Manolis Drakakis

Manolis Drakakis was born and completed his basic studies in Chania. He studied History at the University of Crete in Rethymnon (Graduate of 1986). He continued his studies in Archives and Palaeography at the Vatican Archives and Palaeography in Rome (Postgraduate Diplomas 1987), and Venice (State Archives of Venice 1988 -90). In 2012 he was awarded his PhD from the School of Education Sciences of the University of Crete. He worked as Director in the General Archives of the State of the prefecture of Heraklion (1993-2016), the School of Education Sciences of the University of Crete (2014-2018) and the Patriarchal Ecclesiastical Academy of Crete (1993-2007, 2013-2015). He is a research associate (researcher-publisher) of the Society for Cretan Historical Studies, the Vikelaia Municipal Library of Heraklion and the Society of Kytherian Historical Studies. His research interests and publications refer to the history of Crete in the late periods of Venetian (16th-17th centuries) and Ottoman domination (19th-early 20th century), with emphasis on the study of archival sources. He is a member of scientific societies for Archives (E.A.E.), History and History of Education (E.K.I.M. and EL.E.I.Ε).