EVGENIA MESARITOU
Evgenia Mesaritou holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge. She works on pilgrimage and the connection of religion with politics and cultural heritage. In 2020 she completed a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (University of Cyprus and University of Toronto, Canada). The research project was entitled “Sharing without Solidarity: Politics, Heritage and Pilgrimage in a Divided European Society”.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
2024 ‘Of Pilgrimages and Restorations: Religion, Heritage and Politics in divided Cyprus’. Politics and Religion (Published online 2024:1-26. doi:10.1017/S1755048324000014).
2024 ‘Displacing religion in Greek Cypriot Pilgrimages to the Turkish-occupied Monastery of Apostolos Andreas in Cyprus’. In Eade J. and M. Katic (eds.) Approaching Pilgrimage: Methodological Issues Involved in Researching Routes, Sites and Practices.
2023 ‘Sacred Saliences?: Afterlives of Archaeology in the Restoration of Medieval Shrines' (with Simon Coleman). Eventum: A Journal of Medieval Arts and Rituals, 1(1): 106-127.
2021 ‘When Pilgrimage does not Heal: Memory and Loss in Greek Cypriots’ Pilgrimages to Apostolos Andreas.’ History and Anthropology, DOI: 10.1080/02757206.2021.1914028.
2020. ‘Non “Religious” Knowing and Ignoring in Pilgrimages to Sacred Sites: Greek Cypriot’s “Returns” to the Monastery of Apostolos Andreas (Cyprus).’ Journeys: The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing 21(1): 105-133.
2020. ‘Introduction: Knowledge, Ignorance, and Pilgrimage’ (with Simon Coleman and John Eade). Journeys: The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing 21(1): 1-18.
2018. ‘On Distinction and Devotion: Shifting Boundaries between Pilgrimage and Tourism’ (with Simon Coleman). Groniek, Number 215: 178-196.
2016. ‘Introduction: Guiding the Pilgrim’ (with Simon Coleman and John Eade). Tourist Studies 16(1): 3-22 (first published July 8, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1177/1468797615588425).
2016. ‘Minority students’ responses to racism: The Case of Cyprus’ (with Stevens P.A.J., P. Charalambous, S. Spyrou, L. Van Praag, F. D’hondt, R. Vervaet, and M. Van Houtte). British Journal of Educational Studies 64(1): 77-95.
2015. ‘“He is among us, get it into your head, he is alive and always here”: Saintly presence at the pilgrimage center of Padre Pio and the importance of “being there”.’ Culture and Religion 16(1): 87-109.
2014. ‘Testing the relationship between Nationalism and Racism: Greek-Cypriot Students’ National/Ethnic identities and Attitudes to Ethnic Out-groups’ (with Stevens P.A.J., P. Charalambous, A. Tempriou, and S. Spyrou) Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 40(11): 1736-1757.
2012. ‘Say a little hallo to Padre Pio: Production and consumption of space in the construction of the sacred at the shrine of Santa Maria delle Grazie.’ In S. Schielke, L. Debevec (eds.). Ordinary Lives and Grand Schemes: An Anthropology of Everyday Religion. New York: Berghahn (pp. 98-112).
Edited Special Issues
2020 Special Issue ‘Knowledge and Ignorance in Pilgrimage,’ (with S. Coleman, J. Eade) Journeys: The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing 21(1): 1-144.
2016. Special Issue on ‘Guiding the Pilgrim,’ (with S. Coleman, J. Eade). Tourist Studies 16(1): 3-104.