Transnational Trade Networks and the Development of the Black Sea Port Cities during the Modern Age: a Comparative Analysis

Event: International Conference

Location: NEC conference room & Zoom

19 June 2025, 10.00-16.30 (Bucharest time)

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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, Volodymyr POLTORAK, Olena SYNIAVSKA, 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
Modernization of the food culture in the Black Sea port cities during the long XIX century

11.50-12.10 Coffee break

12.10-13.30 Panel 2: Trade in the Ukrainian provinces of the Russian Empire. From the Sea of Azov to the Danube
Chair: Volodymyr POLTORAK

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)

13.30-14.30 Lunch break

14.30-16.15 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)

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

16.15-16.30 Conclusion

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