of the most important newspapers and periodicals published in Greece as well as abroad (in the Greek language), and a selective presentation of persons who played a memorable role in their publication (editors, directors, journalists, cartoonists).

Programme director: Leonidas Kallivretakis, Research Director