This week on the blog—a reflection on my adventures in language-learning. Check out the post here!
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Read “The ruins, the ruined, the right time” in The Cyprus Files
This week on the blog, a glimpse at the work of Cypriot artist Kyriaki Costa and her search for the commons. Read the essay here.
Read “Two weeks with Harry Truman” in The Usonian
After a month-long hiatus, The Usonian newsletter is back with a recap of my visit to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Missouri.
Many thanks to the Truman Library Institute for supporting my productive research visit regarding the history of the Marshall Plan in Greece.
Check out the post here. As always, thanks for reading.
Read “(Not) the end of all our exploring” in The Cyprus Files
This week in The Cyprus Files—if not the final post, a post of finality.
This piece is a reflection on an extraordinary year abroad, and my gratitude to all the people who helped me get there, and helped me once I arrived.
Read the blog post here.
Thanks to all who read about my travels in Cyprus this year!
Read “In search of the elusive mouflon” in The Cyprus Files
This week in The Cyprus Files, I’m in search of the elusive mouflon, Cyprus’ extremely shy mountain goat.
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As always, thank you for reading!
Read “The Usonian Interviews, No. 14: Cypriot poet and writer Stephanos Stephanides on ‘The Wind Under My Lips'” in The Usonian
This week in a crossover post in The Usonian and The Cyprus Files, an interview with the accomplished Cypriot poet Stephanos Stephanides on his book-length work of poetry and memory fiction, The Wind Under My Lips—a book the engages deeply with the author’s Cypriot identity and the recent history of Cyprus.
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Read “A lecture on Limassol” in The Cyprus Files
This week in The Cyprus Files, a recap of my lecture on the image of Limassol at the CVAR, and my recent talk on storytelling at The Cyprus Institute.
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Read “In the Karpas” in The Cyprus Files
This week in The Cyprus Files: a journey to the mysterious tip of the Karpas / Karpassia peninsula, the most remote corner of Cyprus.
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Read “The house of the dragoman” in The Cyprus Files
This week in The Cyprus Files, a look at one of the more interesting Ottoman-era institutions in Nicosia—the house of the dragoman, the imperial translator.
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Only a few issues to go vis-a-vis Cyprus! Thanks for reading.
Read “The Roman mosaics at Paphos” in The Cyprus Files
This week in The Cyprus Files, step back into antiquity and learn about the spectacular Roman floor mosaics found in Paphos, and the amazing legacy of ancient art.
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