Please join the Black Sea Networks Initiative and the Harriman Institute for a talk with Gelina Harlaftis, Professor of Maritime History, Ionian University.

How does one write the history of a Sea? The Black Sea regions share political economy, trade, shipping, finance, industry, and cultures, linked together by land and sea-routes. During the nineteenth century, the area became the world's largest grain and oil producer. From the last third of the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century, more than 24 port-cities sprang up on the coastline. These port-cities became centers of attraction for economic immigration from the whole region of central and south-eastern Europe, while more established mobile, entrepreneurial groups like Greeks, Jews, and Armenians took charge of external trade and shipping.

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