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"Banks and Wars"

On Saturday, 29 November 2014, the third edition of the Economic History Workshop was successfully realized at the University of Cyprus. Themed “Banks and Wars”, the Workshop was co-organized by the Bank of Cyprus Historical Archive, the University of Cyprus and the European University of Cyprus.

In view of the fact that the Modern and Contemporary Economic History of Cyprus has not been sufficiently studied, the Workshop aimed at inviting postgraduate students (pursuing either History or Economics) to access available sources of economic and banking nature and draw examples from the Bank of Cyprus Historical Archive. The main objective of the Workshop was to bring out the importance of the economical dimension and incorporate it into the history of Cyprus.

The introductory part of the Workshop included a welcoming address by Mr Giorgos Kazamias, Associate Professor at the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Cyprus; and addresses by Dr Christodoulos Hadjichristodoulou, Director of the Bank of Cyprus Historical Archive, and Mr Alexandros Apostolides, Lecturer at the ‘Ioannis Gregoriou’ Business School of the European University of Cyprus.

The first part featured four presentations, with Mr Sakis Gekas, Associate Professor at York University, Canada, being the keynote speaker. Mr Gekas spoke of “Military expenditure and economic history. The case of Greece”.

He was followed by Mr Giorgos Kazamias, Associate Professor at the University of Cyprus, who spoke of “The effect of Wars on History”. Mr Charalambos Charalambos, a graduate of the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Cyprus, presented “The appearance and proliferation of Savings Banks in Cyprus” while Mr Giorgos Georgis, Associate Professor at the same Department, spoke of “The conversion of savings banks to banking institutions”.

The second part featured two papers. Mr Alexis Kythreotis, Lecturer at the Business School of the European University of Cyprus, gave a presentation on “The vocabulary of the Economic Historian: Analysis of Bank Terminology with practical examples”. Finally, Mr Alexandros Apostolides, Lecturer at the Business School of the European University of Cyprus, spoke of “The recovery of the Economy after the War”.

Presentations were followed by the students’ participation in the Workshop entitled “Aspects of Economic History through processing evidence of the Bank of Cyprus Historical Archive”. Having delved into the archival material provided by the Historical Archive, students presented their research findings to the public.

Certificates of attendance were issued to all participants.