Chrysovalantis Kyriacou

Dr Chrysovalantis Kyriacou

Lecturer in Ecclesiastical History
  • Theological School of the Church of Cyprus
    1-7 Isocratous, 1016, Nicosia, Cyprus
  • Fax: 00357 22 443 050
  • Email: c.kyriakou@theo.ac.cy

Profile:
Dr Chrysovalantis Kyriacou is Lecturer in Ecclesiastical History at the Theological School of the Church of Cyprus. A Byzantinist by training, Dr Kyriacou has taught at the University of Cyprus, European University Cyprus and Royal Holloway, University of London. His research interests cover ecclesiastical history and historiography, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern period. Dr Kyriacou is the author of four monographs, including Orthodox Cyprus under the Latins, 1191–1571: Society, Spirituality, and Identities (Lexington Books: New York–London, 2018).

1. Education

Diploma Year Institution Department Title of final Project
PhD in History 2016 Royal Holloway, University of London History Department «The Orthodox Church in Frankish- and Venetian-ruled Cyprus (1191–1571): Society, Spirituality and Identity»
MA in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies 2011 Royal Holloway, University of London History Department «The Church of Cyprus and the ecclesiastical policy of Emperor Heraclius»
Degree in History and Archaeology 2010 University of Cyprus Department of History and Archaeology «Salamis in Cyprus and the transition from pre-Christian to Christian metropolis»

 

2.Qualifications / Skills

Type Description Level
Linguistic Greek Native speaker
English Fluent speaker
French, Italian Good
Computers Word, PowerPoint Excellent
Email Excellent
XML-digital transcriptions Good

 

3. Εmployment

Duration of Employment Employer   Position
From Until
June 2022 Present Theological School of the Church of Cyprus BA Programme in Theology Lecturer in Ecclesiastical History
2019 June 2022 Theological School of the Church of Cyprus BA Programme in Theology Teaching Associate
2021 2022 The Hellenic Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London Intercollegiate MA Programme in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Advisor in MA Dissertation
2019 2022 European University Cyprus Department of Humanities, MA Programme in Hellenic Studies Teaching Associate/Adjunct Lecturer
2019 2022 Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation Post-doctoral projects Post-doctoral Researcher
February 2018 August 2018 Politis Newspaper Χρονικό (broad-audience history magazine) Editor
2017 2020 University of Cyprus Department of History and Archaeology Teaching Associate

 

4. Scholarships and Awards

2012-2014 Holy Church of Panagia Phaneromeni Scholarship
2012-2013 Royal Holloway, University of London, Hellenic Institute: His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomaios I Postgraduate Studentship
2011-2012 A. G. Leventis Foundation Grant
2011-2012 Royal Holloway, University of London, Hellenic Institute: Joan Mervyn Hussey Prize in Byzantine Studies
2010-2011 A. G. Leventis Foundation Grant
2010 University of Cyprus: Stavros Angelides Prize in Journalism – Ammochostos Social Support Prize
2008 Erasmus Scholarship (host institution: Université Paris IV, Sorbonne)

 

5. Teaching

2019-2022 Theological School of the Church of Cyprus, BA Degree in Theology: ΘΕΟ.181 «General Ecclesiastical History I»; ΘΕΟ.281 «General Ecclesiastical History II»; ΘΕΟ.381 «History of the Church of Cyprus»; ΘΕ0.400 «BA Thesis» (co-supervision)
2021-2022 The Hellenic Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London, Intercollegiate MA Programme in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies: MA Dissertation (co-supervision)
2019-2022 European University Cyprus, Department of Humanities, MA in Hellenic Studies: HES621 «Themes of Byzantine History»; HES628 «Archaeology and Art of Byzantine and Medieval Cyprus»; HES.629 «Architecture and Painting in the Age of the Palaiologoi»; HES690 «MA Thesis» (co-supervision)
2017-2020 University of Cyprus, Department of History and Archaeology, BA Degree in History and Archaeology: ΙΣΤ112 «Introduction to Byzantine History»; ΙΣΤ120 «Palaeologan Byzantium». MA in Ancient History: «Times of Jesus Christ»; «Late Antiquity»; «The East Roman Empire and the Silk Roads»

 

6. Administrative Duties
Member of various Committees of the Theological School of the Church of Cyprus (Academic, Administrative, Disciplinary, and Internal Quality Assurance)

 

7. Member of Research Boards and Professional Services
2010 British Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies
2010 Society of Cypriot Studies

 

8. Member of Conference Organising Committees

2022 Co-organiser of the virtual colloquium: The Late Byzantine Mediterranean: Byzantine Connectivities, Experiences, and Identities in a Fragmented World, hosted by the Institute of Classical Studies, and co-organised by the Hellenic Institute and the Centre for Greek Diaspora Studies of Royal Holloway, University of London, the Cyprus Committee  for Byzantine Studies, and the Society of Cypriot Studies
2022 Co-organiser of the virtual conference: Borderland: Christian Identities and Cultures in Early Modern Cyprus and Beyond, hosted by the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, in collaboration with Royal Holloway, University of London (The Hellenic Institute, The Centre for Greek Diaspora Studies, and the Centre for the GeoHumanities) and the Fitzwilliam Museum
2021 Co-organiser of the virtual conference: Χριστιανική ετερότητα και συνύπαρξη πριν και μεά την οθωμανική κατάκτηση. Η Κύπρος στο μεταίχμιο δύο κόσμων (16ος-17οςαι.), hosted by the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation

 

9. Reviewer for Journals, Academic Publishers and Research Funding Bodies

Journals Religions

Journal of Mediterranean Studies

Academic Publishers Cyprus Research Centre
Funding Bodies Polish Academy of Sciences

 

10. Research Programmes – Funding
€120.000 Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation: «Aspects of Multi-Confessionalism and Human Geography in Early Modern Cyprus, from the Venetians to the Ottomans», hosted by the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation (2019-22)

 

11. Research Interests

Ecclesiastical History Apostolic and post-apostolic traditions; Early Christian martyrdom; the reigns of Justinian and Heraclius; Late Byzantium and Hesychasm; Latin-ruled Orthodox populations
Ecclesiastical Historiography Receptions and identities
Eastern Mediterranean histories and cultures Connectivities and boundaries (cultural, doctrinal, liturgical, social and political)

 

12. Publications

Monographs (reviewed)

  1. (Edited volume), Χριστιανική ετερότητα και συνύπαρξη πριν και μετά την οθωμανική κατάκτηση: Η Κύπρος στο μεταίχμιο δύο κόσμων (16ος-17ος αι.) (Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation: Lefkosia/Nicosia, 2021)
  2. The Byzantine Warrior Hero: Cypriot Folk Songs As History and Myth, 965–1571 (Lexington Books: New York–London, 2020)
  3. Christian Diversity in Late Venetian Cyprus. A Study and English Translation of Codex B- 030 from the Collections of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation (Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation: Lefkosia/Nicosia, 2020) [preface by Dr G. Murdock], at https://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/bitstream/handle/7/61672/Kyriacou%20Christian%20dive rsity.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
  4. Κυπροβενετικά. Στοιχεία θρησκευτικής ανθρωπογεωγραφίας της βενετοκρατούμενης Κύπρου από τον κώδικα Β-030 του Πολιτιστικού Ιδρύματος Τράπεζας Κύπρου. Εισαγωγή, διπλωματική έκδοση, μετάφραση και σχόλια (Holy Monastery of Kykkos Museum: Lefkosia/Nicosia, 2019) [preface by S. Perdikis].
  5. Orthodox Cyprus under the Latins, 1191–1571: Society, Spirituality, and Identities (Lexington Books: New York–London, 2018). Reviewed in Cahiers du Centre d’Études Chypriotes, 48 (2018), 238-241 (Ph. Trélat); The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 71:1 (2020), 166-168 (N. Coureas); and Diogenes, 9 (2020), 29-31 (F. Fujita)

Published Articles and Book Chapters (Reviewed)

  1. «Νήσος Ορθοδόξων: ο Αρχιμανδρίτης Κυπριανός και η θρησκευτική ανθρωπογεωγραφία της μεσαιωνικής και πρώιμης νεότερης Κύπρου», Βυζαντινά Σύμμεικτα, 32 (2022), 103-145.
  2. «The Cypriot Peasant Revolt of 1426: Mentalities and Resistance in the Eastern Mediterranean», Frankokratia, 3 (2022), 1-44
  3. «The Empire Strikes Back: Multi-Faith Cyprus and Byzantine Orthodox Culture in Seventeenth-Century Eastern Mediterranean», Cerae, 8 (2021), 3-34
  4. (with Dr Charalambos Dendrinos), «The Encomium on St Barnabas by Alexander the Monk: ecclesiastical and imperial politics in 6th-century Byzantium», Κυπριακή Αγιολογία. Πρακτικά ΒΔιεθνούς Συνεδρίου, ed. Th. X. Yiangou, C. Kakkoura, C. Christodoulou, N. Papantoniou (Holy Metropolis of Constantia-Ammochostos: Hagia Napa-Paralimni, 2021), 374-415
  5. «Saints, Sacred Trees, and Snakes: Popular Religion, Hierotopy, Byzantine Culture, and Insularity in Cyprus during the Long Middle Ages», Religions, 12:9 (2021), 1-28, at https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/9/738/htm
  6. «A microhistory of monastic networks in Late Antique Mediterranean», Post Augustum, 4 (2020), 32-39, available at http://www.postaugustum.com/journal/a-microhistory-of-monastic-networks-in-late-antique- mediterranean-p-32-39/
  7. «Βυζαντινή Κύπρος ΙΙ: Μέση Βυζαντινή Περίοδος (649–1191)», Ιστορία της Κύπρου, vol. 2, ed. S. Neocleous (Ecumenical Hellenism Foundation: Athens, 2020), 3-33.
  8. «Martyrdom, Memory and Sacred Topography in Early Christian Salamis», Salamis of Cyprus from the Earliest Times to the Late Antiquity, Schriften des Instituts für Interdisziplinäre Zypern-Studien, vol. 13, ed. S. Rogge–Chr. Ioannou–Th. Mavrojannis (Waxmann: Münster–New York, 2019), 747-760.
  9. «Ο εθναρχικός ρόλος των επισκόπων Κιτίου επί Τουρκοκρατίας: ο Κυπριανός Οικονομίδης και οι προκάτοχοί του», Μητροπολίτης Κιτίου Κυπριανός Οικονομίδης: Πρακτικά Συνεδρίου, K. Ioannou and Th. Pylarinos (Lefkonoikon Municipality: Nicosia, 2019), 63-70.
  10. «Τὸ ἐκεῖσε δουλεύειν ἑλληνικόν: οι εκκλησιαστικές σχέσεις Κύπρου-Βυζαντίου στο λυκόφως της Βυζαντινής Αυτοκρατορίας (1261–1489)» / «‘… and the Greek people there had become enslaved…’: ecclesiastical relations between Cyprus and Byzantium in the twilight of the Byzantine Empire (1261– 1489)», Παλαιολόγειες αντανακλάσεις στην τέχνη της Κύπρου (1261–1489) / Palaeologan Reflections in the Art of Cyprus (1261–1489), ed. I. Eliades (Archbishop Makarios III Foundation: Nicosia, 2019), 24-31.
  11. «Spirituality and hexis: tracing the Christian habitus in the basilicas of Early Byzantine Cyprus», Church Building in Cyprus (4th–7th centuries): A mirror of intercultural contacts in the Eastern Mediterranean, Schriften des Instituts für Interdisziplinäre Zypern-Studien, vol. 12, ed. M. Horster–D. Nicolaou–S. Rogge (Waxmann: Münster–Νέα Υόρκη, 2018), 29-43.
  12. «Η Σαλαμίνα Χριστιανική Μητρόπολις Κύπρου (3ος–4ος αι. μ.Χ.)», Κυπριακαί Σπουδαί, 74 (2010), 39- 55.