*NEW!* LVI. From the Pen of Sir Henry Light
Sir Henry Light, a British officer stationed in Malta in 1814, received permission to travel through Egypt, the Holy Land, and Cyprus. Motiv...
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The History of Cyprus Podcast
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20 of 132 episodes*BONUS!* My Cypriot Table with Irene Matys
In this episode, I speak with award-winning cookbook author and food storyteller Irene Matys about her internationally acclaimed cookbook, M...
*NEW EPISODE!* 55. The Grenglish Project: Cypriot Greek in the Diaspora with Anna Charalambidou and Petros Karatsareas
In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Anna Charalambidou and Dr. Petros Karatsareas—two linguists whose work explores how language, identity, a...
*SPECIAL!* Learning Greek, the Cypriot Way! Cyprusays® with Effie & Costas Athanassiou
If you ever wanted to learn Cypriot Greek, it's never been easier. Cyprusays® is a language learning app designed to help learners speak Cyp...
54. From Sufis to Secularists: Identity and Religion amongst Turkish Cypriots with Mete Hatay
In this episode, we explore the complex history and contemporary character of Turkish Cypriot Islam, a tradition often described as highly s...
*NEW!* LIV: William Turner's Observations on Turkish Cypriots
William Turner, a British traveller in the early 1800s, left one of the more vivid foreign descriptions of Cyprus under Ottoman rule. He cla...
*NEW!* LIV. William Turner's Observations on Turkish Cypriots
William Turner, a British traveller in the early 1800s, left one of the more vivid foreign descriptions of Cyprus under Ottoman rule. He cla...
53. Fragments of Faience, Glints of Gold: Cyprus and Egypt in Contact with Louise Steel
Dr. Louise Steel is an archaeologist whose work focuses on challenging colonial interpretations of Cypriot history by emphasizing the agency...
*BONUS!* "Enemy Ships Have Been Sighted at Sea:" The Final Letters from Ugarit
Lately I've been seeing a growing number of memes pointing out the "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" references to the Sea Peoples in Christopher N...
Primary Source LIII. The Misfortunes of Wen-Amun
In the early 11th century BCE, the Egyptian official Wen-Amun was dispatched on a diplomatic mission to Byblos to acquire timber for the sac...
*BONUS!* Building and Living an Archaeological Fieldwork Project with Luca Bombardieri
Luca Bombardieri, Associate Professor in Aegean and Cypriot Archaeology at the University of Siena in Italy and the scientific director at t...
*NEW EPISODE!* 52. When Kinship Failed: Cyprus & The Black Death with Tassos Papacostas
"Out of necessary cruelty, fathers abandoned their sons, and sons fled from their fathers, as the evident danger overcame all the rules of k...
*NEW!* Primary Source LII: Loredano & The Black Death
The Black Death swept across Europe in the mid-14th century, killing millions and leaving entire regions devastated. No corner of the contin...
51. Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire: Cyprus Between Athens & Persia with Christian Körner
After the failed revolt against Persian rule, Cyprus experienced a brief and uneasy calm. But that peace quickly unraveled, as the island wa...
Primary Source LI: An Excerpt from Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus was a 1st-century BCE Greek historian from Agyrium in Sicily who wrote during the late Roman Republic. His most famous work...
50. Kypriōn Politeia: The Political Structures and Administrative Frameworks in Iron Age Cyprus with Beatrice Pestarino
The city-kingdoms of Iron Age Cyprus have always been something of a mystery -- in fact "city-kingdom" itself is a bit of a misnomer to begi...
*NEW!* Primary Source L: The Idalion Tablet
…and here we are...the 50th Primary Source! Thank you so much for your continued support; it truly means a lot! ----------------------------...
49. Saints, Synods, and Struggles: The Rise of Christian Cyprus with Young Kim
In this episode, I welcome Dr. Young Kim, Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, to discuss the role of Cyprus in Late A...
*BONUS!* Fragrant & Flavourful: On the Flaouna/Pilavuna & Identity with Anna Charalambidou
In this bonus episode, I sit down with Dr. Anna Charalambidou from University College London to explore flaounes (φλαούνες/pilavunalar), the...
Primary Source XLIX: An Excerpt from St. Epiphanius' Panarion
St. Epiphanius ranks among the most important and well-known saints of Cyprus. Ordained as Bishop of Constantia (Salamis) in the 4th century...