{"id":4329,"date":"2026-03-21T17:46:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T14:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/cemar\/?p=4329"},"modified":"2026-03-21T17:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T14:53:43","slug":"motherhood-and-breastfeeding-in-byzantium-presented-in-cybc-broadcast-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/cemar\/motherhood-and-breastfeeding-in-byzantium-presented-in-cybc-broadcast-interview\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Motherhood and Breastfeeding in Byzantium Presented in CYBC (RIK) Broadcast Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2117\" data-end=\"2431\">On 18 March 2026, Professor Stavroula Constantinou, Director of <strong data-start=\"2181\" data-end=\"2229\">CeMAR \u2013 Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals<\/strong> at the University of Cyprus, was featured in the CYBC (\u03a1\u0399\u039a) programme \u201cKati gia ton dromo\u201d, presenting the research project \u201cMaternal Milk and Breastfeeding in Middle and Late Byzantium (8th\u201315th centuries)\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Motherhood &amp; Breastfeeding in Byzantium (8th\u201315th c.) | CeMAR Research Interview (UCY)\" width=\"1220\" height=\"915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dV33G36x4Q0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>source: <a href=\"https:\/\/radio.rik.cy\/show\/kati-gia-ton-dromo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/radio.rik.cy\/show\/kati-gia-ton-dromo\/<\/a><br \/>\n18-3-2026<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2433\" data-end=\"2622\">The project forms part of an ongoing research trajectory initiated in 2019, aiming to develop a critical historical account of motherhood and breastfeeding from Late Antiquity to Byzantium.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2624\" data-end=\"2948\">The discussion highlighted the central role of breast milk as the primary and safest source of infant nutrition in premodern societies, alongside institutional practices such as wet nursing. It also addressed the social and gendered dimensions of breastfeeding, prevailing medical beliefs, and networks of female solidarity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2950\" data-end=\"3180\">Particular emphasis was placed on the cultural and religious representations of motherhood in Byzantine sources, as well as on the contemporary relevance of breastfeeding as a socially embedded practice requiring systemic support.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3182\" data-end=\"3385\">CeMAR continues its work through ongoing publications and the preparation of a monograph, contributing to international scholarship on the history of motherhood, gender, and health in the medieval world.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3387\" data-end=\"3673\"><strong data-start=\"3387\" data-end=\"3415\">Funding acknowledgement:<\/strong><br data-start=\"3415\" data-end=\"3418\" \/>The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research and Innovation Foundation (Programme &#8220;Excellence Hubs&#8221;: EXCELLENCE\/0524\/0012 and EXCELLENCE\/1216\/0020) and the University of Cyprus (UCY).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Stavroula Constantinou (CeMAR, University of Cyprus) presents new research on motherhood and breastfeeding in Byzantium in a recent CYBC (RIK) broadcast interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":4330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"modified_by":"pavlosmi","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 18:37:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/cemar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/cemar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/cemar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/cemar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/cemar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4329"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/cemar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4334,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/cemar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329\/revisions\/4334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/cemar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/cemar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/cemar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/cemar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}