S. 1. 2. – The Interwar period between commercialism and security

Chair: Constantin Ardeleanu (U. of Galati, Romania / Utrecht U., the Netherlands)

• Thanasis Nasiaras (Institute For Mediterranean Studies) – «Freeing» the trade: the function and the evolution of the Free Economic Zone of Thessaloniki during the Interwar (1925-1939).
• Elisabeth S. Koren (Norwegian Maritime Museum) – The unexpected compensations: Merchant seamen in Norwegian foreign policy after first world war
• Marion Weckerle (PhD candidate in History, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) – By seaplane across the oceans: commercial maritime aviation and exploration during the interwar period