Diplomatic and Consular Networks (17th-19th c.)

The project’s main thematic axes are:

a) The history of diplomatic and consular delegations of the European states in the wider Eastern Mediterranean where Greek-speaking Christians lived during the Ottoman period.

b) The documented detailed portrayal of the staff of these delegations, and especially of the ‘protégés’ — the Christian and Jewish Ottoman subjects who enjoyed the protection of the European states.

The project began in 2011 and focuses on the systematic recording of the scattered archive material. This is put to use through the creation of databases and the elaboration of studies shedding light on the economic interrelations and cultural osmosis that developed in the Eastern Mediterranean via these diplomatic and consular networks between the 17th and 20th century.

Members

George Koutzakiotis, Senior Researcher (Scientific Coordinator)