*BONUS!* A New Paradigm Shift? The Peopling of Cyprus with Dora Moutsiou
There's a good chance that you might have heard of a recent study published in May 2024 that revises our understanding of when Cyprus was first settled. You can read more on it here: Archaeology Magaz...
10 Heinä 202438min
28. Holy Men & Heathens: The Last Pagans of Cyprus with Georgios Deligiannakis
**My apologies on my audio quality for this episode. Working off an old laptop for this particular recording. Early Christianity in Cyprus dates back to the first century AD, when the island was part ...
2 Heinä 20241h
Primary Source XXVIII: The Apocryphal Acts of Barnabas
If you're listening to this month's Primary Source, you're hearing from the acts of Cyprus' patron saint, St. Barnabas. St. Barnabas was a Cypriot Jew who converted to Christianity and undertook missi...
15 Kesä 20243min
27. Between Constantinople & the West: The Middle Byzantine Period with Tassos Papacostas
For this month's episode, I speak with Tassos Papacostas (King's College London) about Cyprus during the Middle Byzantine Period. We touch upon the political and economic changes that characterize the...
2 Kesä 20241h 6min
Primary Source XXVII: St. Neophytos the Recluse
St. Neophytos the Recluse (Άγιος Νεόφυτος ο Έγκλειστος ca. 1134–1214) was a twelfth century Cypriot hermit and saint whose short chronicle, "On the Calamities Against the Country of Cyprus," provides ...
15 Touko 20243min
26. The Most (In)visible Minority: Black Cypriots with Serap Kanay
The roots of the Black Cypriot community can be traced back to different historical periods. Cyprus, being under various foreign dominations, witnessed the movement of people from Africa, particularly...
2 Touko 20241h 17min
Primary Source XXVI: An excerpt from The Ottoman Judicial Register
According to late Ottoman historian, Ronald C. Jennings, little is known “about the places of origins of Black slaves or free blacks in Ottoman Cyprus except that their presence can be documented by t...
15 Huhti 20241min
25. 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed with Eric Cline
My guest this month is renowned archaeologist, Eric Cline. You might be familiar with Dr. Cline from his seminal work, "1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed," which was shortlisted for the Pulitze...
2 Huhti 20241h 4min
