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