Insular Destinies

Paschalis M. Kitromilides, PhD Harvard University, is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Athens and Director of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies. From 2000 to 2011 he was Director of the Institute of Neohellenic Research at the National Hellenic Research Foundation. His recent books in English include: Adamantios Korais and the European Enlightenment (Voltaire Foundation, 2010); Enlightenment and Revolution. The Making of Modern Greece (Harvard University Press, 2013); Enlightenment and religion in the Orthodox world (Voltaire Foundation, 2016).

Foreword by Professor Robert Holland

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part One: Culture and Society in a Captive Island






Cyprus in History



Early Modern Cypriot Learning: A provisional periodization proposal (1571-1878)



The Patriotism of the Expatriates



Repression and Protest in Traditional Society: Cyprus 1764



The Anonymity of a Prominent Woman in Eighteenth-Century Cyprus



A Moldovian Connection to the Introduction of the Enlightenment in Cyprus: The contribution of Archbishop Kyprianos (1810-1821)



Cyprus in 1821: A report to the Levant Company and the Layers of Historical Memory



Collective Consciousness and Poetry: Three moments in the literary tradition of modern Cyprus
Part Two: The Politics of the Cyprus Question




From Coexistence to Confrontation: The dynamics of ethnic conflict in Cyprus



Ethnic Conflict in a Strategic Area: The case of Cyprus



An Unexplored Case of Political Change: A research note on the electoral history of Cyprus



Political Community in Plural Societies



Relevance or Irrelevance of Nationalism? A perspective from the Eastern Mediterranean



Milestones in the Historiography of the Cyprus Question

Bibliographical and critical notes

Index