University

University of Cyprus

Nicosia, Cyprus · founded 1989

University in Nicosia, founded 1989. 27 people in the register connected with it.

History

1992
The first university in Cyprus opened to students in autumn 1992, with an Archaeological Research Unit (ARU); the Unit moved into its own facility in autumn 1993. Study was at postgraduate level only in 1995.
Herscher 1995, p. 259 University of Cyprus
1992
Vassos Karageorghis appointed first Professor of Archaeology and Director of the ARU (tenure to 1996 per Catling).
Vassos Karageorghis Catling 2009
1992
Demetrios Michaelides moved from the Department of Antiquities (Paphos Archaeological Officer 1982-92) to a professorship of archaeology; later Director of the ARU.
Demetrios Michaelides Michaelides et al.CAARI 2006
1997
First season of excavation at Politiko-Phorades, a primary copper-smelting site, by Bernard Knapp and Vasiliki Kassianidou (University of Cyprus); over 2000 kg of slag and some 20 near-complete tuyeres recovered.
PolitikoA. Bernard Knapp Vassiliki Kassianidou Steel 1997-1998
1997–2001
The documentation of Olivier Masson (d. 3 Feb 1997), much of it on Luigi Palma di Cesnola, was donated by his widow Emilia Masson to the ARU and is held in its library as the Olivier Masson Archives.
Olivier Masson Emilia Masson Marangou 2000, pp. 97
1998
Maria Iacovou, previously director of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, appointed Associate Professor (Professor 2008 or 2009, sources differ).
Maria Iacovou Steele 2013, p. 14 Herscher 1995, p. 268
December 2000
Conference held by the ARU, 1-2 December 2000, on archaeological field survey in Cyprus; proceedings edited by Iacovou, published by the British School at Athens (Studies 11, 2004).
Maria Iacovou Given 2025, p. 42
2006
Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project (PULP) begins at Kouklia under Maria Iacovou, as ARU fieldwork.
KoukliaMaria Iacovou Iacovou 2008, p. 1
2007
Mazotos shipwreck project (4th c. BCE wreck with Chian amphorae) begins under Stella Demesticha, MARELab, University of Cyprus; the first shipwreck excavation in Cyprus since Kyrenia.
MazotosStella Demesticha Demesticha et al. 2014, p. 1 Demesticha, p. 6
2007–2013
ARU excavation at Agioi Pente, Yeroskipou (Byzantine remains, a Proconnesian-marble tomb found in road works), at the invitation of the Mayor of Yeroskipou, with excavation permits from successive Directors of the Department of Antiquities (Hadjisavvas, Flourentzos, Hadjicosti); funded by the University and the municipality. Dates not given in the text read; 'four excavation and three study seasons' by the account.
YeroskipouDemetrios Michaelides Sophocles Hadjisavvas Pavlos Flourentzos Maria Hadjicosti Stewart et al. 2014, pp. 21-22
2015
Vasiliki Kassianidou, Professor, is Director of the ARU at the ARIEL workshop of 19 September 2015.
Vassiliki Kassianidou Unit & Cyprus 2015, p. 1
September 2015
Honorary doctorate conferred on Jacqueline Karageorghis.
Jacqueline Karageorghis Karageorghis 2015, p. 5

People

27 people

Staff and members · 24

Demetrios Michaelidesdirector (from 1992) · Professor of Archaeology; Director of the Archaeological Research Unit · worked for itMichaelides et al.CAARI 20061992
Vassos Karageorghisdirector (1992–1996) · first Professor of Archaeology; Director of the Archaeological Research Unit · worked for itCatling 20091992–1996
Vassiliki Kassianidoudirector (1997–2015) · Dr at the University of Cyprus in 1997; Associate Professor by 2003-09 conference volume; Professor and Director of the Archaeological Research Unit at a 2015 workshop · worked for itSteel 1997-1998 Unit & Cyprus 2015, p. 11997–2015
George Papasavvasmember of ARU team, Palaepaphos Archaeological Atlas Project2002
Maria G. Paranispecialist (from c. 2012) · assistant professor of Byzantine art and archaeology, Department of History and Archaeology (as of 2012)Childs et al. 20122012
Maria Dikomitou-Eliadoustaff (from c. 2013) · Archaeological Research Unit (owner of the pXRF analyser she used); co-editor of the NARNIA volume published by the University of CyprusGraziadio, p. 1182013
Athanasios K. Vionisdirector (from c. 2015) · Associate Professor in Byzantine Archaeology and Art, Department of History and Archaeology; Director of the Archaeological Research Unit · worked for itPoCA conference programme /…, pp. 122015
Christina IoannouDr.; University of Cyprus2015
Jacqueline Karageorghishonorary doctorate2015
Charalambos Paraskevaaffiliation given for him in the 2018 Palloures metal paper2017
Demetrios IoannidesPhD candidate, Department of History and Archaeology2018
Chrysovalantis KyriacouDepartment of History and Archaeology2019
Constantinos Loizoucontributor's affiliation2019
Giorgos Papantonioumember or staff2019
Maria Kantiréacontributor's affiliation2019
Panos Christodoulouaffiliation printed in the Salamis conference volume (2019)2019
Anna P. Georgiadouaffiliation printed in 2021 article2021
Theodora Moutsiouauthor affiliation 1 on the 2022 picrolite paper (title page affiliation address)2022
A.-M. Sdraliamember or staff2024
Cassandra M. Donnellyaffiliation printed on title page of the 2024 Cambridge Element2024
Maria Ktoriauthor affiliation2024
Christopher D. SchabelProfessor of Medieval History
Olivier MassonotherMarangou 2000, p. 97
Theodoros MavrojannisProfessor; Yon thanks 'l'Université de Chypre, en particulier ... Theodoros Mavrojannis et Christina Ioannou' for organising the conference

Fieldwork · 2

Maria Iacovouspecialist (from 1998) · Associate Professor 1998; Professor 2009 · dug for it · worked for itSteele 2013, p. 141998–2006
Stella Demestichaexcavator (from 2007)Demesticha et al. 2014, p. 1

Donors and lenders · 1

Emilia MassondonorMarangou 2000, p. 97

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

The Island With No Dark Age: Maria Iacovou and the Kingdoms of CyprusArticle

Sources

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2.Louise Steel (1997-1998). “Archaeology in Cyprus 1987-1997”. Archaeological Reports 44, 137-149.
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4.C. A. Stewart (ed.), T. W. Davis (ed.), A. Weyl Carr (ed.) (2014). Cyprus and the Balance of Empires: Art and Archaeology from Justinian I to the Coeur de Lion. CAARI / ASOR.
5.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
6.Michaelides, Papantoniou and Dikomitou-Eliadou (eds). “Curricula Vitae”. scan 21.
7.CAARI (2006). CAARI News No. 32, Summer 2006.
8.Philippa M. Steele (ed.) (2013). Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
9.Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus (2015). ARIEL Workshop, 19 September 2015: programme and abstracts. Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus.
10.“PoCA conference programme / committee list”. pp. 12, 15.
11.V. Karageorghis (2015). “Aspects peu connus de la contribution de Jacqueline Karageorghis à l'archéologie chypriote”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 45, 1-5.
12.M. Iacovou (2008). “The Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project: Theoretical Background and Preliminary Report 2006-2007”. Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 263-289.
13.S. Demesticha, D. Skarlatos, A. Neophytou (2014). “The 4th-century B.C. shipwreck at Mazotos, Cyprus: New techniques and methodologies in the 3D mapping of shipwreck excavations”. Journal of Field Archaeology 39. Online
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16.Michael Given (2025). “Over the landscape, in the landscape? Knowledge and agency in Cypriot archaeology, 1870-1910”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960. Leiden, Sidestone Press.
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