Department of History and Archaeology

Short CV

Aristea Gratsea studied in the Department of Philology (Classical Philology) at Aristotle University of Thessalonik (2015). She has a Master from the Department of History of Ionio University (2015-2017). She completed her doctoral dissertation (The maritime activity of Candia during the 15th and 16th century) in the University of Crete (Department of History and Archaeology) with a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation (ΙΚΥ).

She has conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Crete and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS-FORTH). She was a Research Fellow at the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice (2022-2023).

She has worked at the Archive of the Holy Archdiocese of Crete (2022) and participated in the research program for the documentation of the Archives of the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice (2024).

Research interests:

Her research interests include the economic and social history of the Mediterranean during the Late Middle Ages and the early modern period, with a focus on Venice and its possessions in the Eastern Mediterranean; trade and maritime activity; prosopography; commercial networks; long-distance, regional, and small-to-medium scale trade; economic practices.

She has extensive research experience in the archives of Venice (Archivio di Stato di Venezia, Museo Civico Correr, Biblioteca Marciana) and in the archival department of the Vikelaia Municipal Library.

Publications and conference presentations: https://crete.academia.edu/AristeaGratsea