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