MA IN ADRIATIC STUDIES
THE ADRIATIC:
REGIONALITY, TERRITORIALITY, MOBILITY
(14th – 18th CENTURIES)
Welcome to the MA in Adriatic Studies—a transformative program designed for curious minds seeking to understand the diverse mosaic that is the Adriatic region. Through an interdisciplinary curriculum, you’ll explore the area’s plural pasts, environmental challenges, socio-political contexts, and vibrant cultural legacies that span centuries.
The Value of Adriatic Studies
- Interdisciplinary Focus: Combine history, anthropology, political science, environmental studies, and economics for a holistic view of the Adriatic.
- Real-World Engagement: Benefit from fieldwork opportunities, seminars, and partnerships with local institutions and organizations.
- Expert Faculty: Learn from leading scholars and practitioners committed to innovative research and teaching.
- Global Perspective: Expand your understanding of how the Adriatic region connects with broader global developments, from trade networks to cultural exchanges.
- Flexible Learning: Participate in the program through distance learning, accessible from anywhere in the world.
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to develop the expertise essential for impacting academia,
policy-making, and international collaboration.
Embrace
Adriatic Studies and expand your career and personal growth.
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The MA Program in Adriatic Studies extends beyond the mere history of the Adriatic Sea. It is not confined to a static portrayal of the past. Instead, it integrates multiple disciplines—history, anthropology, linguistics, art history, and political science—to refresh our understanding of the Adriatic region and to establish a distinct model of regional studies. Exploring the past means understanding why the present is shaped as it is. To achieve this, we employ three different perspectives: a comprehensive view of the entire region (regional), an appreciation of the specific features that make up the whole (territorial), and an awareness of movement, exchange, and overlooked connections (mobility).
The Adriatic Studies program is ambitious, innovative, and long reaching. In line with this vision, one of our goals is to foster the creation of an international research network dedicated to the Adriatic Sea, using the three-perspective approach and the idea of the dynamic development of past societies on multiple levels.
In this effort, we seek and find partners: institutions that provide knowledge and expertise, educators with a vision for collaboration and interdisciplinary research, and students who are eager to embrace the challenge of learning.
The MA Program in Adriatic Studies fully complies with the Internal Quality Assurance System of the Ionian University and the Quality Policy of the Department of History.
Certified by the Hellenic Authority for Higher Education.
The MA Program in Adriatic Studies is designed with a commitment to providing students with a comprehensive and innovative curriculum. This program equips students with the knowledge and skills necessary to empower them in their professional journey, offering a broad spectrum of employment opportunities in various fields.
The operation of the program is defined by its flexibility, offering distance learning, a wide variety of elective seminars, fieldwork, and active support for thesis completion, including in-person colloquium.
| First Semester Regionality | Second Semester Territoriality | Third Semester Mobility | |
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| Courses | The ‘International Law’ Before the International Law | The Case of Ragusa and the Dalmatian Coast | A Sea on the Move: Adriatic Migrations and Diasporas |
| Space and Economy | The Serenissima in the Adriatic: Myth and Reality | Interacting Cosmopolitanisms | |
| The Adriatic Sea as a Chronotope: Spacio-Temporal Imprints | The Contestants of Venice | Common Loci and Creative Crossovers | |
| The Adriatic Sea as Contact Zone: Unity and Diversity | The Ottoman Perspective | Environmental History | |
| Elective Seminars | Digital Storytelling in Research and Teaching | Trieste as a Host City and a Nexus in Population Flows | The ‘Cosmology’ of the Adriatic Islands |
| Ethnic Minorities in Venice | The Adriatic from “mare clausum” to a Transnational Platform for Political and Cultural Exchanges (17th-19th Centuries) | Epistolary networks |
In-Person Activities
| Third Semester | Fourth Semester |
|---|---|
| Fieldwork: Forgotten Ecological Corridors | Colloquium |
The study program is considered complete upon the successful assessment of all courses, attendance at three seminars in total, participation in the Fieldwork: Forgotten Ecological Corridors and the Colloquium, and the successful defense of the thesis.
The online application submission period opens on May 15 and closes on June 30, 2025.
During this time, all required documents, including references, must be submitted.
Required Documents
- Application Form
- Academic Transcript(s): Official records showing individual grades for all university-level qualifications completed to date
- English Language Proficiency Certificate: Required if English is not your native language
- Two References: Preferably academic
- Research Proposal (word limit: 1,000-1,500)
Interviews and Application Assessment
Interviews will take place in early September and will be a key factor in the assessment process. Once the interviews are completed, the academic committee will evaluate the submitted documents. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance status by the end of September.
Detailed application information will be available in April 2025.
* The compass roses originate from the following publication: Josip Faričić – Ivka Kljajić – Lena Mirošević – Dubravka Mlinarić, ‘Symbolism of Compass Roses on Early Modern Nautical Charts of the Adriatic Sea’, KN – Journal of Cartography and Geographic Information (2023) 73:19–37, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42489-022-00129-z
Ionian University, Department of History
I. Theotoki 72, 49132 Corfu, Greece
Contact us: adriatic@ionio.gr
