Colonial Cyprus: A Cultural History

＂An original, innovative and timely study on the cultural history of Cyprus under British rule, offering a new interpretative framework for studying the colonial past of Cyprus. This book focuses on the cultural dimension of the island’s colonial experience and demonstrates the crucial, but understudied, significance of culture in Cyprus. Chapters present a comprehensive survey of culture in colonial Cyprus, covering such aspects as photography, architecture, literature, art and collecting, cultural policy, advertisement, fashion, antiquities and archaeology, public gardens, environmental commons, and sports clubs. Contributors draw on previously unpublished source material in Greek and English＂--

Maria Hadjiathanasiou is Horizon 2020 (MSCA Widening) Fellow in the Department of Politics & Governance of the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. Her book Propaganda and the Cyprus Revolt: Rebellion, Counter-Insurgency and the Media, 1955-59 (Bloomsbury, 2020).

Andreas Karyos has been teaching the modern history of Cyprus in various academic institutions since 2009. He has been working as a Scientific Collaborator and Curator for the National Struggle Museum in Nicosia, which exhibits on colonial Cyprus and the insurgency/counter-insurgency campaigns, 1955-59.

Emilios A. Solomou is Director of the UNESCO Chair of the University of Nicosia, Cyprus and President of the Cyprus Society of Historical Studies. He has co-edited the two-volume work Colonial Cyprus 1878-1960 (2010) and Independent Cyprus 1960-2010 (2011).