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APHRODITE RISING:
25+ YEARS OF CYPRIOT STUDIES AT TRINITY

Saturday November 26th, 2022
Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin


Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aphrodite-rising-celebrating-25-years-of-cypriot-studies-at-trinity-tickets-464141599017

 

9 - 9.15 am

Arrive and Register


      9.15 am

WELCOME
H.E. Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to Ireland, Charis Christodoulidou

9.30 am

CYPRIOT STUDIES IN TRINITY
Christine Morris

9.50 -11 am

SHORT TALKS
Constantina Alexandrou & Brendan O'Neill
From a lump of clay to the finished product: an experimental approach to Late Cypriot female figurines

Stella Diakou
Excavating narratives: views from the north coast of Cyprus

Savvas Neocleous
Le reaume de Chipre (1192 1489): a Franco-Greek kingdom in the Eastern Mediterranean

                                         Coffee break 11-11.20

 

11.30 - 12.40

Eleanor Neil
Independent and intertwined: Ireland, Cyprus and the National Museum

Francesco Ripanti
Healing memories: linking archaeology and wellbeing in Cyprus

Laerke Recht & Kasia Zeman-Wiśniewska
New excavations at Erimi Pitharka

12.40 - 1.15

MYTH INTO ART: 
IN CONVERSATION WITH IRISH ARTIST MARGARET CORCORAN
Margaret's work is deeply informed by themes from classical mythology, Trinity owns Margaret’s important work Return to Kythera (2014)

Lunch Break (1.15 to 2.15 pm)

 



2.30 PM

SETTLED AND SACRED LANDSCAPES OF CYPRUS:
A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY
Photographic exhibition by Adamos Papantoniou with panel discussion

3 pm

APHRODITE'S SISTERS
presentation of the collaborative project by Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, Antigone Heraclidou, Giorgos Papantoniou, Christine Morris, produced as part of the Creating Diasporic Worlds project

Coffee break (3.30 - 4 pm)

4 - 4.40 pm

UNLOCKING SACRED LANDSCAPES (UnSaLa) NETWORK
Giorgos Papantoniou
(with launch of trilogy of UnSaLa books, introduced by Hazel Dodge)

 

4.45 pm

 

PRESENTATION
by H.E. Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to Ireland, Charis Christodoulidou of the MPhil Bursary in Cypriot and Greek Archaeology (part of the Fostering Cypriot and Greek Studies in Ireland programme, funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of Cyprus)

5 pm

CLOSING WORDS
Professor Petros Florides (introduced by Anna Chahoud)

5.30-6 pm

PERFORMANCE OF IRISH FIDDLE MUSIC
Caolán Mac An Aircinn

Followed by Wine Reception

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Join us for a celebratory day of talks on archaeology, history and cultural heritage, and discussions of art and photography together with exhibited works

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