About the Journal
Focus and Scope
One of the first concerns of the Board of Directors of the Society for Macedonian Studies, immediately after it was founded in April 1939, was to cooperate with eminent scientists – members of the Society on the publication of its annual journal “MAKEDONIKA”.
The first volume came out in the end of 1940, under the editorial supervision of the Society’s first President, professor of the Philosophical School of the University of Thessaloniki, Antonios Sigalas, amidst sounds of gunfire. The volume was dedicated to “the Greeks who by fighting heroically for freedom” drove away the invading Italian troops and marched their way to Northern Epirus.
That first volume of “MAKEDONIKA” circulated regularly during the Greco-Italian war, not only in Macedonia but also in the rest of Greece. However, when the German troops seized Thessaloniki, the conquerors demanded the removal of the volume’s “Prolegomena”, which were thought to be scornful towards their ally, as well as of the dedication to the brave Greeks.
The Society’s Board of Directors refused to obey the Conqueror’s arbitrary command and was subsequently forced to face the consequences. The order was issued to impound and destroy all the Journal’s issues found in the bookstores, the journal’s circulation was forbidden, the Archives and the Minutes of the sittings of the Society’s Board of Directors were impounded from their provisional location, the residence of the Board’s General Secretary, Alexandros Letsas, who was arrested and sent to prison for three months.
To date, 39 volumes have been published, as well an Index of Volumes for the period of 1940-1970. The publication of the 40th volume is under way.
The journal’s rich contents include studies of historical, archaeological, folklore and literary nature, which refer exclusively to the Northern Greek regions of Macedonia and Thrace. The “MAKEDONIKA” circulate in Greece and abroad through a wide network of subscriptions, exchanges and sales.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
ePublisher
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EKT’s vision is “Access to Knowledge”. To this end it implements Open Access policies in research, supports the transfer and dissemination of scientific knowledge, collaborates with research, education and cultural institutions for the aggregation, organization and dissemination of digital content and provides innovative services in scientific information.
EKT provides reliable ePublishing services as part of its scholarly content aggregation and dissemination activities . Its integrated online ePublishing environment is developed with open-source interoperable technology. This affords the incorporation of EKT’s infrastructures into the continuously developing international infrastructure environment.
EKT’s ePublishing services (http://epublishing.ekt.gr/) are directed to public and extended public institution publishers of accredited scholarly journals. They include, most significantly, the organization, documentation and organized dissemination of metadata and content of scholarly journals, the training and consulting services on issues such as intellectual property, the standardization of editorial processes according to internationally accepted standards, the inclusion of content and metadata in international content indexers and harvesters via interoperable systems.
Sources of Support
The development of the electronic edition of Makedonika took place within the project “National Information System for Research & Technology/Social Networks-User Generated Content” (Project ID 296115). The project is implemented by the National Documentation Centre within the Operational Programme “Digital Convergence” (NSFR), which is co-funded by Greece and the European Union-European Regional Development Fund.
Journal History
One of the first concerns of the Board of Directors of the Society for Macedonian Studies, immediately after it was founded in April 1939, was to cooperate with eminent scientists – members of the Society on the publication of its annual journal “MAKEDONIKA”.
The first volume came out in the end of 1940, under the editorial supervision of the Society’s first President, professor of the Philosophical School of the University of Thessaloniki, Antonios Sigalas, amidst sounds of gunfire. The volume was dedicated to “the Greeks who by fighting heroically for freedom” drove away the invading Italian troops and marched their way to Northern Epirus.
That first volume of “MAKEDONIKA” circulated regularly during the Greco-Italian war, not only in Macedonia but also in the rest of Greece. However, when the German troops seized Thessaloniki, the conquerors demanded the removal of the volume’s “Prolegomena”, which were thought to be scornful towards their ally, as well as of the dedication to the brave Greeks.
The Society’s Board of Directors refused to obey the Conqueror’s arbitrary command and was subsequently forced to face the consequences. The order was issued to impound and destroy all the Journal’s issues found in the bookstores, the journal’s circulation was forbidden, the Archives and the Minutes of the sittings of the Society’s Board of Directors were impounded from their provisional location, the residence of the Board’s General Secretary, Alexandros Letsas, who was arrested and sent to prison for three months.
To date, 39 volumes have been published, as well an Index of Volumes for the period of 1940-1970. The publication of the 40th volume is under way.
The journal’s rich contents include studies of historical, archaeological, folklore and literary nature, which refer exclusively to the Northern Greek regions of Macedonia and Thrace. The “MAKEDONIKA” circulate in Greece and abroad through a wide network of subscriptions, exchanges and sales.
