The History of Cyprus Podcast

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• *NEW EPISODE!* 55. The Grenglish Project: Cypriot Greek in the Diaspora with Anna Charalambidou and Petros Karatsareas

  October 2, 2026 · 42 min

  In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Anna Charalambidou and Dr. Petros Karatsareas—two linguists whose work explores how language, identity, and culture evolve in Cypriot and diasporic communities. Together, they founded The Grenglish…

• *SPECIAL!* Learning Greek, the Cypriot Way! Cyprusays® with Effie & Costas Athanassiou

  September 15, 2026 · 31 min

  If you ever wanted to learn Cypriot Greek, it's never been easier. Cyprusays® is a language learning app designed to help learners speak Cypriot Greek naturally and confidently. In this Special "Primary Source," I speak with Australian…

• 54. From Sufis to Secularists: Identity and Religion amongst Turkish Cypriots with Mete Hatay

  September 2, 2026 · 52 min

  In this episode, we explore the complex history and contemporary character of Turkish Cypriot Islam, a tradition often described as highly secular, private, or even residual. My guest, Mete Hatay (Senior Research Consultant from the Peach…

• LIV: William Turner's Observations on Turkish Cypriots

  August 15, 2026 · 2 min

  William Turner, a British traveller in the early 1800s, left one of the more vivid foreign descriptions of Cyprus under Ottoman rule. He claimed that Turkish Cypriots practiced a more relaxed form of Islam than he had seen in major Ottoman…

• 53. Fragments of Faience, Glints of Gold: Cyprus and Egypt in Contact with Louise Steel

  August 2, 2026 · 49 min

  Dr. Louise Steel is an archaeologist whose work focuses on challenging colonial interpretations of Cypriot history by emphasizing the agency of the local population. Through postcolonial theory, she encourages a re-evaluation of Cyprus not…

• Primary Source LIII: The Misfortunes of Wen-Amun

  July 15, 2026 · 2 min

  In the early 11th century BCE, the Egyptian official Wen-Amun was dispatched on a diplomatic mission to Byblos to acquire timber for the sacred barque of Amun-Ra. His journey quickly unraveled -- pursued by the Tjekker, one of the Sea…

• 52. When Kinship Failed: Cyprus & The Black Death with Tassos Papacostas

  July 2, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

  "Out of necessary cruelty, fathers abandoned their sons, and sons fled from their fathers, as the evident danger overcame all the rules of kinship, love, and nature." - Francesco Loredano AKA Henry Giblet on the Plague in Cyprus…

• *BONUS!* Building and Living an Archaeological Fieldwork Project with Luca Bombardieri

  June 20, 2026 · 19 min

  Luca Bombardieri, Associate Professor in Aegean and Cypriot Archaeology at the University of Siena in Italy and the scientific director at the Erimi Archaeological Project in Cyprus, explores what it really means to direct an…