PRESS RELEASE:

Inauguration celebration event of the Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals (CeMAR)

The Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals (CeMAR) of the University of Cyprus will host a series of events as part of its inauguration ceremony on Friday, 18 October, at 18:00 in the Ceremonial Hall of UCY, at 75 Kallipoleos Street.

Apart from the presentation of the work of CeMAR, the usual greetings and a small reception, the opening event will also include medieval music from Cyprus. The well-known Greek early music ensemble Ex Silentio (www.exsilentio.org) will perform religious and secular music of the Lusignan court from the rare and precious Codex of Cyprus (Ms Torino J.II.9) kept in the National University Library of Turin (Italy). The codex is a luxurious manuscript, the work of a Frenchman who stayed at the Lusignan court between 1413 and 1430. Ex Silentio, conducted by the renowned flutist Dimitris Kountouras, has a very rich international presence in festivals and on the discography.

The event is open to the public. For the event programme and more information please visit the official website of CeMAR (www.ucy.ac.cy/cemar/).

CeMAR conducts important interdisciplinary research highlighting the need for a holistic examination of all medieval arts and their interaction with rituals. The activities of CeMAR are addressed to both researchers and the general public and aim at the study and promotion of the medieval world and of the European medieval heritage. Despite its recent establishment, CeMAR has managed to secure six major competitive research projects and to collaborate with more than ten universities and various non-academic institutions. CeMAR has also launched an annual open access journal entitled Eventum: A Journal of Medieval Arts & Rituals (https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/eventum).

See the programme in .pdf, here.