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