Cyprus Mines Corporation (CMC): Society, Environment, and Politics in early twentieth century Cyprus

The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation in collaboration with the bahçes histories* of Cyprus, invites you to the third and final part of this discussion series, entitled Cyprus Mines Corporation (CMC): Society, Environment, and Politics in early twentieth century Cyprus on Wednesday 15/1/2025.

In this final part we invite you to explore the history of the Cyprus Mines Corporation (CMC) and Skouriotissa area, and, by doing so, to re/think the social and environmental dynamics in this early period of modern Cypriot history.

The story of CMC will shed light on the incorporation of Cyprus in vast global networks of trade in natural resources, continuities in Cypriot history between antiquity and modernity, the key role of archaeology in imperialist and capitalist expansion, and the connections between the human and the more-than-human world in Cypriot history and historiography.

The discussion will be held in English with the possibility of using Greek and Turkish during the Q&A. The discussion is preceded by a short welcome tour of the ground floor area of ​​the Cyprus Island exhibition, from 17:30 to 18:00.

In conversation:

Aliosha Bielenberg, PhD Researcher in the Department of Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, focusing on Cyprus - bαhçές editor

Maria Κ. Georgiou, history education researcher & educator, bαhçές editor & co-founder 

Time: 18:30-20:00 -45' Discussion+45' Q&A/Discussion venue: Patsalides Lecture Hall - Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation

Reservation required at 22128175/Free participation

During the discussion, there will be the possibility to participate via live Zoom link (info will be published via the Foundations’ Social Media pages)