January 20, 2025
The DFG Research Training Group 2304 “Byzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean Cultures of War” and the Centre for Medieval Arts & Rituals (CeMAR) of the University of Cyprus are organising an International Conference entitled “Rituals of War in Byzantium, the Islamic World and the Latin West”.
January 3, 2025
The Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals (CeMAR) of the University of Cyprus has secured funding for two projects under the highly competitive call of the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) “Excellence Hubs” (RESTART 2016-2020 – Thalia 2021-2027) which aims to promote scientific excellence that is a fundamental part for the sustainable development of the European Research, Technological Development, and Innovation (RTDI) System, through the funding of pioneering research projects in cutting-edge fields.
December 19, 2024
CeMAR is excited to share a new publication authored by Stavroula Constantinou, entitled “History in Hagiography: Writing and Rewriting Byzantine Rulership and Imperial Ideology in Miracle Stories”. The chapter is available in open access by V&R Unipress
November 12, 2024
CeMAR is pleased to share the new publication co-authored by Stavroula Constantinou and Aspasia-Skouroumouni-Stavrinou. “The Other Mother: Ancient and Early Byzantine Approaches to Wet-Nursing and Mothering”, available in open access from the Journal of Hellenic Studies, published online by Cambridge University Press (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426924000053), explores mothering practices from Late Antiquity to the Early Byzantine era. Focusing on the understudied figure of the wet-nurse, the study sheds light into the various discourses that defined, controlled and regulated the behaviour and work of wet-nurses in premodern societies.
November 5, 2024
The director of CeMAR will give a paper at the Byzantine Studies Colloquium at Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, DC) on the 15th of November 2025. Her paper has the title “Narrative Prosthesis: Disability in the Byzantine Greek Lives of Holy Fools”.
October 25, 2024
The Inauguration Ceremony of the Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals (CeMAR) of the University of Cyprus (UCY) was marked with great success. It took place at the Ceremonial Hall of UCY took place on October 19, 2024. The well-attended event was joined by members of CeMAR’s partners and international networks, dignitaries and faculty members of UCY and local universities, students, and the general public.
October 25, 2024
The Kick-Off Meeting of the MSCA-DN Project “StoryPharm", Grant Agreement 101169114, was successfully completed during a well-attended two-day event. The event, which was organised by CeMAR, UCY took place at UCY, Nicosia, Cyprus, on October 18-19, 2024
October 21, 2024
The open access volume Storyworlds in Short Narratives: Approaches to Late Antique and Early Byzantine Tales is now available. Edited by Stavroula Constantinou and Andria Andreou, it offers a new perspective on ancient Greek and Byzantine tales. Download it here.
October 8, 2024
October 8, 2024
Press Release MSCA-DN “StoryPharm” Kick-off The new EU-funded programme “Storytelling as Pharmakon in Premodernity and Beyond: Training the New Generation of Researchers in Health Humanities” (StoryPharm) […]
August 20, 2024
Press Release about the Project CARMELA that is coordinated by Prof. Marilena Karyolemou (in greek).
Press Release about the Project CARMELA that is coordinated by Prof. Marilena Karyolemou: an Archive of Oral Tradition for the Armenian and Latin Community of Cyprus. […]
August 19, 2024
CeMAR Director, Prof. Stavroula Constantinou, will give a lecture entitled “Authors as Characters in Byzantine Hagiography” in the framework of a conference organized at the Academy […]
August 8, 2024
CeMAR wishes you a relaxing and rejuvenating summer break with some nice book suggestions. Read: Burns, Anna. Milkman Ferrante, Elena. The Neapolitan Novels: My Brilliant Friend […]
May 22, 2024
Savvas Mavromatidis, a NetMAR ESR and member of CeMAR has been awarded a Henry Moore Foundation (HMF) Travel & Research Grant for the following project: ‘Medieval Tombstones in […]
April 26, 2024
In the framework of the European MSCA-DN project entitled ‘Storytelling as Pharmakon in Premodernity and Beyond’ (StoryPharm), the director of CeMAR organizes with Ingrid Bennewitz from the Centre for Medieval Studies (ZeMas, Univ. of Bamberg) an international symposium. The symposium, which will take place on the 17 of May 2024 at the University of Bamberg, turns to ancient and medieval healing stories to establish premodern Health Humanities as an important field with a long history and as a basic attitude to human care throughout time.
April 22, 2024
The Director of CeMAR presents the book titled "Letters in times of writing and engravings" by g. A. Constantinou
April 15, 2024
Following the successful evaluation of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie – DN project with a budget of 4.1 million euros, the Centre for Medieval Arts & Rituals of the University of Cyprus has secured the largest funding for Humanities in Cyprus. The proposal entitled "Storytelling as Pharmakon in Premodernity and Beyond: Training the New Generation of Researchers in Health Humanities" (StoryPharm) was submitted within the framework of the competitive action "Marie Skłodowska-Curie: Doctoral Networks" (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01) which is part of the Horizon Europe 2021-2027 programme.
April 8, 2024
Call for Submissions: Special Issue of the Diamond Open Access Journal Eventum: A Journal of Medieval Arts & Rituals “The Arts and Rituals of Medieval Mothering” Deadline for Submission: 31 December 2024. Contact: Stavroula Constantinou ([email protected])
March 28, 2024
Η διευθύντρια της ΕΜοΜεΤ παρουσιάζει στη ραδιοφωνική εκπομπή του ΡΙΚ «Οι Λατίνοι της Κύπρου» το ευρωπαϊκό πρόγραμμα NetMAR
March 5, 2024
Webinar Translating Worlds Exhibition: Retracing Connections between Medieval Literature and Contemporary Art by Milan Vukašinović (Uppsala University) Organised by the Centre for Medieval Arts & Rituals, […]
February 8, 2024
Maulbronn Monastery Complex Digital Anniversary Roundtable On the occasion of the anniversary “30 Years of UNESCO World Heritage Maulbronn Monastery Complex” the State Palaces and Gardens […]
January 25, 2024
The Research Training Group on “Early Concepts of Humans and Nature: Universal, Specific, Interchanged” at the University of Mainz (Germany) organises an open lecture by the Director of CeMAR, Stavroula Constantinou, who will talk on “Bodily Suffering and Divine Healing in Byzantine Hagiography”
December 13, 2023
The Concluding Conference of the “Network for Medieval Arts & Rituals” (NetMAR) took place in a hybrid mode, at the Ceremonial Hall of the University of Cyprus and online on the 4th of December 2023. The conference featured welcomes from several dignitaries; the launch of the network’s journal; a round table presenting the experiences of NetMAR Early Stage Researchers (ESRs); a musical performance; presentations by the EU partners’ Team Leaders; and two keynote lectures.
November 2, 2023
The Concluding Conference of the Network for Medieval Arts & Rituals (NetMAR) will take place on Monday, the 4th of December 2023 at the Ceremonial Hall of the University of Cyprus.
October 25, 2023
The second call for the ONISILOS - Co-funding International, Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral research excellence at the University of Cyprus, is now open! The call closes on the 25th of January 2024 (17:00 EEST) We look forward to receiving your application!
October 2, 2023
The Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies invites you to the lecture that the Associate Professor Stavroula Constantinou will present as part of her promotion process, with the title:
Of Woman Nursed Wet Nursing as Mothering in Ancient and Early Byzantine Cultures
September 25, 2023
The Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals (CeMAR) of the University of Cyprus is delighted to announce the publication of the inaugural issue of its annual international interdisciplinary diamond open access journal, Eventum: A Journal of Medieval Arts and Rituals.
September 15, 2023
Reading Group Committed to fostering inclusive, exciting conversations, CeMAR’s research programme NetMAR runs a reading group open to all researchers and scholars interested in some of […]
June 19, 2023
The Network for Medieval Arts & Rituals (H2020 project, grant agreement no.951875) cordially invites all IMC delegates for a glass of wine or non-alcoholic drink.
Hosted by the Centre for Medieval Arts & Rituals (https://www.ucy.ac.cy/cemar/), University Of Cyprus
June 13, 2023
CeMAR Director, Assoc. Prof. Stavroula Constantinou, will give a lecture entitled "Maternal Saints and Lay Mothers in Byzantine Hagiography" in the framework of a research project on female holiness (Divino Al Femminile) which is coordinated by the Department of Culture and Forms of Knowledge of the University of Pisa.
June 12, 2023
The Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals of the University of Cyprus, is organizing the 3rd NetMAR webinar, titled ‘European Funding Proposal Writing’, as part of the activities of the NetMAR project
May 29, 2023
NetMAR is pleased to invite medievalists to attend the presentations of the network's researchers at the International Medieval Congress (IMC), the Europe’s largest forum for sharing ideas in medieval studies, hosted by the University of Leeds. IMC 2023 will take place from Monday 03 July to Thursday 06 July 2023.
May 11, 2023
Ypsonas Municipality and the Kolossi's community Cultural Committee are organizing the event «Medieval Evening for Music and more…..», with Presentations, Panel Discussions, Medieval Music and Commandaria Tasting.
May 8, 2023
The Network for Medieval Arts & Rituals is celebrating its second year of NetMAR Blog! The NetMAR Blog, which has published twenty four texts so far, is committed to finding exciting and interesting ways of communicating expert and original research into medieval arts and rituals to wider audiences.
April 6, 2023
NetMAR is organizing an International Conference on "Rituals of Gender Staging and Performance in the Middle Ages" that address the role of rituals in the staging and performance of medieval gender roles. The conference will be held at the premises of the University of Bamberg between the 3rd and 4th of May 2023.
February 28, 2023
The Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (IHR/NHRF), the Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University in Greece, the Laboratory for the Study of Human Relations, the Marie Blanche Library and the AINOS Cultural Society, are organizing on Saturday, March 11, 10:00-18:00 CEST, a hybrid interdisciplinary conference entitled: "Emotion in History and Psychology". The colloquium investigates aspects of emotions in psychology, but also in history, with special emphasis on Byzantium. They focus on time, gender, and society and to the ways in which emotions influence and are themselves influenced by them. In particular, we explore the endurance of emotions, their relevance and dependance to historical circumstances, their relation to ideological, religious, societal, family and personal frameworks.
February 8, 2023
This is a workshop concentrating on the ways in which the future of individuals, their families and communities were negotiated in ancient, Byzantine and Western medieval Europe, with special focus on the practices and practicalities of everyday life. If you wish to join as a listener, please contact the organisers before 1st April 2023.
January 25, 2023
NetMAR partner the Centre for Medieval Studies (ZeMas) at the University of Bamberg celebrates its 25 years. See here the programme of the celebration day. Welcome […]
November 18, 2022
at the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China, in cooperation with the Department of Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, University of Cologne and the Department of Historical and Classical Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NUST)
November 10, 2022
The 2nd NetMAR Stakeholder Workshop with the title ‘Cyprus Cultural Heritage as a Path to Sustainable Development’ took place on Wednesday 09 November 2022 at the Learning Resource Centre – Library ‘Stelios Ioannou’ of the University of Cyprus. The workshop brought together researchers with experts in tourism and cultural industry, policy makers, and key actors of local and governmental agencies who had the opportunity to exchange knowledge and ideas in an informal and friendly environment.
October 31, 2022
The religious practice of pilgrimage constitutes the predominant ritual of the Middle Ages. This NetMAR international conference, which will be held at the premises of the University of Cyprus between the 01 and 02 December 2022, sets out to explore the multifarious facets of the interaction of arts and rituals in the complex and transformative experience of pilgrimage, both in the Middle Ages and beyond.
October 13, 2022
Members of the NetMAR consortium have planned workshops and meetings with interested stakeholders (industry, policy makers and public agencies) to define targets, limitations and prospects of collaboration. The 2nd NetMAR Stakeholders Workshop will be held between 9:00 am and 12:30 pm in the morning of 9th November 2022 at the at the ‘Stelios Ioannou’ Learning Resource Centre – Library of the University of Cyprus. This workshop will focus on mobilizing the living heritage of medieval arts and rituals. The keynote speaker will be Ms Patricia Alberth, Director of the Bamberg World Heritage Office. Ms Alberth will share her views on cultural heritage management and will suggest actions for using living heritage for sustainable development.
September 26, 2022
New NetMAR Fall 2022-Spring 2023 Reading Group meetings Organized by our partner ZEMAS of the University of Bamberg. Committed to fostering inclusive, exciting conversations, NetMAR reading group […]
September 15, 2022
#NetMAR expresses its gratitude for the warm hospitality of its partner, the Centre for Medieval Literature at Syddansk Universitet, on hosting the 4th Exchange Coordinated Support Action (CSA) visit!
July 25, 2022
The NetMAR summer school is dedicated to medieval arts and rituals through the prism of education and will be led by world-renowned scholars working in the broad field of medieval studies. Students attending the summer school will interrogate the proliferation and function of rituals (religious, profane, occupational, gender-specific, and magical) in the context of education and knowledge transfer in the medieval period and beyond more broadly.
July 1, 2022
NetMAR is pleased to invite medievalists to attend the presentations of the network's researchers at the International Medieval Congress (IMC), the Europe’s largest forum for sharing ideas in medieval studies, hosted by the University of Leeds.
NetMAR young scholars will present their exciting research on the 5th and 7th of July. NetMAR leaders Bennewitz and Constantinou will be also presenting on the 6th and 7th of July respectively.
June 30, 2022
NetMAR partners were all together again in one place, this time in Cyprus, as part of the NetMAR Coordination Support Action 3rd Exchange Visit.
May 2, 2022
The NetMAR project's international research workshop with the title: 'The Arts and Rituals of Pilgrimage' will take place at the University of Cyprus between the 26-28 of May 2022.
Keynote Speaker: C. Stephen Jaeger.
Workshop Programme & Abstracts of Papers
May 2, 2022
Live on the internet, May 09-14, 2022.216* Thursday, May 12, 9:00 a.m. EDTMedieval Arts and RitualsOrganizer: Stavroula Constantinou, Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals, Univ. of CyprusPresider: Stavroula Constantinou
April 30, 2022
CeMAR proposes the participation in the "Echoes of the City, Ayioi Omoloyites" cultural action, organized by the Cultural Centre of Ayioi Omoloyites, in Nicosia, Cyprus. This is an interactive guiding tour with stations in the historical core of Ayioi Omoloyites. Visitors will be able to move freely, in groups and families by holding a map (printed or digital) that will lead them to stations in the neighborhood of Ayioi Omoloyites.