LECTURE SERIES
CAARI presents an annual series of public lectures on a broad range of humanistic topics relevant to Cyprus. Delivered by visiting scholars and residents of CAARI, including Fulbright fellows, the lectures draw an archaeologically conversant audience ranging from thirty to seventy people. The format promotes both formal and informal exchange of ideas.
Under normal operations, all lectures begin at 7pm and are held in the CAARI Library (11 Andrea Dimitriou St., Nicosia). There is a reception after each lecture. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Events are hosted online via Zoom and later posted to CAARI’s YouTube Channel.
ANNUAL SUMMER ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORKSHOP
We are sorry to announce that due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation, there will be no workshop in 2021.
Every year, normally in June, CAARI organises an annual Archaeological Workshop in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities Cyprus and the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus, comprising a series of lectures highlighting current archaeological work.
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES
CAARI organizes major international symposia on an occasional basis, bringing together scholars from throughout the world.
Our previous conferences include:
“Res” Maritimae” (1994), focusing on shipping, harbors, and trade routes in the ancient Mediterranean.
Engendering Aphrodite” (1998), discussing the role of women in Cypriot society from Antiquity to the Ottoman conquest.
“Egypt and Cyprus in Antiquity” (2003, with the University of Cyprus), which was accompanied by a special exhibition at the Cyprus Museum.
“Cyprus and the Balance of Empires: From Justinian to the Coeur de lion” (2011), a multifaceted focus on this era providing a clearer picture of Cypriot society and culture in a very poorly understood period.
“J.R.B. Stewart, an Archaeological Legacy” (2013), covering a range of prehistoric Cypriot topics in memory of pioneering Australian archaeologist J.R.B. Stewart.
“Environment, Landscape and Society: Diachronic Perspectives on Settlement Patterns in Cyprus” (February 2017, with the Cyprus Institute).
“Melusine of Cyprus, Studies in Art, Architecture and Visual Culture” in honor of CAARI Vice-President Annemarie Weyl Carr, at CAARI (19th-21st May 2017).
All drew large audiences of scholars and the lay community, and were subsequently published. CAARI has also hosted two day conferences on the Kyrenia Ship and Underwater Archaeology (2004) and on Medieval Frescoes (2005).
ROUNDTABLES
CAARI sponsors intermittent roundtable discussions for which it invites four or five scholars of varied specialties to deliberate issues of convergent concern. Intended for a specialized audience, the sessions facilitate the advancement of knowledge by providing a forum for direct interchange among experts.
FIELD TRIPS
CAARI organizes trips to active archaeological excavations and other fieldwork sites. The trips provide visiting scholars an opportunity to discuss work being conducted by Cypriot and foreign teams and assist CAARI’s residents in expanding their knowledge of the island.
