The John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation continues to support the research of Greek scientists, focusing on the humanities and social sciences, through its constant collaboration with the Research Centre for the Humanities (RCH). The Centre’s main purpose is the strengthening and funding of research in the humanities as well as the further dissemination and diffusion of the results to the scientific community and the general public through the organisation of conventions, conferences and meetings.

Each year, RCH announces a public call for postdoctoral researchers and research teams to submit proposals. Proposals are evaluated by specialist scientists in each field who work in universities and research centres in Greece or other countries. An important activity of RCH is the international communication and cooperation with equivalent centres and institutions, with the aim of exchanging scholars, co-organising research programmes and other scientific activities.

In 2018, the following research projects were realised with the Foundation’s funding:

• Refugees from Greece and the Dodecanese to Turkey during WWII (1941–1944), Alexandros Lamprou;
• Island of the Pariahs: the History of the Leros Psychiatric Hospital (1957–1995), Danae Karydaki;
• The “open” archaeological site as an alternative management model in urban environment: Akadimia Platonos and Philopappos Hill, research team of Despina Catapoti, Ioulia Skounaki and Georgia Gkoumopoulou;
• The Necessity of the “Useful Lies” in Plato’s Republic, Eleni Kaklamanou;
• Adamantios Korais – Towards an intellectual biography: His medical work, Constantin Irodotou.

During the year, conventions took place where postdoctoral researchers presented the results of their work with the participation of scientists, researchers and students of each field.