IAS Colloquium organised by IAS ECF Ersin Hussein.

Call for Papers: topics of discussion can include (but are not limited to):

• The ecology and geography of the Mediterranean as a region and the impact of this on the connectivity and insularity of Cyprus.
• The internal insularity and connectivity of local Cypriot communities.
• The legacy of empires: annexation, colonisation, administration.
• The movement and settlement of communities.
• The emergence of, and tensions between, multiple and competing local identities.
• Cyprus and the EU.
• The articulation of Cypriot identity in literature and in visual material culture.
• How archaeology and ancient history has been used to define Cypriot identity.

Please submit all abstracts (maximum 300 words, accompanied with a short bibliographical note) to ersin.hussein@warwick.ac.uk by Tuesday 31st March 2015.