2024-03-27 16:15:27
In selected bookstores, the new edition of Dr. Elenis Kourmantzis “Athanasios the Psalidas: “Archive Logos””, with the support of the Onassis Foundation, which illuminates the work of the leading Neo-Hellenic enlightener Athanasios Psalidas.
His multifaceted personality unfolds in 597 pages, through documents from the period 1786-1829, highlighting at the same time the philosophy of Humanism and the ideas of the Enlightenment.
Thanks to the publication “Athanassios the Psalidas: “Archive Logos””, with the scientific editing of dr. Elenis Kourmantzis, the public has the opportunity to get to know the work, action and thought of this leading teacher, scholar and writer of the Neo-Hellenic Enlightenment. Athanasios Psalidas is a historical personality, who has been identified with the formation of education, radical thought and political-revolutionary action for the upliftment of the “peptokotos genus” of the enslaved Greeks.
The aim of this edition is to present to the public a series of documents, divided into the respective sections: Private Life, Public Life, Teacher, Political Life, Publications & Writings and Poetics, allowing the transfer of authentic historical information to the present day. The publication presents a representative sample of the multifaceted presence of Athanasios Psalidas, as it emerges, in terms of manuscripts, through documents from his Archive, which are contained in the “Collection of Stamatios Krinos”, which is located in Athens, at the Central Service of the Generals Archives of the State and, as for the writings, through the volumes of his work hosted in the Onassios Library.
The publication is a continuation of the two successful exhibitions of books and manuscripts by Athanasios Psalidas, held in 2019 at the Onassios Library in Athens and in 2020 at the G.A.K. (Historical Archive of Epirus) in Ioannina.
Issue factors
Scientific curation, archival research, selection & classification of documents, section introductions: Dr. Eleni Kourmantzi, visiting professor, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Document transcriptions: Ioannis Vanakakis, Philologist (MA)
Engraving cover photography: Konstantinos Ignatiadis
Texts: Katerina Sakellaropoulou, President of the Hellenic Republic / Dr. Antonis S. Papadimitriou, President of the Board of Directors. Onassis Foundation / Dr. Eleni Kourmantzi, Visiting Professor, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria / Amalia Pappa, Deputy Director of General Archives of the State, Director of Archival Research, Promotion, Communication, Maintenance and Preservation of Archives / Dr. Apostolos Katsikis, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Elementary Education at the University of Ioannina / +Konstantinos Sp. Staikos, Architect, Historian of the book, Head of Aton publications
Grant of Evidence: General Archives of the State (GAK)
Design: Aton – Efi Zerva, Eleni Mavroidi
Cover design: Theodoros Kovaios
Price: 48 euros.