We are very pleased to announce the international conference

‘A Towering Hinterland: The Case of Medieval Chalkida’

which will present the first results from a joint Dutch/Greek/International research initiative titled the ‘Hinterland of Medieval Chalkida Project’ (2021-2025) on the island of Euboea/Evia*.

This project studies the material culture and the network of Medieval monuments (such as towers) alongside the socio-economic transformations of the hinterland of the economically and politically important town of Chalcis/Euripos/Negroponte/Eğriboz from Byzantine to Ottoman times.

Its key research aims are to gain insight into long-term changes in habitation, land use, and water systems, as well as the region’s environmental evolution, military organisation, and socio-economic structure. Additionally, the project focuses on the area’s wider commercial and industrial links, as the hinterland of Chalkida remained a crucial hub in the Aegean maritime network under Byzantine, Latin/Venetian and Ottoman rule.

The conference, with sessions in both Athens (at the NIA, on 12 and 13 November) and Chalkida (at the Conference Centre, on 14 November), features a range of international specialists who will discuss their contributions to the project and the new light it sheds on the material culture and long-term history of the hinterland of Medieval Chalkida and Evia at large.

In order to reserve a seat for the sessions that will take place in Athens, please contact us by email.
For access to the live-stream, please register by clicking here.

 

*The Dutch participation in the project took place under the aegis of the NIA and was led by Prof. Dr. Joanita Vroom of Leiden University. The other partners in the cooperation were the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboia, and the Hellenic Society for Near Eastern Studies.