Elena Frangakis-Syrett

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Economic History, King's College, University, Jan. 1985. B.A. (Honours) in Modern History, University College, London University, Aug. 1976. École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne, University of , 1981-82 School of Oriental & African Studies, London University, Graduate Inter-Collegiate Student for Turkish Language, 1976-79

EMPLOYMENT

Faculty Member, Major & Minor in Middle East Studies Program, Queens College, CUNY, Sept. 2010- Elected to the Faculty for the Masters in Middle East Studies, The Graduate School, CUNY, Sept. 2008- Professor, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, Sept. 1996- Elected to the Faculty, The Graduate School, CUNY, April 1995- Associate Professor, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, Jan. 1991- Aug.1996 Faculty Member, Center of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Queens College, CUNY, Sept. 1985- Assistant Professor, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, Sept. 1985- Dec. 1990 Research Associate, Geography Department, Southampton University, England, Sept. 1979- March 1981 Lecturer, Inner London Educational Authority Institutes of Further Education of Kensington and Marylebone, England, Jan. 1977- June 1979.

FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS & AWARDS

Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Modern Hellenism, New York, Sept. 2016- Member, International Editorial Advisory Board, Drassena, Journal of the Maritime Museum, Barcelona, Spain, July 2014- Recipient, Research Agenda Enhancement Award, QC Social Sciences Division, Summer 2013 Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, İzmir University of Economics, İzmir, Turkey, Fall Semester, 2012 Recipient, Research Agenda Enhancement Award, QC Social Sciences Division, Summer 2012 Recipient, Scholar Incentive Award, Queens College, CUNY Spring Semester 2012 Senior Residential Fellow, Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Koc University, İstanbul, Turkey, Spring Semester 2011 Recipient, Scholar Incentive Award, Queens College, CUNY Spring Semester 2011 Recipient, Queens College Presidential Research Award, Spring Semester 2006 Visiting Professor, Business History Unit, London School of Economics, London University, England, Jan – June 2004 Recipient, Scholar Incentive Award, Queens College, CUNY, Spring Semester 2004

Visiting Professor, Business History Unit, London School of Economics, London University, England, Jan.-June 2003 Recipient, Scholar Incentive Award, Queens College, CUNY, Spring Semester 2003 Visiting Research Fellow, Business History Unit, London School of Economics, London University, England, Jan.-June 2001 Visiting Research Fellow, Business History Unit, London School of Economics, London University, England, Jan.-June 2000 Elected Fellow, Royal Historical Society, England, October 1999- to date Visiting Fellow, Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Newnham College, Cambridge University, England, January-June 1997 Recipient, Scholar Incentive Award, Queens College, CUNY, Spring Semester 1997 Member, National/International Advisory Board, Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora (1995-2014) Correspondent, Cahiers d'Études sur la Méditerranée Orientale et le Monde Turco-Iranien (1995-2000) Recipient, Faculty-in-Residence Award, Queens College, CUNY, 1989-90 Recipient, Faculty-in-Residence Award, Queens College, CUNY, l986-87 Recipient, Ronald Burrows Studentship, King's College, London University, 1983-84 Recipient, French Government Graduate Research Scholarship, National Archives, Paris & Marseilles, , 1981-82 Recipient, Ronald Burrows Memorial Prize, King's College, London University, England, 1976 -1979

FUNDRAISING AND ENDOWNMENTS

Established endowed prize for the History Department, The David Syrett Prize for Excellence in American Military and British History, Fall 2004 (on behalf of my late husband)

Fundraised and expanded, The Melina Mercouri Prize for Excellence in Greek and European History, History Department, Sept. 2001

Fundraised and established endowed prize for the History Department, The Melina Mercouri Prize for Excellence in European History, Oct. 2000

Fundraised and expanded Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Grant for The Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Program in Hellenic Studies at Queens College, $140,000.00, September 2001

Fundraised and established: The Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Program in Hellenic Studies at Queens College, $215,000.00, Aug. 1999

Coordinator of the Franco WWII Internship Project and Funds, History Department, Queens College, CUNY Sept. 2015-Aug. 2016

ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND ADMINISTRATION

Senator-at-Large, Social Sciences Division, Queens College Academic Senate, Sept. 2016-

Director, Student Prizes Accounts’ Funds, History Department, Queens College, CUNY Sept. 2016- 2

Summer Chair, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, June - Aug. 2016

Chair, Dissertation Defense Committee, PhD Program in History, Graduate Center, CUNY, June 8th, 2016

Divisional Representative, Social Sciences, Curriculum Preparation, International Students NAVITAS Program, Queens College, Spring 2016

Acting-Chair, History Department, Queens College, CUNY Aug. 2015-May 2016

Divisional Representative, College P& B Budget Committee, Social Sciences Division, Queens College, CUNY, 2015-2016

Organizer, Year of the Silk Roads Lectures Program, Queens College, CUNY, 2015-2016

Advisor, Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Major & Minor, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, Sept. 2015-

Member, CUNY Teaching and Non-Teaching Instructional Staff Select Faculty Committee Panel, Spring 2009- to date (re-invited May 2015)

Member, History Panel, PSC-CUNY Research Awards, Spring 2015

Member, Smyrna Student Essay Prize Evaluating Committee, Center of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Queens College, CUNY, 2014

Member, Doctoral Student Applications Evaluating Committee, PhD Program in History, Graduate Center, CUNY, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2014

Member, Budget & Personnel Committee, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, 2013- 2016

Member, Faculty Search Committee, Center of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Queens College, CUNY, (Byzantine History line), Spring 2008 & Fall 2010

Member, Faculty Search Committee, History Department & Center of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Queens College, CUNY, (Early Modern Jewish/Mediterranean History line), Fall 2009

Member, Faculty Search Committee, History Department, Queens College (Asian and Middle East History lines), Spring 2006 & Spring and Fall 2008

Member, College-Wide Ad hoc Committee, Major Student Scholarship Applications Evaluator, Queens College, CUNY, Fall 2009-

Member, Doctoral Students’ Applications Evaluating Committee, Middle East Concentration, PhD Program in History, Graduate Center, CUNY, Spring 2006-

Divisional Representative, Social Sciences Division, Academic Senate, Queens College, CUNY, September 1988- December 2006

Director, History Department Agency Account Funds, September 2003-

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Student Advisor, Major and Minor in History, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, September 1990- December 2001

Founder and Director, Queens College Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Program in Hellenic Studies,

Divisional Representative, Social Sciences Division, College-wide Committee on Honors & Awards, Queens College, CUNY, Sept. 1990-December 2002

Chair, College-wide Honors and Awards Committee, Queens College, CUNY, September 1999-December 2000

Divisional Representative, Social Sciences Division, College-wide Graduate Curriculum Committee, Queens College, CUNY, January 1997- December 2000

Chair, Sub-Committee for Honorary Degrees of the College-wide Committee on Honors and Awards, Queens College, CUNY, September 1995-December 2000

Member, College-Wide Ad hoc Committee on Graduate Programs, Queens College, CUNY, June 1997- August 1998

Member, Executive Committee, College-wide Honors and Awards Committee, September 1993-December 1998

Member, History Department, Budget & Personnel Committee, September 1991-August 1994

Department Representative, Divisional Committee on Research Committee, Social Sciences, September 1993-June 1994

Other duties:

I am currently supervising two MA students in Middle East and Ottoman History respectively, MA Program, History Department, Queens College, CUNY, 2015 -

I am currently member in the Dissertation Advising & Defense Committees of two Doctoral Students in Middle East and European History respectively, PhD Program in History, Graduate Center, CUNY, 2013-

SERVICE TO THE FIELD (Recent)

Member (by invitation) of the Scientific Committee for the International Conference on the Archaeology and History of Lydia, Western Anatolia, Turkey being organized by the Dokuz Eylűl University, Izmir, to be held in Izmir, May 17-18th, 2017.

Member (by invitation) of the Scientific Committee for the International Symposium on the Middle East, 15th to 20th centuries, organized by the Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Turkey, to be held in Antakya, Turkey, April, 7th-8th, 2017.

Member (by invitation) Dissertation Advising & Defense Committee, Ottoman History Field, Boğazιcι University, İstanbul, Turkey, April 2015-

Member, (elected) Nominating Committee, International Maritime Economic History Association, Newfoundland, CA, 2013-2016

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Member (by invitation) External Evaluating Committee, (Faculty Promotion Process) History Department, University, Athens, , April 2015

Member (by invitation) External Evaluating Committee (Faculty Promotion Process) Department of History and Archaeology, University of Ioannina, Greece, February, 2015

Member (by invitation) External Evaluating Committee, Department Accreditation Process, Department of History and Ethnography, University of Thrace, Greece, January 2014

Member, (elected) of the Scientific Committee, Mediterranean Maritime History Network Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 2010-2014

Peer evaluation

Regularly evaluate article submissions for national and international journals on Ottoman Middle Eastern and Balkan (Greek) economic and social history.

PUBLICATIONS

I. BOOKS

Το εμπόριο της Σμύρνης τον 18o αιώνα (1700-1820) (Athens: Alexandria Publications, 2010), xix+ 473 pp. Enlarged and updated Greek edition of The Commerce of Smyrna (1992).

Trade and Money: The Ottoman Economy in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries (Istanbul: Isis Press, 2007), 377 pp.

18. Yuzyilda Izmir’de Ticaret (1700-1820) (Izmir: Izmir Büyüksehir Belediyesi Kültür Yayini, 2006) xv + 416 pp. Enlarged and updated Turkish edition of The Commerce of Smyrna (1992).

Οι Χιώτες έμποροι στις διεθνείς συναλλαγές,, 1750-1850 (Chiot Entrepreneurs in International Trade, 1750-1850) (Athens: Agricultural Bank of Greece,1995), 77 pp.

The Commerce of Smyrna in the Eighteenth Century,1700-1820 (Athens: Centre for Asia Minor Studies, 1992), xix + 375 pp.

II. JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. ”Capital Accumulation and Family Business Networks in late Ottoman Izmir”, International Journal of Turkish Studies, Vol. 21, Nos. 1&2 (2015), pp. 55-73.

2. “Modernity from Below: The Amalgamated Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Ltd. of Izmir, 1907-1922” Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, Vol. 14/4 (2015), pp. 413-429.

3. “Banking in Izmir in the Early Twentieth Century”, Mediterranean Historical Review, Vol.24, No. 2 (Dec. 2009), pp. 115-131.

4. “Market Networks and Ottoman-European Commerce, c. 1700-1825”,Oriente Moderno, Vol. LXXXVI/1 (2006), pp. 109-128. 5

5. “To kinema ton Neotourkon ke oi synepies yia ton Ellinismo, 1908-1918” (“The Young Turks Revolt and the Impact on the Ottoman . 1908-1918”) in The History of Modern Hellenism, 1770-2000, , Vol. VI, Nos. 3-4 (2004), pp. 41-50.

6 “Networks of Friendship, Networks of Kinship: Eighteenth-Century Levant Merchants", Eurasian Studies, Vol. I/2, (2002), pp. 189-212.

7. “I Genesi mias megalis polis-limaniou: Smyrni, 18os- arhes 19ou eona" (The Genesis of a major city- port: Smyrna, 18th-early 19th centuries), special issue of Historica: Smyrna , No. 148, (2002), pp. 6-13.

This article has been re-printed by the above press in Smyrni, Mikrasia (Athens:Eleftherotypia, 2006), pp. 9-14.

8. “Izmir and the Ottoman Maritime World of the Eighteenth Century", Oriente Moderno, Vol. XX, n.s., No. 1 (2001), pp. 109-128.

9. "The Making of a Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Port: the Quay of Izmir", The Journal of Transport History, 3rd Series, Vol. 22/1 (March 2001), pp. 23-46.

10. “The Economic Activities of the Ottoman and Western Communities in Eighteenth-Century Izmir", Oriente Moderno, Vol. XVIII (LXXIX), n.s., No 1 (1999), pp. 11-26.

12. "Commerce in the eastern Mediterranean from the Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Centuries: the City-Port of Izmir and its Hinterland", International Journal of Maritime History, Vol. X, No. 2 (December 1998), pp. 125-154.

13. "Monoculture in Nineteenth-Century Greece and the Port-City of ", Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora, Vol. 20.2 (1994), pp. 9-34.

14 "Patras", Review, Vol.XVI (Fall 1993), pp. 387-410.

This article has been republished, in a Turkish translation in C. Keyder, Y. Eyup Ozveren & D. Quataert, eds., Dogu Akdeniz Liman Kentleri (Port Cities in the Eastern Mediterranean) (Tarih Vakfi Yurt Yayinlari: Istanbul, 1994), pp. 23-44.

15. With Malcolm Wagstaff, "The Port of Patras in the Second Ottoman Period: Economy, Demography and Settlements, c. 1700-1830", Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Méditerranée, Vol. 66, No 4 (1993), pp. 79-94.

16. "The Implementation of the 1838 Anglo-Turkish Convention on Izmir's Trade: European and Minority Merchants”, New Perspectives on Turkey, Vol. 7 (Spring, 1992), pp. 91-112.

17. With Malcolm Wagstaff, “The Height Zonation of Population in the Morea, c.1830”, The Annual of the British School Archaeology at Athens, Vol.87 (1992), pp. 439-446.

18. “Trade Practices in Aleppo in the Middle of the Eighteenth Century: The Case of a British Merchant”, Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Méditerranée, Vol. 62, No 4 (1991), pp. 123-132.

19. “British Economic Activities in Izmir in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century and in the Early Twentieth Centuries” New Perspectives on Turkey, Vols. 5-6 (Fall, 1991), pp. 191-227. 6

20. "Trade Between the Ottoman Empire and Western Europe: The Case of Izmir in the Eighteenth Century," New Perspectives on Turkey, Vol. 2-1 (Spring, 1988), pp. 1-18.

21. "Greek Mercantile Activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1780-1820," Balkan Studies, Vol. 28-1 (1987), pp. 73-86.

22. With Malcolm Wagstaff, "Settlement Pattern Change in the Morea (Peloponnisos), c. A.D. 1700-1830," Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Vol. 22 (1987), pp. 163-192.

23. "The Ottoman City-Port of Izmir in the Eighteenth Century," Revue de l'Occident Musulman et de la Méditerranée, Vol. 39, No. 1 (1985), pp. 149-162.

III CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

24. ”Evolution du Commerce Maritime en Méditerraneé orientale au XVIIIe siècle”, La Maritmisation du Monde, GIS d’histoire maritime, CNRS (Paris: Presses de l’Université de Paris-Sorbonne PUPS, 2016), pp. 345-362.

. 25. “Congruence of Economic Trends and Practices in the Creation of Izmir’s Social Space: the City, the Market and the Individual during Mercantile Capitalism” Culture and Politics in the Mediterranean eds., Alp Kaya et al, (Izmir Mediterranean Academy: Izmir, 2016), pp.53-73.

26. “The Ottoman Monetary System and Early Banking in the Ottoman Empire”, History From Below: Tribute in memory of Donald Quataert, eds. Selim Karahassanoğlu & Deniz Demir (İletişim & Bilgi University Press: Istanbul, 2016), pp.313-332.

27 “Trade, Capital and Credit in the Long 18th Century: The case of Smyrna”, Smyrni: The Development of a Metropolis in the eastern Mediterranean, Ioannis Karachristos & Paraskevas Potiropoulos,,eds. (Academy of Athens, Athens: 2016), pp. 111-125.

28. “Greek Commercial practices and long-distance trade: Russia and the Ottoman Mediterranean in the 18th and early 19th centuries”, in Russia and the Mediterranean, eds. Olga Katsiardi-Hering et al (Herodotos Press: Athens, 2011), Vol. I, pp, 439-456

29. “The Mediterranean Commercial World of the Eighteenth Century: Ottoman and Italian Ports”, Making Waves in the Mediterranean, eds. Michela D’Angelo, et al (Instituto di Studi Storici, Messina: 2010), pp. 467-482.

30. “The Americans in the Mediterranean, late 18th to early 19th centuries. Concluding Remarks”, in Rough Waters. The ’ involvement in the Mediterranean (18th – 19th c.) eds., Silvia Marzagalli, Jim Sofka, and John McCusker in Research in Maritime History 44 (Dec. 2010).

31. “Izmir in the 18th Century Mediterranean Economy”,1st International Symposium on Mediterranean Trade and Port Cities (Izmir Chamber of Commerce: Izmir, 2009), pp. 247-257.

32. “Commercial Growth and Economic Development in the Middle East: Izmir, from the early 18th to the early 20th centuries”, in Ottoman Izmir ,Maurits H. van den Boogert. ed., (Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten: Leiden, 2007), pp.1-38.

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33. “Le développement d’un port méditerranéen d’importance internationale: Smyrne (1700-1914)” in Marie-Carmen Smyrnelis, ed., Smyrne, la ville oubliée? Mémoires d’un grand port ottoman (Éditions Autrement: Paris, 2006), pp. 21-49.

This article has been re-published in a Greek translation and edition, in Marie-Carmen Smyrnelis, ed., Smyrni, I lismonimeni poli; 1830-1930 (Metaihmio: Athens, 2006), pp. 27-60.

This article has also been re-published in a Turkish translation and edition, in Marie-Carmen Smyrnelis, ed., İzmir 1830-1930. Unutulmuş Bir Kent mi? Bir Osmanlι Limanιndan Hatιralar (İletişim:İstanbul, 2009), 2nd ed., pp. 27-58.

34. “Monetary Shortage and the Ottoman Economy: Late Seventeenth to the Late Eighteenth Centuries”, in W. Arbid, S. Kancal, J.-D. Mizrahi & S. Saul, eds., Méditerranée, Moyen Orient: deux siècles de relations internaitonales (L’Harmattan: Paris, 2003), pp. 109-131.

35. ”The Dynamics of Economic Development: Izmir and Western Anatolia, Late 19th/Early 20th Centuries”, Kolokyum 19. Yy’da Mersin ve Akdeniz Dunaysi (Mersin and the Mediterranean World in the Nineteenth Century Colloquium (T.C. Mersin Universitesi Yayinlari: Mersin, Turkey, 2002), pp. 65-

36. “The coastal trade of the Ottoman Empire from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth centuries” in John Armstrong & Andreas Kunz, eds., Coastal Shipping and the European Economy, 1750-1980 (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Mainz-am-Rhein, 2002), pp. 130-149.

37. “18. Yüzyildan 20. Yüzyilin Baslarina Kadar Izmir Ekonomisine Bir Bakis”, 21. Yüzyil Esiginde Izmir. Ulaslararasi Sempozyumu (Izmir Büyüksehir Belediyesi Kültür Yayini: Izmir, 2001), pp. 71-89.

38. “Les réseaux commerciaux et l’intégration au marché mondial de la Méditerranée orientale, un aperçu historique” in M. Bazin, S. Kancal, J. Thobie & Y Tekelioglu, eds., Méditerranée et Mer Noire entre Mondialisation et Régionalisation (L’Harmattan: Paris, 2000), pp. 183-196.

39. “Commercial Strategies and Competition in the Levant: the British and the Dutch in eighteenth-century Izmir”, in A. Hamilton, A. de Groot & M. van den Boogert, eds., Friends and Rivals in the East (Brill: Leiden, 2000), pp. 135-158.

40. “The Economic Activities of the Greek Community of Izmir in the Second Half of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries”, in D. Gondicas & Ch. Issawi, eds., Ottoman Greeks in the Age of Nationalism (Darwin Press: Princeton, NJ, 1999), pp. 17-44.

41. “L’économie de l’Anatolie occidentale, 1908-1914”, in M. Bazin, S. Kancal, R. Perez, J.Thobie, eds., La Turquie entre trois mondes (Institut Français d’Études Anatoliennes: Paris, 1998), pp. 239-248.

42. “The Role of European Banks in the Ottoman Empire in the Second Half of the Nineteenth and in the Early Twentieth Centuries”, in A. Teichova, G. Kurgan-van Hentenryk & D. Ziegler, eds., Banking, Trade and Industry in Europe (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1997), pp. 263-276.

43. "Concurrence commerciale et financière entre les pays occidentaux à Izmir pendant le XIXe et début XXe siècles,"in J. Thobie, R. Perez & S. Kancal, eds., Enjeux et Rapports de Force en Turquie et en Mediterranée orientale (L'Harmattan: Paris, 1996), pp. 117-127.

44. With Malcolm Wagstaff, "Patras and its Hinterland: Cityport Development and Regional Change in 19th-Century Greece",in B. Hoyle, ed., Cityports, Coastal Zones and Regional Change (J. Wiley & Sons: Chichester, 1996), pp. 121-136.

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45. "American Trading Practices in Izmir in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries", D. Panzac, ed., Histoire économique et sociale de l'Empire ottoman et de la Turquie (Peeters: Paris, 1995), pp. 176-184.

46. “Western and Local Entrepreneurs in Izmir in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries” in T. Baykara, ed., Son Yuzyillarda Izmir ve Bati Anadolu (Izmir and Western Anatolia Through History) Akademi Kitabevi: Izmir, 1994), pp. 77-92.

47. “The Trade of Cotton and Cloth in Izmir: From the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century to the Early Nineteenth Century” in C. Keyder and F. Tabak, eds., Landholding and Commercial Agriculture in the Middle East (SUNY Press, Albany, N.Y., 1991), pp. 97-111, 209-214.

The article has been re-published in a Turkish translation and edition, “Izmir’de Pamuk ve Kumaş Ticareti” in C. Keyder & F. Tabak, eds., Osmanlι’da Toprak Műulkiyeti ve Ticarιi Tarιm (Istanbul: Tarih Vakfi Yurt Yayιnlarι, 1998), pp. 101-118, 206-224.

48. "The Greek Mercantile Community of Izmir in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century" in D. Panzac, dir., Les Villes dans l’ Empire Ottoman: Activités et Sociétés, Vol. I (CNRS: Paris, 1991), pp. 391-416.

49. "The Western Anatolian Coast and the Aegean Islands in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: An Economic Survey," Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Hellenic Diaspora from Antiquity to Modern Times (Amsterdam, 1991), Vol. II, pp. 251-266.

50. "The Port of Smyrna in the Nineteenth Century," in A. Vakalopoulos, C. Svolopoulos, B. Kiraly, eds., War and Society in East Central Europe, Vol. XXIII (Institute for Balkan Studies, , 1988), pp. 261-272.

51. "Izmir - an International Port in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Eighteenth Century," Actes du IIe Colloque International d'Histoire, Vol. I (Athens, 1985), pp. 107-128.

52. "The Raya Communities of Smyrna in the Eighteenth Century, l695-l820: Demography and Economic Activities," Actes du Colloque International d'Histoire.La ville néohellénique. Héritages ottomans et état grec, Vol. I (Athens, 1985), Vol. I, pp.27-42.

53. “The Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments Between Izmir and France, l700-l789," Communications grecques, Ve Congrès International des Études du Sud-Est Européen (Athens, l985), pp. 127-138.

ARTICLES IN PRESS (Nos. 54-55) & ARTICLE IN PROGRESS (Nos. 56 & 57)**

**They are all invited submissions.

54. “Commerce, Credit and Bills of Exchange in the eastern Mediterranean markets, c.1770s-1830s“, (Museu Maritim de Barcelona Publications, Barcelona, EPD, 2017).

55. “Transnational Trajectories: From Chios to London through Alexandria. A Family Story, late 19th to mid- 20th centuries” (Palgrave Press, London & Ankara; multi-authored volume (EPD 2017).

56. “Rope Dancers in İzmir: Entertainment, Social Conflict and Identity Politics in Late 18th-century Ottoman Empire” (Brill Press, Leiden; multi-authored volume, c. 2018)

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57. “From the King’s Table to the Global Market: Exporting Raisins from Izmir, Early 18th to Early 20th Centuries” (Izmir Mediterranean Academy, History Library Publications, Izmir, 2017).

EPD= expected publication date

V BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews pending publication:

International Journal of Maritime History (to appear 2017) International Journal of Turkish Studies (to appear 2017)

Most recent book reviews

Annales (2009); International Journal of Maritime History (2010); Turcica (2013); Journal of Modern History (2014); French History (2015)

Earlier book reviews; selective

I have written book reviews which have appeared in Modern Greek Studies Yearbook (1989, 1990 and 1993); The Middle East Studies Association Bulletin (1989); The Turkish Studies Association Bulletin (1990,1999); The Journal of the Society of Archivists (1990); New Perspectives on Turkey (1991); Journal of Modern Greek Studies (1993); International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (1994); Turcica (1997, 2001); Business History Review (1998).

VI NOTES/CONTRIBUTIONS

Contributed entries to the International Bibliography of Business History, eds., Fr. Goodall, Terry Gourvish & Steven Tolliday (Routlege: London, 1997)

"British Economic Activities in Izmir in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century," Turkish Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 15/1 (1991), pp. 140-142.

"Western and Local Capital in Western Anatolia, c. 1850-1914", Turkish Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 16/1 (1992), pp. 58-61.

"Western and Local Traders in the Eighteenth-Century Middle East: The Case of Aleppo and Izmir", Turkish Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 19/1 (1995), pp. 62-63.

VII ORAL PAPERS: Conferences/Colloquia/Seminars/Comments/Chairing

1. “From the King’s Table to the Global Market: Exporting Raisins from Izmir, Early 18th to Early 20th Centuries”, presentation given at the International Symposium on Viticulture in the eastern Mediterranean, 17th -20th Centuries, organized by the Izmir Mediterranean Academy, Izmir, Oct. 22nd , 2016.

2. “Economic and Social Transformations in Ottoman Izmir & its Hinterland, 18th to 20th centuries” presentation in the Workshop on Dual Histories of Izmir and Salonica, organized by the Izmir 10

Mediterranean Academy, Izmir, Oct. 21-22, 2016. 3. “Re-Imagining the Global Economy: Connectivity in the International Market in the Early Modern Era, the Ottoman Case” given at Princeton University, Near Eastern Studies Department Brown Bag Lunch Lectures Series, Princeton, NJ, September 26th, 2016.

4.. Chair, “Prostitution”, The Ottomans and Entertainment, Conference, The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Newnham College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, June 29th – July 2nd, 2016.

5. “ Rope Dancers in İzmir: entertainment, social conflict, and identity politics, in the late 18th Ottoman Empire”, paper given at The Ottomans and Entertainment, Conference, The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Newnham College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, June 29th – July 2nd, 2016,

6. Discussant, “Mobile Geographies of Otherness in Late & Post-Ottoman Spaces”, World Convention, Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, NYC, April 15th, 2016

7. Chair, “The Politics of Belonging & Exclusion: Ottoman Empire & Modern Turkey”, World Convention, Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, NYC, April 14th, 2016.

8. Invited to speak at the Comparative Muslim Societies Program, History Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; delivered paper titled, “Between Commodities and Muslim/Non-Muslim Cultural Exchange in the Early Modern Era” , Sept. 30th, 2015.

9.“Congruence of Economic Trends and Practices in the Creation of Izmir’s Social Space: the City, the Market and the Individual during Mercantile Capitalism” , paper delivered at the First Symposium on Culture and Politics in the Mediterranean, organized by the Izmir Mediterranean Academy, Izmir, Turkey, 26 Nov. -1 Dec. 2014.

10.”Modernity from Below: The Oriental Ca4rpet Manufacturers Ltd of Izmir, 1907-1922” paper delivered at the Conference of the Middle East Studies Association, Washington, DC. Nov. 22-25, 2014.

11. “ From Chios to London via Alexandria: A 20th century Family Story” paper delivered at the Colloquium of Mediterranean Urban Studies, The Transformation of Port-Cities in the 19th and 20th centuries, organized by the University of Mersin, Turkey, 23-25 October 2014.

12. “Commerce, Credit and Bills of Exchange in the eastern Mediterranean markets, c.1770s-1830s “, paper delivered at the 4th Mediterranean Maritime History Network Conference held at the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, May 7-9, 2014.

13. Chaired session on Consular Networks at the 4th Mediterranean Maritime History Network Conference held at the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, May, 7-9, 2014.

14. “Evolution of the market in the 18th-Century eastern Mediterranean”, paper presented at the 2nd International Congress of Maritime History, GIS/CNRS, held at the University of Nantes, Nantes, France, June 26-28, 2013.

15 “Development of Ottoman Banking late 19th/early 20th centuries” seminar presented at the Faculty Seminar Series of the Department of Economics, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey, 5 Nov. 2012.

16. “Trade, Capital and Credit in the Long 18th Century: the case of Smyrna” paper delivered at the International History Symposium organized by the Academy of Athens, Athens, 25 August 2012.

17. “Commercial and Monetary Practices in 18th-century Mediterranean: Izmir and Crete” paper 11

presented at the 6th World Congress of Maritime History held in Ghent, Belgium, July 3-6, 2012

18. “Early Banking in the Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman Monetary System, 1790s-1840s” Seminar delivered at the Institut Français d’Études Anatoliennes, Istanbul, May 28, 2012 (This presentation has been videotaped by IFEA and is accessible to the public: www.youtube.com).

19. “Credit and Early Banking Practices in the Ottoman Empire: the Bank of Smyrna, 1842-43”, seminar given at the Economic History Workshop, Leitner Political Economy Seminar Series, Yale University, New Haven, CT, Nov. 28 2011.

20. “Credit and Banking in Izmir’s Economy in the 19th century: Strategy and Practice”, paper presented at the Research Center of Anatolian Civilization Fellows’ Mini-Symposium Series, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, May 27, 2011.

21. “Concentric Circles and the Public Sphere in the Making of Izmir, 1750s-1900s”, paper delivered at the 3rd MMHN Conference, Izmir, Turkey, 4-7 May 2010.

22. Chaired session on Culture & Technology, 3rd MMHN Conference, Izmir, Turkey, 4-7 May 2010.

23. Chaired Opening Session and was co-panelist in the Concluding Remarks of the International Conference on “Rough Waters” The United States’ Involvement in the Mediterranean, 18th – 19th centuries, organized by the Université de Nice- Sophia/Antipolis and held in Nice, France, 17-18 Oct. 2008.

24. “Izmir and the Mediterranean Economy, 1714-1814” paper presented in an International Conference Akdeniz Ticareti ve Liman Kenteleri organized by the Izmir Chamber of Commerce, Izmir, Turkey, 25-26 Sept. 2008.

25. Chaired Session on “Izmir and Trade in the Mediterranean”, of the above Conference and commented on the papers presented therein, Izmir, 26 Sept. 2008.

26. Served as Commentator on three papers presented on the Late Ottoman Empire and Early Republican Turkey in a Workshop on Turkey as a Regional Power organized by NYMAS, Graduate Center, CUNY, NYC, 12-13 Mar. 2008.

27. “Trade and Money: My Intellectual Journey in Ottoman Economic History, 1985-2007”, book talk given at the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center co-sponsored by the PhD Program in History Graduate Center, CUNY, NYC, 27 Feb. 2008.

28. “Greek Shipping in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 18th Century” paper commenting on the 3-year project of the University of Corfu on Greek Maritime History, titled From Hydra and Psara to Lisbon and Buenos Aires held at the University of Corfu, Greece, 10-12 Nov. 2006.

29. Chaired Opening Session,3-year Project Workshop, University of Corfu on Greek Maritime History, titled From Hydra and Psara to Lisbon and Buenos Aires held at the University of Corfu, Greece, 10-12 Nov. 2006.

30. “The Mediterranean Commercial World of the Eighteenth Century: Ottoman and Italian Ports”, paper presented at the 2nd International Conference of the Mediterranean Maritime History Network held at Messina-Taormina, Italy, 4-7 May 2006.

31. Chaired Session on Greek Maritime History at the 2nd International Conference of the Mediterranean Maritime History Network held at Messina-Taormina, Italy, 5 May 2006. 12

32. Chaired Session on Ottoman Trade and Agriculture in the 19th Century at the Middle East Studies Conference held in Washington, DC, 19-22 Nov. 2005.

33. “The Greek Millet and the Ottoman Empire in the 18th Century”, paper presented at a Symposium titled Music of the Mystics: Shared Sacred Space, held at the 92nd Street Y, NYC, 6 Nov. 2005.

34. Gave Keynote Address titled “The Making of an International City-Port in the Mediterranean: Izmir, early 18th to early 20th centuries” at the Conference on Izmir through the ages organized by the University of Leiden, held at Leiden, the Netherlands, 9-10 Sept. 2005.

35. “Trade Routes, Commercial Practices and Markets: The Mediterranean and Russia, late 18th/ early 19th centuries” paper to be delivered at the International Conference organized by Athens University, to be held in Athens, Greece, 19-22 May 2005.

36. Participated in Opening Session of 1st International Conference on Western Anatolian Begliks organized by Balikesir Universitesi, held at Balikesir, Turkey, 17-20 October 2004.

37. Chaired session on `Imarets, Crafts and Trade’ at the 16th International CIEPO Conference, held at Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland, 14-19 June 2004.

38. “Family Networks and Prosperity in Greek Shipping: 18th to the 20th Centuries” seminar paper delivered at the Greenwich Maritime Institute, Greenwich University, England, 24 March 2004.

39. "Greek Shipping in the Twentieth Century: Private Enterprise and State Policy", seminar paper delivered at the Greenwich Maritime Institute, Greenwich University, England, 4 April 2003.

40. Chaired two sessions in the 15th CIEPO Symposium, respectively on Ottoman International Relations and on Foreign Nationals in Izmir, London School of Economics, London University, UK, 8-12 July 2002.

41. "The Ottoman Monetary System in the Eighteenth Century: Problems and Solutions", paper delivered at the 15th CIEPO Symposium, London School of Economics, London University, 8-12 July 2002.

42. "Commerce in Izmir and western Anatolia: the late 19th/early 20th centuries", paper given at the International Colloquium, Mersin, Heritage of the Long Nineteenth Century, Mersin Üniversitesi, Mersin, Turkey, 17-20 April 2002.

43. "The Evolution and Dynamics of Ottoman-European Trade: the 18th century", paper presented at the International Conference The Ottomans and Trade, Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Newnham College, Cambridge University, 20-23 March, 2002.

44. "The Rise of Smyrna: Commercial Growth in the eighteenth-century eastern Mediterranean", seminar paper presented at the Centre for Hellenic Studies, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Department, King's College, London University, 29 January 2001.

45 "The Harbor Town of Izmir: 18th to the early 20th centuries", keynote address given in the International Conference on Izmir on the dawn of the 21st century, organized by the Universities of Izmir and the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Izmir, Izmir, 8-10 October 2000.

46. "Banking in the eastern Mediterranean in the early twentieth century", paper presented at the International Symposium in honor of banking historian Professor Alice Teichova, London School of Economics, London University, 21-23 September 2000.

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47. Chaired day-long International Conference on Piracy and Privateering in the Levant, XII-XIX centuries organized by the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Newnham College, Cambridge University, England, 5 Feb. 2000.

48."Cotton and Silk, Raisins and Figs in London, Smyrna and Marseilles, or the Making of a Cosmopolitan City", paper given at the QC Alumni Day Faculty Seminar, Queens College, NYC, 1May 1999.

49."Merchants or Agents? European and Ottoman Entrepreneurs in the Levant and Europe in the Eighteenth Century", paper given at the International Conference organized by the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Newnham College, Cambridge University, England, 17-20 March 1999.

50."The Ottoman Monetary System, Trade and the Local Markets, c.1750-1820", paper delivered at the Forum on Turkish Numismatics, organized by the American Numismatic Society, NYC, 6 February 1999.

51. "`Queen of the Near-East': the commerce of the port of Smyrna in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries", paper delivered at the King's Seminars organized by the International Commission for Maritime History and held at King's College, London University, London, England, 21January 1999.

52. "Commercial Strategies and Practices in the Levant: the British and the Dutch in eighteenth-century Izmir", paper delivered at the International Symposium on Anglo-Dutch Relations in the Near East in the 17th and 18th centuries", organized by the Leiden University and held in Leiden, the Netherlands on 14-16 January 1999.

53."The Making of a Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Port: the Quay of Izmir", paper delivered at the International Conference on "Ottoman Port-Cities and Material Life, organized by the German Orient- Institut and the Bogazici University and held in Istanbul, Turkey, 19-21 April 1998.

54. "The Ottoman Monetary System in the Long Eighteenth Century: Reality, Strategy and Practice", paper delivered at the International Colloquium on Money and Mints in the Ottoman Empire, 1680-1850, organized by the Centre National de la Scientifique, Aix-en-Provence, France; the French Institute of Anatolian Studies of Istanbul and the Bogazici University of Turkey and held in Istanbul, 28-30 Nov. 1997.

55. "Les réseaux commerciaux dans la Méditerranée orientale: un aperçu historique", paper delivered at an International Conference entitled "Regionalization versus Globalization", organized by the French Université de Reims, France and the Turkish Akdeniz Üniversitesi and held in Antalya, Turkey, 11-13 Sept. 1997.

56. "The Dynamics of Integration: western Anatolia in the late 18th to the early 20th centuries", paper delivered at the International Conference on "Aspects of Late Ottoman Economy" organized by The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Newnham College, Cambridge University, 15-16 March 1997.

57. "Movement of Money and Goods in the Eastern Mediterranean: the 18th and 19th centuries", paper given at the Mediterranean Seminar Series at The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Newnham College, Cambridge University, 26 Feb. 1997.

58. "An Analysis of Western European-Ottoman Trade Relations in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries", a keynote address delivered at an International Conference entitled The Ottomans and the Sea, held at the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Newnham College, Cambridge University, England, 29-30 Mar. 1996.

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59."L'Economie de l'Anatolie occidentale de c. 1908 à 1918", paper presented at the International Colloquium organized by the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier and the CNRS, France held in Montpellier, France 2-4 Oct. 1995.

60. "Ceşme and the International Market in the Late Ottoman Period" paper given at the International Conference of Ceşme organized by the Ege University and held in Ceşme/İzmir, Turkey, 15-17 Sept. 1995

61. "The Role of European Banks in the Ottoman Empire in the Second Half of the Nineteenth and in the Early Twentieth Centuries", presented at the 18th International Congress of Historical Sciences in Montréal, Canada, 27 Aug-3 Sept. 1995.

62. "Commercial and Finance Capital in the 19th-Century Western Anatolian Economy", presented at the Second International Izmir Symposium, Ege University Center for Izmir Studies, Izmir, Turkey, 15-17 May 1995.

63. "Circulation of Goods and Money in the Ottoman Middle East: the Cases of Aleppo and Izmir in the Eighteenth Century", paper given at the Middle East Studies Association Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, 19-21 Nov. 1994.

64. "Inter-Western Commercial and Financial Competition in 19th- and Early 20th-Century Izmir", paper given at the Colloque International d'Istanbul, Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes d'Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, 27-29 Sept. 1993.

65. "Local and Western Entrepreneurs in 19th-century Izmir," paper given at the International Symposium on Izmir, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, 28 Sept.-2 Oct. 1992.

66. "American Trading Practices in Izmir in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries" paper delivered at the Sixth International Congress of the Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1-4 July 1992.

67. "The Economic Activities of Ottoman and Western Communities in 18th-Century Izmir", paper given at the 1st Skilliter Library Colloquium on Ottoman History, Newnham College, Cambridge University, England, 9-11 April 1992.

68. "Local and Western Entrepreneurs in 19th-Century Western Anatolia", paper given at the Seminar on Greek Studies, Onassis Center, New York University, 2 March 1992.

69 "Trading Practices, Credit Mechanisms, and Shipping in Nineteenth- Century Izmir", paper given at the International Colloquium on Échanges maritimes et contacts socio-economiques of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Aix-en-Provence, France, 28-30 Nov. 1991.

70. "Local and Western Capital in Western Anatolia, c. 1850-1914" paper delivered at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, Washington, D.C., 23-26 Nov. 1991.

71. "Chios and Chiot Merchants, 1750-1821," paper given at the Graduate Seminar of the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, England, 24 Jan. 1991.

72. "Izmir and Western Trade, 1700-1821," paper given at the Oriental Faculty, Middle Eastern Studies Centre, University of Cambridge, England, 22 Jan. 1991.

73. “British Economic Activities in Izmir in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century," paper given at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, San Antonio, Texas, 10-13 Nov. 1990.

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74. "The Effect of the 1838 Trade Convention on Trade with Izmir and Western Anatolia," paper delivered at the Seminar for Studies in the History and Culture of the Turks, Columbia University, , 19 Oct. 1990.

75. "Trade Practices in Aleppo in the Middle of the Eighteenth Century: The Case of a British Merchant," paper given at the International Colloquium of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Aix-en- Provence, France, 7-9 Dec. 1989.

76. "The Greeks of Smyrna in the Nineteenth Century," paper given at the Conference of the Social and Economic History of the Greek Millet at Princeton University, 31 March-1 April 1989.

77. "The Greek Mercantile Community of Smyrna in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century," paper delivered at the International Colloquium organized by the University of Provence and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, held in Aix-en-Provence, France, 25-26 Nov. 1988.

78. "Foreign and Minority Merchants in Nineteenth-Century Izmir," paper delivered at the Conference "The Impact of the 1838 Anglo-Turkish Convention: Anatolia and Egypt Compared," Fernand Braudel Center, SUNY, Binghamton, 7-8 Oct. 1988.

79. "Izmir's Trade with Western Europe in the 18th and early 19th Centuries" paper delivered at the Columbia University Seminar for Studies in the History and Culture of the Turks, New York City, 16 Sept. 1988.

80."The Economy of Western Anatolia in the Nineteenth Century," paper delivered at the First International Congress on the Hellenic Diaspora in Athens, Greece, 25-30 April 1988.

81."Trade and Finance in Smyrna, 1700-1820," paper given at the Graduate Seminar of the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, England, 26 Jan. 1988.

82. "The City-Port of Patras in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century," paper delivered at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, Baltimore, Md., 14-17 Nov. 1987.

83. "The Trading Activities of Chiots from the Mid-Eighteenth to the Early Nineteenth Centuries," paper delivered at the 1987 International Symposium of the Modern Greek Studies Association, Providence, Rhode Island, 5-8 Nov. 1987.

84. "Western Merchant and Finance Capital in Eighteenth-Century Izmir," address given at the American Historical Association Conference, Chicago, 27-30 Dec. l986.

85.“The Trade of Cotton and Cloth in Izmir, 1750-1850," paper presented at the Conference on Large-Scale Commercial Agriculture in the Ottoman Empire, Fernand Braudel Center, SUNY at Binghamton, 24-26, Oct. 1986.

86. "Greek Economic Development in Asia Minor during the Last Quarter of the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries," paper given at the Graduate Seminar of the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, King's College, University of London, 24 Jan. l986.

87. "The Commerce of Smyrna in the Eighteenth Century" seminar paper given at the Graduate Research Seminar of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies, Athens, 10 Jan. l986.

88. "Economic, Political and Social Aspects of the Greek Community of Smyrna, l750-l850," given at the Ninth International Symposium of the Modern Greek Studies Association, Ohio, 9-11Nov. 1985.

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89. "Ottoman Economic Development in the Eastern Mediterranean: the case of Smyrna," seminar paper given at the Tenth Year Anniversary of the CUNY Seminar on the Modern Greek State, Graduate Seminar in European Studies, CUNY, NYC, 8 Oct. l985.

90 "The Trade of Smyrna with the Italian Ports, l780-l820," paper given at the Anatolia College and Modern Greek Studies Association Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, 3-7 July 1985.

91. "The Port of Smyrna in the Nineteenth Century," paper given at the XVIIth Brooklyn College Conference on Society in Change organized in conjunction with the Institute of Balkan Studies, held in Thessaloniki, 2-5 June 1985.

92."The Raya Communities of Smyrna in the Eighteenth Century, 1695-1820: Demography and Economic Activities," paper given at the First International Colloquium in History of the Association of Modern Greek Studies in Athens, 15-19 Sept.1984.

93."The Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments between Izmir and Marseilles, 1700-1789," paper presented at the VIth International Conference of the Association for South Eastern European Studies in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 25-29 Aug. 1984.

94. "Izmir-an International Port in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Eighteenth Century," paper presented at the Second International Symposium in History of the National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens, Greece, 25-28 Sept. 1983.

95. "Large-Scale Landownership in Western Anatolia in the Eighteenth Century," seminar given at the Graduate Seminar, École Pratique, IVe Section, Sorbonne, Paris, 12 March 1982.

96. "The Economy of the Morea in the Eighteenth Century," seminar presented at the Graduate Seminar of the Department of Geography, Southampton University, England, 25 Jan. 1981.

97. "British Records on the Economy of Smyrna in the Eighteenth Century," paper given at the Vth International Conference of the Association for South Eastern European Studies, Ankara, Turkey, 20-25 Aug. 1979.

VIII LECTURES

“A Day in the Life of an International Silk Merchant”, lecture delivered at the QC Year of Silk Roads Lectures Program, PH 134, Queens College, CUNY, 30 March 2016

“The Greek State Debt and the EU”, presentation in Panel on Public Debt and Risk Management organized by the Social Sciences Division for Homecoming Day, Queens College, CUNY, 17 Oct. 2015.

“The Importance of Izmir in the Economy of the Ottoman Empire in the 18th Century”, lecture delivered to Economics Majors in the Department of Economics, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey, 5 May 2012.

“The Historical Trajectory in the Rise of the Port-city of Izmir, late 17th to late 19th centuries” , lecture delivered at the Graduate Students Seminars, Department of Economics, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey, 25 March 2011.

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“28th October 1940 in Historical Perspective”, lecture delivered at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of Holy Trinity organized by the Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce under the Auspices of the Consul General of Greece Aghi Balta, New York City, 29 October 2009.

"From Chios to Amsterdam and London: a Chian Voyage of Commercial Expansion at the time of Korais", delivered at the Chain Federation, Astoria, NYC, 25 April 1999.

"Europeans in an Ottoman City: Izmir in the 18th and 19th Centuries", delivered at the History Society, Cambridge University, England, 11 March 1997.

"The Economic Activities of the Greeks in Smyrna, 18th-20th Centuries", delivered at the Onassis Center for Hellenic Studies, New York University, NYC, 7 Feb. 1992.

"The Greeks of Alexandria in the Nineteenth Century", delivered at the Hellenic Cultural Center of the Archdiocese, New York, 9 Dec. 1988.

"The Greek Community of Constantinople in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries", given at the Hellenic Cultural Center of the Archdiocese, New York, 29 Nov. 1987.

"Greece, Cyprus, Turkey: The Explosive Triangle", delivered at The Center for Unlimited Enrichment, Queens College, 17 Nov. 1987.

IX TRAVEL GRANTS FOR ARCHIVAL RESEARCH

PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 2013-14 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 2011-12 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 2010-11 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 2009-10 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 2008-09 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 2007-08 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 2006-07 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 2005-06 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 2004-05 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 2003-04 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 2002-03 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 2001-02 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 2000-01 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 1999-2000 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 1998-99 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 1997-98 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 1996-97 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 1995-96 ACLS Grant for Travel to International Meetings, 1995 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 1994-95 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 1993-94 NEH Travel to Collections Grant, Summer 1992 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 1992-93 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Queens College, CUNY, 1991-92 Agricultural Bank of Greece Travel Grant, Athens, l984-85

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