The 23rd Conference on Research on Economic Theory and Econometrics
The program includes talks by Russell Cooper (Liaoning Univ. and EUI), John Geanakoplos (Yale), Abhinay Muthoo (NIESR), Richard Portes (LBS), Hélène Rey (LBS), Juliana Salomao (Univ. of Minnesota) and Juuso Välimäki (Aalto Univ.) among many other distinguished presenters.
Tinos is one of the largest islands in the Cyclades, located at the center of the archipelago, near Mykonos, Syros and Andros. The island’s history goes back to the classical antiquity, when it was known as Hydroessa and Ophiussa and was a place of warship of Poseidon, as the ruins of the 4th century B.C. settlement at Kionia attest. Like other islands in the region, Tinos was under Venetian rule for most of its recent history (early 13th through early 18th century). It was ruled by the Ottomans for a century, before it became part of the modern Greek state in 1830.
Tinos is famous for the temple of Panagia Evangelistria, a site of great significance in the Greek Orthodox religious tradition. This church attracts perhaps the largest annual pilgrimage in the Greek Orthodox world, on August 15th, in celebration of the Dormition of the Mother of God. Nevertheless, despite the island’s special place in the Greek Orthodox tradition, most of Tinos’s 9.000 inhabitants are Roman Catholic, living in harmony with the local Greek Orthodox community for centuries.
Tinos is well known for its scenic villages, the numerous old windmills and artistic dovecotes scattered on the island’s countryside and for the well-preserved Venetian fortifications at the Exombourgo mountain. The island is also famous for its artistic tradition, having being the birthplace of world-renowned sculptors and painters, most notably Nikolaos Gizis, Yannoulis Chalepas and Nikiforos Lytras.
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Tinos has no airport. You can reach the island by boat from the port of Piraeus (a five-hour trip), from the port of Rafina (a four-hour trip), from the island of Mykonos (a half-an-hour trip), or from the island of Syros (also a half-an-hour trip). In July there are direct flights from many European cities to Mykonos.
For ferry schedules you may visit Blue Star Ferries, Hellenic Seaways, Fast Ferries, Seajets, or Golden Star Ferries.
For airplane tickets to Mykonos or Syros you may visit Aegean Airlines, British Airways, EasyJet, or Alitalia.
You may also visit travel agencies such as airtickets, pamediakopes.gr, or OpenSeas.
The conference will take place at the Cultural Foundation of Tinos, which was established as a private benefit institution in 2002 by the Sacred Foundation of the Church of the Annunciation, and is supported by that institution.
Its purpose is to promote research and study and to advance the awareness of the art, history, culture and tradition indigenous to the island of Tinos.
The large exhibition hall of the Cultural Foundation of Tinos was inaugurated in September of the same year with the very significant art exhibit of the celebrated Tinian artist, Nicholaos Gizis, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his death.
