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 Cypriot society • Functional analysis • Levantines • French consuls • Mobility • Larnaca • Coexistence • Iron curtain • Writing systems • Soviet history • Cyprus issue • Soviet archaeology • Ionian Islands • Aegean pottery • Late Cypriot • Khrushchev’s thaw • Cyprus archaeology • Migration • Cultural history • Intercultural contacts • Extractive archaeology • Ottoman Cyprus • Palma di Cesnola • Priest • Decolonial art practices • Intermediaries • Sergey Kisselyoff • Public diplomacy • History of literacy • Church • Interdisciplinary studies • Ottoman Empire • Contemporary history • Hellenistic History • Ptolemaic administration • Zantiots • Multilingual inscriptions • Late Helladic • Antiquities in contemporary art • Village culture • Materiality of texts • Greek inscriptions • Connectivity • Archaeology of Cyprus • Cold War • Marianna Christofides • Community culture • Cyprus • Epigraphic habit • Protection of France • Venetian Consuls • Hala Sultan Tekke • Human interaction • Identity
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 it, en
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