NetMAR Early-Stage Researchers

Savvas Mavromatidis is a PhD student at the University of Cyprus working on the funerary sculpture of the Lusignan Cyprus (1192-1474/89). His PhD is funded by the University of Cyprus. The aim of his research is to interpret Cypriot artistic production and topics presented on or related to the funerary slabs (iconography, epigraphy, dress, heraldry, memory), placing Cyprus at the centre of a cross-cultural dialogue that took place in the eastern Mediterranean during the late Middle Ages.

Marina Ilia obtained her PhD in History at the University of Cyprus in 2021. Her main research interest centres on the Cypriot rural population under Venetian rule. Her PhD thesis, entitled ‘Socioeconomic Aspects of Rural Life in Venetian Cyprus’, focuses on the family as a social and economic unit within specific settlements.

Theocharis Petrou is a doctoral student at the University of Cyprus in the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Programme in Byzantine Studies and the Latin East. The subject of his doctorate is “The Presence of the Holy Cross in Cyprus: Legends, Traditions and the Historical Truth (4th-16th century BC)”.