Paschalis M. Kitromilides, PhD Harvard University, is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Athens and Director of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies. From 2000 to 2011 he was Director of the Institute of Neohellenic Research at the National Hellenic Research Foundation. His recent books in English include: Adamantios Korais and the European Enlightenment (Voltaire Foundation, 2010); Enlightenment and Revolution. The Making of Modern Greece (Harvard University Press, 2013); Enlightenment and religion in the Orthodox world (Voltaire Foundation, 2016).

Foreword by Professor Robert Holland

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part One: Culture and Society in a Captive Island

1. Cyprus in History





2. Early Modern Cypriot Learning: A provisional periodization proposal (1571-1878)





3. The Patriotism of the Expatriates





4. Repression and Protest in Traditional Society: Cyprus 1764





5. The Anonymity of a Prominent Woman in Eighteenth-Century Cyprus





6. A Moldovian Connection to the Introduction of the Enlightenment in Cyprus: The contribution of Archbishop Kyprianos (1810-1821)





7. Cyprus in 1821: A report to the Levant Company and the Layers of Historical Memory





8. Collective Consciousness and Poetry: Three moments in the literary tradition of modern Cyprus






Part Two: The Politics of the Cyprus Question






9. From Coexistence to Confrontation: The dynamics of ethnic conflict in Cyprus





10. Ethnic Conflict in a Strategic Area: The case of Cyprus





11. An Unexplored Case of Political Change: A research note on the electoral history of Cyprus





12. Political Community in Plural Societies





13. Relevance or Irrelevance of Nationalism? A perspective from the Eastern Mediterranean





14. Milestones in the Historiography of the Cyprus Question

Bibliographical and critical notes

Index