A Land for Strangers
Non-Native Individuals and Communities in Cyprus
open access | peer reviewed
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- Carlotta Brignone - Università di Torino, Italia - email
- Lorenzo Calvelli - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
- Giulia Gollo - Universität zu Köln; KU Leuven, Deutschland - email
- Lorenzo Mazzotta - Università di Pisa, Italia - email
Abstract
What happens when ‘strangers’ become part of the very fabric of a place? In Cyprus, newcomers have long shaped the island’s history, enriching rather than disrupting the cohesion of local cultures. Seven interdisciplinary essays – framed by a thought-provoking preface and an introspective afterword – explore the roles and contributions of non-native individuals and communities in Cypriot society, from prehistory to the present day. Drawing on a wide range of sources and approaches, this volume offers insights into Cyprus’s identity as a site of connectivity and interaction, suggesting how its complex past may hold enduring relevance for contemporary societies.
Keywords Cyprus archaeology • Greek inscriptions • Interdisciplinary studies • Decolonial art practices • Larnaca • Soviet archaeology • Village culture • Priest • Levantines • Iron curtain • Intermediaries • Hala Sultan Tekke • Marianna Christofides • History of literacy • Ottoman Empire • Palma di Cesnola • Cultural history • Late Helladic • Migration • Late Cypriot • Ptolemaic administration • Zantiots • Public diplomacy • Epigraphic habit • Soviet history • Cyprus issue • Khrushchev’s thaw • Cold War • Antiquities in contemporary art • Church • Ottoman Cyprus • Venetian Consuls • Materiality of texts • Multilingual inscriptions • Connectivity • Contemporary history • Protection of France • Mobility • Coexistence • Writing systems • Extractive archaeology • Cyprus • Hellenistic History • Aegean pottery • Human interaction • Archaeology of Cyprus • Cypriot society • Sergey Kisselyoff • Identity • Community culture • French consuls • Intercultural contacts • Functional analysis • Ionian Islands
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-917-7 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-917-7 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-852-1 | Pubblicato 24 Luglio 2025 | Lingua it, en
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