Convener:
Olena UVAROVA, SUS Fellow; Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Odesa National Medical University

Participants:
Svitlana ARABADZHY, Constantin ARDELEANU, Olena BACHYNSKA, Liliia BILOUSOVA, Vladyslav IVATSKYI, Sofronios PARADISOPOULOS, Volodymyr POLTORAK, Olena SYNIAVSKA, Valerii TOMAZOV, Olena UVAROVA

PROGRAM

10.00-10.05 Opening Remarks
Introductory words by Constantin ARDELEANU and Olena UVAROVA

10.05-11.50 Panel 1: Transnational trade and trade networks in the Black Sea
Chair: Olena UVAROVA

Olena BACHYNSKA
Trade in the Black Sea Ports of Modern Southern Ukraine During the Ottoman and Russian Eras: A Comparative Analysis

Vladyslav IVATSKYI
Reconstructing Transnational Trade Networks in the Black Sea Region: Sources and Methods

Volodymyr POLTORAK
Transnational Trade Networks and the Development of the Black Sea Port Cities During the Modern Age: A Comparative Analysis

11.50-12.10 Coffee break

12.10-13.55 Panel 2: Trade in the Ukrainian provinces of the Russian Empire. From the Sea of Azov to the Danube
Chair: Sofronios PARADISOPOULOS

Svitlana ARABADZHY
Developing Sea Trade in the Port City of Mariupol and the Role of Austrian Merchants: A Case Study of the Mimbelli Family

Constantin ARDELEANU
International Shipping, Russian Control, and Allegations of “Corruption” in Sulina (1830s–1850s)

Valerii TOMAZOV
Trading Houses of the Greeks-Chians in the South of Ukraine: Principles of Functioning and Role in Regional Economic Development

14.00-15.00 Lunch break

15.00-17.20 Panel 3: Odesa and Its Trade
Chair: Constantin ARDELEANU

Liliia BILOUSOVA
Foreign Merchants in the Formation of the Port City of Odesa: Trade, Smuggling, Consular Activity (Late 18th – the First Half of the 19th Century)

Sofronios PARADISOPOULOS
Mapping Odesa’s Foreign Trade (1827–1853): Insights from the Study of Greek Trading Houses

Olena SYNIAVSKA
The Contribution of Italian Architects to the Construction of Commercial Buildings in Odesa in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Olena UVAROVA
The Integration of Odesa’s Greek Merchants into 19th Century Imperial Society

17.20-17.30 Conclusion

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This international workshop is organized within the Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship program supported by the VolkswagenStiftung (Germany).