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PODCASTS

  • Artemis Georgiou “Κύπρος και Διεθνισμός στην Ύστερη Εποχή του Χαλκού”

Science Talks, University of Cyprus Podcast series

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  • Artemis Georgiou “Οι κυπριακές πολιτείες της Ύστερης Εποχής του Χαλκού: από την «Εποχή του διεθνισμού» στη «Μεσογειακή Κρίση»”

Bank of Cyprus Podcast Series Μίλα μου Ιστορικά

See press release here

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  • Cassandra Donnelly “Between knowns and unknowns: the Cypro-Minoan script”

Aegean Connections Podcast Series

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  • Cassandra Donnelly “Signs, scripts and silence: Cypro-Minoan”

The History of Cyprus Podcast

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PUBLIC LECTURES

  • Présentation de l’exposition “Chypre au Louvre”. Oral presentation for the general public by George Papasavvas, Artemis Georgiou and Hélène Le Meaux. Watch here
  • Social belonging in Mycenaean Greece: new bioarchaeological data. Oral presentation by Philipp Stockhammer. Archaeological Research Unit Annual Public Lectures. 16 March 2026.
  • Images of Power and The Power of Images: The Iconography, Symbolism and Meaning of Relief Friezes on Storage Vessels from Late Bronze Age Cyprus. Oral presentation by Artemis Georgiou
    Greek Archaeology Group Lecture Series, University of Oxford. 5 December 2025
  • Cyprus from within: Patterns of Trade and Connectivity in the Late Bronze Age. Oral presentation delivered by Artemis Georgiou. The 4th Matti Egon Annual Lecture, Greek Archaeological Committee UK. The Hellenic Centre, London.02 December 2025. Watch here
  • Cyprus and the Aegean in the second millennium BCE: Connectivity, trade and migration?. Oral presentation delivered by Artemis Georgiou. NYU Department of Classics Lecture Series. 10 November 2025.
  • Contacts and Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean during the 1st Millennium BCE: A Ceramic Perspective from Cyprus. Oral presentation delivered by Anna Georgiadou at the School of Art and Archaeology, Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. 01 July 2025
  • Cyprus and the Levant from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age: Commercial and Cultural Connectivity on the Longue Durée. Oral presentation by Artemis Georgiou and Anna Georgiadou. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW), New York University. 25 November 2024
  • Revisiting Cypriot connectivity with the Mediterranean: New insights from the ComPAS project. Oral presentation delivered by Artemis Georgiou in the frame of Celebrating Cyprus’ Cultural Heritage in American Life and Learning. Penn Museum, 24 November 2024,
  • Η Γεροσκήπου πριν την Ιεροκηπία: εξετάζοντας την αρχαιολογία της περιοχής στη 2η χιλιετία π.Χ.’ (Geroskipou before Ierokipia: examining the archaeology of the region in the 2nd millennium BC). Oral presentation delivered by Artemis Georgiou for the Ierokipeion Free University, organised in collaboration with the University of Cypruse, the Municipality of Geroskipou and Radio Paphos (broadcasted live), Geroskipou-Paphos, 31 May 2024.
  • Επισκόπηση των ερευνητικών και άλλων δραστηριοτήτων του ComPAS (ERC Starting Grants) για το 2023. Oral presentation delivered by Artemis Georgiou..Τhe Archaeological work of the University of Cyprus Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus, 24 February 2024.
  • Writing, marking and trade in Late Bronze Age Cyprus, by Cassandra Donnelly, ‘ComPAS Afternoon Seminar Series’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2da8YrDirU&t=3701s
  • Measuring the flow of trade in the Eastern Mediterranean during the 2nd millennium BCE: Capacity study of imported Maritime Transport Containers, by Dr Cydrisse Cateloy, ‘ComPAS Afternoon Seminar Series’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QARmnKGZpA8
  • Interregional connectivity in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Mediterranean: the contribution of ‘ComPAS’. Oral presentation by Artemis Georgiou Public dissemination lecture celebrating the A.G. Leventis Chair anniversary. Cyprus Institute. 21 September 2023.
  • Late Bronze Age interregional connectivity in the Mediterranean and the role of Cyprus”. Online lecture by Artemis Georgiou. Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
    2 February 2022.
  • Το ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα «ComPAS» (ERC Starting Grants-947749): Προκαταρκτικά αποτελέσματα από τις ανασκαφές στη θέση Παμπούλα Κιτίου (The research programme ‘ComPAS’ (ERC Starting Grants-947749): Preliminary results from the excavations at the site Kition-Bamboula), by Artemis Georgiou at the annual workshop Το Έργον 2022, Τhe Archaeological work of the University of Cyprus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXqVk_tBmuQ.
  • Από τη γη των Φαραώ στην Αλασία: διεπιστημονική μελέτη των εισηγμένων αιγυπτιακών αμφορέων στο πλαίσιο του ComPAS ERC Starting Grant (From the land of the Pharaohs to Alashiya: interdisciplinary research of imported Egyptian Amphorae in the frame of ComPAS ERC Starting Grant), by Artemis Georgiou at the annual workshop Το Έργον 2023, Τhe Archaeological work of the University of Cyprus.
  • Marks and signs in Cypro-Minoan. by Cassandra Donnelly at the annual workshop Το Έργον 2023, Τhe Archaeological work of the University of Cyprus.
  • Archaeology in Action Annual Lecture Series-Levant (2022). co-organised by Artemis Georgiou and Ianir Milevski, in the frame of “The International Association for Archaeological Research in Western and Central Asia” (ARWA). Presentations are accessible online 
  • Developments, advancements and new directions in the study of Late Bronze Age Cyprus. Plenary lecture by Artemis Georgiou for the 20th PoCA Meeting, University of Basel. 9 December 2021
  • Interregional commercial strategies in the Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age eastern Mediterranean. Oral presentation by Artemis Georgiou at the Archaeological Research Unit Public Lecture Series, Nicosia. 25 October 2021. Watch here
  • Commercial patterns across the sea: Elucidating interregional connectivity in the Late Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean through a new ERC Starting Grant. Oral presentation by Artemis Georgiou at the Greek Archaeology Group- University of Oxford Seminar Series. 11 March 2021.

 

EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES

  • ‘Ψηλαφώντας την Ιστορία’, Participation of Artemis Georgiou at educational seminars for high-school professors, organised by the Ministry of Education, Republic of Cyprus. 16 January 2026.
  • ‘From thought to paper: publishing in the Humanities’. Info-seminar by Artemis Georgiou for Onisilos postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cyprus. 26 November 2025.
  • ‘Research proposal writing for archaeology: tips and opportunities’. Info-seminar by Artemis Georgiou in the frame of the 22nd Postgraduate Cypriot Archaeology (POCA) meeting. University of Cyprus. 10 October 2025.
  • Interview of Artemis Georgiou at the ICAANE (International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East) 2025 conference, Lyon, France. 15 May 2025. Watch here
  • ‘Good writing practices for ERC submission’. Info-seminar by Artemis Georgiou for Science is Wonderful! Fair, Brussels, 13 March 2025.
  • Τα φοιτητικά μας χρόνια. Εμπειρίες αποφοίτων Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου. (Our student years. Personal testimonies of University of Cyprus graduates). 5 February 2025.
  • ‘Real skills for scientists-Humanities’. Presentation by Artemis Georgiou for a webinar organised by the National Documentation Centre, Greece. 28 January 2021. Watch here
  • ERC Info day – testimonies from an ERC grantee. Event organised by the University of Cyprus Research and Innovation section. 11 July 2023
  • Roundtable discussion on ERC participation. Research and Innovation Foundation, Cyprus. 19 December 2022
  • MSCA Fostering Balanced Mobility Flows in Europe, organised by the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Participation as invited speaker and panellist for Workshop 2: “Academic organisation perspectives: Overcoming institutional barriers of early-career progression and brain circulation” – 15 November 2021
  • ‘Experiences and challenges in ERC application submission’. Participation as panelist (Artemis Georgiou) on Information day organised by the University of Cyprus – 20 October 2021
  • Information day on ERC Starting Grants 2021, webinar organised by the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation. Participation as panelist (Artemis Georgiou) – 20 November 2020

 

EXHIBITIONS AND CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES

  • ‘Chypre au Louvre’: a special exhibition organised in the frame of the Cypriot Presidency of the EU 2026. Curatorial work of Dr Artemis Georgiou with Professor George Papasavvas (University of Cyprus) and Hélène Le Meaux (Louvre Museum), collaboration of the Deputy Ministry of Culture of Cyprus, the Secretariat of the Cyprus Presidency, and the Musée du Louvre. The exhibition explores the long and multifaceted history of Cyprus through selected objects and digital applications, highlighting the island’s cultural interactions and its strategic role in the Mediterranean across time. Read more here
  • Contribution to the setting of the new Cyprus Archaeological Museum. Artemis Georgiou for the setting of the Late Bronze Age Gallery, Cassandra Donnelly for the setting of the Scripts and Languages Gallery and Anna Georgiadou for the setting of the Early Iron Age Gallery
  • Participation to the EU-Generation exhibition. ‘Personal testimony of how the European Union has affected your life”. Artistic installation with straw and video projection. Medieval Larnaca Castle (in collaboration with Phivos Stavrides Archives and Department of Antiquities, Cyprus)

 

MEDIA

  • Interview of Artemis Georgiou for the LGR (London Greek Radio) station, London. 25 November 2025. Listen here
  • Interview of Artemis Georgiou for the Hellenic TV, London. 27 October 2025. Watch here
  • Short video in Celebration of 20 Years of EU Researcher’s Night. Watch here
  • Short video for #PeopleBehind the Scenes Series by the ERC. Watch here
  • Short video for #Spotlight Stories -episode 2, organised by the Research and Innovation Foundation, Cyprus. Watch here
  • Article in Phileleftheros (Φιλελευθερος) newspaper, the broadest circulation newspaper in Cyprus. Read here
  • Interview of our PI, Artemis Georgiou for the Κοινότητα/Community Annual magazine of the University of Cyprus. Read here
  • Article on Cyprus Weekly: Ancient Israeli opium containers were made in Cyprus. Read here
  • Interview of our PI, Artemis Georgiou with Active Radio Station. Listen here
  • Press release at Phileleftheros newspaper:. Read here
  • Press release at the Cyprus Mail.  Read here
  • Press release at the Financial Mirror. Read here
  • Press release at the Economy Today. Read here
  • Press release at paideia-news. Read here
  • Pres release at dialogos. Read here
  • Press release at Larnaca online. Read here
  • Pres release at newsincyprus. Read here
  • Press release at pafospress. Read here
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PARTICIPATION TO ESTABLISHED PUBLIC OUTREACH EVENTS

  • Science is Wonderful!, Brussels, Belgium – 13-14 March 2025
  • Europe Day 2024, Participation in special exhibition in celebration of 20 years since Cyprus’ accession to the EU, 12 May 2024
  • International Museum Days-Activities at the Idalion Museum for primary school children, in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 27 May 2024.
  • European Researcher’s Night 2024 (video testimony – view here)
  • European Researcher’s Night 2023 (Kiosk: O Άνθρωπος και το Περιβάλλον στην Αρχαιότητα)
  • 5th Cyprus Archaeological, Ethnographic and Historical Film Festival – Participation as a panelist (Artemis Georgiou) in the roundtable ‘The contribution of Foreign Archaeological Missions to the Development of Cyprus Archaeology” – 05 November 2022

 

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS

  • Ψηλαφώντας την Ιστορία – σεμινάριο για την Εποχή του Χαλκού στην Κύπρο. Edu-seminar organised by the Ministry of Education for high-school teachers. Watch here
  • Write your name in the Cypro-Syllabic Script – instructions
  • Write your name in the Cypro-Syllabic Script – signary
  • Plank figurines to copy in clay – download
  • Animal figurines to copy in clay – download

 

Last Updated on May 28, 2026