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