A Land for Strangers
Non-Native Individuals and Communities in Cyprus
open access | peer reviewed
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- Carlotta Brignone - University of Turin - email
- Lorenzo Calvelli - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - email orcid profile
- Giulia Gollo - University of Cologne - email
- Lorenzo Mazzotta - University of Pisa - 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 Marianna Christofides • Ottoman Empire • Cultural history • Antiquities in contemporary art • Hala Sultan Tekke • Interdisciplinary studies • Identity • Decolonial art practices • Human interaction • Cold War • Epigraphic habit • Mobility • Hellenistic History • Sergey Kisselyoff • Venetian Consuls • Intercultural contacts • Levantines • Cyprus archaeology • French consuls • History of literacy • Extractive archaeology • Greek inscriptions • Connectivity • Community culture • Cyprus • Ionian Islands • Public diplomacy • Zantiots • Functional analysis • Archaeology of Cyprus • Protection of France • Writing systems • Ptolemaic administration • Khrushchev’s thaw • Aegean pottery • Migration • Village culture • Soviet history • Iron curtain • Multilingual inscriptions • Intermediaries • Cypriot society • Late Cypriot • Palma di Cesnola • Ottoman Cyprus • Materiality of texts • Contemporary history • Cyprus issue • Late Helladic • Coexistence • Church • Larnaca • Priest • Soviet archaeology
Thema codes JBCC7 • NHTB • JBSL • 1DXY
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 en, it
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