Highlight of the week

Celebrating
40 years
of FORTH

Τhe FORTHistory group chooses institutional and scientific highlights of the forty-year history of FORTH.

The FORTHistory 1983-2023 research project explores FORTH’s historical, institutional and scientific trajectories during the last forty years in Greece and abroad. It is conducted by a team of scholars collaborating with the Department of the History of Technology of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS-FORTH); it is headed by the Director of IMS-FORTH, Professor Gelina Harlaftis and directed by Dr Spyros Tzokas. In order to achieve the two-years’ research goal (2021-2023) that will lead to the publication of an anniversary volume, IMS-FORTH maintains an extensive collaboration with experts and researchers in History of Modern & Contemporary Science, Technology, Medicine (post-doctoral, doctoral and post-graduate fellows) of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens and has the institutional academic support of the Department of History of the University of Crete.

Start date: 1 January 2021 - End date: 31 December 2023


We collect and partially digitize archival material from each Institute of FORTH, from laboratories, departments, from personal imgs/collections.

Microelectronics Archive

We collect and partially digitize archival material from each Institute of FORTH, from laboratories, departments, from personal imgs/collections.

Public announcements for research and education by Institutes of the Research Centre of Crete/ Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas

We collect and partially digitize archival material from each Institute of FORTH, from laboratories, departments, from personal imgs/collections.

Founding members of RCC/FORTH

We collect and partially digitize archival material from each Institute of FORTH, from laboratories, departments, from personal imgs/collections.

"Vassilis Xanthopoulos - Stephanos Pnevmatikos" Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching

We collect and partially digitize archival material from each Institute of FORTH, from laboratories, departments, from personal imgs/collections.

Research Centre of Crete/ Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas - Politicians & Politics

We collect and partially digitize archival material from each Institute of FORTH, from laboratories, departments, from personal imgs/collections.

Establishment of RCC/FORTH and Institutes, Infrastructure plans & Building Facilities

We collect and partially digitize archival material from each Institute of FORTH, from laboratories, departments, from personal imgs/collections.

FORTH Distinguished Science Lectures & Public Events

We collect and partially digitize archival material from each Institute of FORTH, from laboratories, departments, from personal imgs/collections.

RCC/FORTH Brochures & Flyers

We collect and partially digitize archival material from each Institute of FORTH, from laboratories, departments, from personal imgs/collections.

Distinguished members, research staff and friends of RCC/FORTH

We collect and partially digitize archival material from each Institute of FORTH, from laboratories, departments, from personal imgs/collections.

Research, Art and Culture at the RCC/FORTH

We collect and partially digitize archival material from each Institute of FORTH, from laboratories, departments, from personal imgs/collections.

Highly Specialized and Inter/Multi-disciplinary Cutting-Edge Science & Technology Research at the RCC/FORTH

We collect and partially digitize archival material from each Institute of FORTH, from laboratories, departments, from personal imgs/collections.

From the histories of scientific research policies at the RCC/FORTH