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