University

Eastern Mediterranean University

Famagusta, Cyprus

University in Famagusta. 4 people in the register connected with it.

History

1997
Ankara University and EMU together establish the research centre AKVAM (Arkeoloji ve Kültür Varlıklarını Araştırma Merkezi), focused on Salamis, to support the TRNC Department of Antiquities and Museums.
FamagustaSummerer 2023
1998
The first Department of Archaeology and Art History of the TRNC is established at EMU, staffed by Turkish Cypriot returnees and foreign archaeologists and art historians; Summerer credits the pioneering role of Müge Şevketoğlu.
FamagustaMüge Hüseyin Şevketoğlu Summerer 2023
2004
DAKMAR (Doğu Akdeniz Kültür Mirasını Araştırma Merkezi), a research centre focused on Kaleburnu/Galinoporni, is established; Summerer places it with Ankara University and EMU (the sentence naming the founders was read for the 1997 centre; for DAKMAR the text gives only the year and focus).
Kaleburnu/GalinoporniSummerer 2023
2004
A Late Bronze Age bronze hoard is found by hikers at Kral Tepesi/Vasili (Kaleburnu/Galinoporni). They tell EMU's Department of Archaeology and Art History, which informs the TRNC Department of Antiquities and Museums; the hoard is recovered next day. EMU staff member Uwe Müller starts a rescue excavation with a Tübingen team.
Kral Tepesi/VasiliUwe Müller Bülent Kızılduman Martin Bartelheim Bartelheim et al. 2008 Summerer 2023
2004–2005
Survey of the Morphou area for Bronze Age sites by Bülent Kızılduman, listed under EMU in Summerer's table of surveys.
Morphou/GüzelyurtBülent Kızılduman Summerer 2023
2011
The Department of Archaeology and Art History, which had trained 'a few generations of archaeologists', closes down.
FamagustaSummerer 2023
2018
Netice Yildiz, writing from EMU, publishes a paper on an international terracotta symposium and ceramic workshop that used the Vounous cemetery as a teaching device.
north CyprusNetice Yildiz Yildiz 2018, p. 1
2019
Survey at Taşlıca/Neta and Mersincik/Mersinaki by Kızılduman, listed under EMU in Summerer's survey table.
KarpasBülent Kızılduman Summerer 2023

People

4 people

Staff and members · 4

Müge Hüseyin Şevketoğlustaff (1998–2011) · pioneering role in founding the Department of Archaeology and Art HistorySummerer 20231998
Bülent Kızıldumanother (2004–2019) · archaeologist (survey and excavation listed under EMU)Summerer 20232004
Uwe Müllerstaff (from 2004) · teaching staffSummerer 2023 Bartelheim et al. 20082004
Netice Yildizstaff (2018–2018) · member or staffYildiz 2018, p. 12018

On Ancient Cyprus

3 pages

Sources

1.Lâtife Summerer (2023). “In Fear of Blacklisting. How the Division Shaped Archaeology in Cyprus”. New Approaches toward Recording, Preserving and Studying Cultural Heritage in Divided Cyprus. Kyrenia, ARUCAD Press.
2.M. Bartelheim, S. Behrendt, B. Kızılduman, U. Müller et al. (2008). “The Late Bronze Age Hoard of Kaleburnu/Galinoporni on Cyprus”. Památky archeologické 99, 161-188.
3.Netice Yildiz (2018). “Vounous revisited: teaching history through a symposium and a ceramic workshop”. Arts & Humanities Open Access Journal 2, 79-91. Online