Conferences
1st International Conference
Cyprus on the Crossroads of Travellers and Map-makers from the 15th to 20th Century
October 18-20, 2012
Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens
1st International Conference
October 18-20, 2012
Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens
The 1st International Conference of the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation entitled "Cyprus on the crossroads of travellers and map-makers from the 15th to 20th century", was held on 18-20 October 2012 at the Museum of Cycladic Art, in Athens.
The aim of the Conference was to highlight the treasure trove of historical documents devoted to Cyprus and to study their origins and transformations, as well as the consistencies and contrast of the story of how they were apperceived and imprinted. On the occasion of Cyprus assuming the E.U. Presidency (July-December 2012), the thematic sections were:
You can find 13 select papers from the 1st International Scientific Conference on the Greek World in Travel Accounts and Maps, organised by the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation in one of Foundation's pubications:
"Cyprus at the Crossroads: Geographical Perceptions and Representations from the Fifteenth Century"
President
Sylvia Ioannou
Founder of the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation
General Secretary
Artemis Scutari
Director of the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation
Members
Helen Angelomatis-Tsougarakis
r. Professor of Modern Greek History, Ionian University
Eleni Antoniadou
Advisor to the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation, (Greek Literature)
Panagiotis Doukellis
Associate Professor of Roman History, University of the Aegean
Margarita Dritsas
r. Professor of European Economic and Social History, Hellenic Open University
Giorgos Georgis
Associate Professor of Modern Greek History, University of Cyprus
George Tolias
Research Director, Institute for Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation
Christos Zacharakis
Ambassador ad h.
Paschalis Kitromilides
Professor of Political Science, University of Athens
Evangelos Livieratos
Professor of Higher Geodesy and Cartography, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Chair of International Cartographic Association, Commission on Digital Technologies in Cartographic Heritage
Χρύσα Μαλτέζου
Member of the Academy of Athens, Director of the Hellenic Institute in Venice
Victor Th. Melas
General Secretary, Board of Directors, Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece
Christopher Pissarides
Nobel Prize for Economics, Professor of Economics, Norman Sosnow Chair, London School of Economics
Panayotis N. Soucacos
Professor Emeritus, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Athens
Paris Tsartas
Rector, University of the Aegean
Constantinos Christofides
Rector, University of Cyprus
Welcome Addresses
Paris Tsartas
Rector of the University of the Aegean
Constantinos Christofides
Rector of the University of Cyprus
Chryssa Maltezou
Member of the Academy of Athens,
Director of the Hellenic Institute in Venice
Christos Zacharakis
Ambassador ad h.
Inaugural Speech
Stelios Christodoulou
President of the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation
Section A
Chair: Panagiotis Doukellis
Mapping Medieval Biblical Exegesis in the Reformation: Putting Cyprus on the Map
Catherine Delano-Smith
Cyprus in Cosmographic Narratives
George Tolias
La méthode géographique d'un humaniste: la description de Chypre de Pietro Ranzano (1427/1428 - 1492/1493)
[The Geographical Method of a Humanist: The Description of Cyprus by Pietro Ranzano (1427/1428 - 1492/1493)]
Patrick Gautier Dalché
Cyprus in a Late Medieval Illustrated Encyclopedia of Geography
Chet Van Duzer
Section B
Chair: Pedro Bádenas de la Peña
Dessins, plans et maquettes des ingénieurs militaires vénitiens à Chypre
[Designs, Plans, and Models by Venetian Military Engineers in Cyprus]
Gilles Grivaud
The Chorography of Venetian Kyrenia (Cirenes) in the Mid-16th Century
Katerina V. Korré
In the Quest of Cartographers and Travelers to Cyprus During the 16th Century: The Travels of Ludwig Tschudi in 1519
Lefki Michaelidou
Why Were Medieval Sea Charts still Being Produced Four Centuries Later? Does the Answer Lie in the Aegean?
Tony Campbell
Section C
Chair: Giorgos Georgis
The Silence of Ottoman Cartographer Piri Reis Concerning the Tomb of Hala Sultan in Larnaca
Elizabeth A. Zachariadou
Elijah of Pesaro and his Description of Famagusta, 1563
Benjamin Arbel
The Romanian Prince Petru Cercel (Earring Peter) (1583-1585) in Rhodes and Cyprus
Tudor Dinu
From the Natural and the Religious Geography to the Monastery Landscapes: Vasili Barskij
Panagiotis Doukellis
Discussion
Chair: Catherine Delano-Smith
Section A
Chair: Julia Chatzipanagioti-Sangmeister
Cyprus in the Cosmography (Cihannüma) of the Ottoman Geographer Kâtib Çelebî
Michalis N. Michael,
Eftihios Gabriel
Towns and Countryside of Cyprus in Travellers Accounts
Helen Angelomatis-Tsougarakis
Although to Sight Lost to Memory Dear: Peregrinations in Cyprus
Rita C. Severis
Section B
Chair: Tony Campbell
Three English Maps of Cyprus – Morden, Jefferys and Drummond
Laurence Worms
Reconstructing Orality: Travellers and Networks in Cyprus in the 18th Century
Julia Chatzipanagioti-Sangmeister
The Visit to Cyprus of Domingo Badía (Ali Bey) and other Spanish Travellers
Pedro Bádenas de la Peña
Discussion
Chair: Lefki Michaelidou
Section A
Chair: Benjamin Arbel
Travellers' Economic Perspectives on Cyprus: The New 'Eldorado'?
Margarita Dritsas
Tourism and Informal Empire in the Mediterranean: The British and Mallorca, 1919-1973
John K. Walton
British Travellers' Perception of Cypriot Identities (1878-1960)
Mary Roussou-Sinclair
British Travellers in the Late 19th Century. Cultural Representations and the Ideology of Imperialism
Kyriakos Demetriou
Section B
Chair: Gilles Grivaud
Greek Travellers' Writings on 19th Century Cyprus
Giorgos Georgis
Eugen Oberhummer – A German Geographer and Classical Scholar Travelling in Cyprus in the Late 19th Century
Sabine Rogge
Greek Visitors in Cyprus during the 20th Century: Experiences, Perceptions, Acceptances
Aikaterini Papadoulaki
Gladys Peto, Athina Tarsouli: "Details on Cyprus"
Eleni Antoniadou
Discussion
Chair: John K. Walton
Chair: Artemis Scutari
Advanced Technologies and Tools for Providing Cultural Material Online with a Focus on Improving the User Experience
Evi Sachini
Chair: Artemis Scutari
Closing remarks
Margarita Dritsas,
George Tolias
Panel discussion
Patrick Gautier Dalché,
Catherine Delano-Smith,
Margarita Dritsas,
Evangelos Livieratos,
George Tolias
Christos Zacharakis
Helen Angelomatis-Tsougarakis
Professor of Modern Greek History, Ionian University
Eleni Antoniadou
Advisor to the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation
Benjamin Arbel
Professor Emeritus of Early Modern History, Holder of The Salonica Chair for the History and Culture of the Jews in Greece, Tel-Aviv University
Pedro Bádenas de la Peña
Research Professor, Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean, Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Madrid
Tony Campbell
Former Map Librarian of the British Library
Julia Chatzipanagioti-Sangmeister
Associate Professor of Modern Greek Literature, Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, University of Cyprus
Patrick Gautier Dalché
Directeur de Recherche (CNRS), Directeur d' Études, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne
Catherine Delano-Smith
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, UK
Kyriakos Demetriou
Professor of Political Thought, University of Cyprus
Tudor Dinu
Senior Lecturer of Modern Greek Studies, University of Bucharest
Panagiotis Doukellis
Associate Professor of Roman History, University of the Aegean
Margarita Dritsas
Professor of European Economic and Social History, Hellenic Open University
Eftihios Gabriel
Special Teaching Staff, Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cyprus
Giorgos Georgis
Associate Professor of Modern Greek History, University of Cyprus
Gilles Grivaud
Professeur d' Histoire Médiévale, Université de Rouen
Katerina V. Korré
PhD Candidate of Medieval and Modern Greek History, Ionian University
Michalis N. Michael
Assistant Professor, Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cyprus
Lefki Michaelidou
Director, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation
Aikaterini Papadoulaki
Doctor of Economic and Social History (History of Tourism)
Sabine Rogge
Managing Director, Institute for Interdisciplinary Cypriot Studies, University of Münster, Germany
Mary Roussou-Sinclair
Special Teaching Staff, Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, University of Cyprus
Evi Sachini
Head, Department of Strategic Planning & Development, EKT
Rita C. Severis
Art Historian and Researcher
George Tolias
Research Director, Institute for Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation
Chet Van Duzer
Invited Research Scholar, John Carter Brown Library; and Kislak Fellow, Library of Congress
John K. Walton
IKERBASQUE Research Professor, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Leoia, Bilbao, Spain
Laurence Worms
President, Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (International)
Elizabeth A. Zachariadou
Professor of Ottoman History, University of Crete
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