The Institute of Social Movements and Tobacco History (I.K.K.I.K.) in collaborationwith the School of Classical and Human Studies of the Democritus University ofThrace and the University of Hamburg are organizing a scientific conference titled"Tobacco in History: Economic, social and cultural approaches ".The conference will take place in Kavala on December 7-9, 2018 and will beattended by some 35 scientists from Greece and abroad.

The aim of the conference is to bring Kavala and its region as a national, regionaland international tobacco processing and marketing center at the center ofscientific interest, and to expand the field of study and interest by including similarcases of tobacco smoke.The themes of the conference will relate to a set of research fields that arehistorically associated with tobacco in the 19th and 20th centuries: economics,demography, society, politics, ideologies, childhood, women and men, industrialtechnology, labor movements, culture, literature, cinema, advertising, etc.).

It is also expected to highlight the aspects of agricultural production andcommercial tobacco processing and distribution that cover the pre-warcommunities of tobacco cities, such as Greek Orthodox, Muslim, Hebrew,Armenian and Catholic.The conference will have the opportunity to bring together internationallyrenowned scientists and young researchers, to exchange views and design newresearch projects.

Finally, issues of modern exploitation of the historical cultural heritage of tobacco,the rescue, organization and exploitation of archives and industrial heritage, aswell as the creation of innovative museum educational programs will be raised.