BA in Journalism / Бакалавр в Области Журналистики

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Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleMODERN HISTORY OF CYPRUS - CYPRUS PROBLEM
Course Unit CodeAJER261
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated4
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Explain the dynamics, the basic historical periods of modern Cypriot history, and the different analytic perspectives in relation to the Cyprus problem and the interpretation of the historical process.
  2. Apply their understanding of the analytic perspectives in the social sciences to the subject of the course and to link them with the major schools of interpretation of the “Cyprus problem” [in public discourse and in social scientific analysis.
  3. Situate analytically the internal Cypriot developments in a broader spatial-temporal framework: in the context of modernity historically and of the related developments in the geopolitical area of the east Mediterranean
  4. Investigate specific periods or subjects [ in Cypriot social history or in relation to the Cyprus problem] through the selection and evaluation of data and their analytic contextualization in the broader historical dynamics of Cypriot modernity
  5. Develop an archive and a creative understanding about the different analytic perspectives on the Cypriot social and political reality, so as to be able to follow developments, understand the rhetorical structures in public discourse, and to develop analytic texts
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents

Historiography: the construction of history; uses of the past; ideology and science. Social history and levels of analysis. The Cyprus problem as a nodal point of interpretation

The Ottoman period and its decline: social, political, and cultural structures of the empire. Decline and the processes of integration in the European world economy. The “introduction” of modernity in the eastern Mediterranean.  The ideology of “Meyali Idea” and the exporting/spreading of Greek nationalism – the conflict of Romiosini and Hellinism

The advent of British colonialism. The geopolitical context. The political and cultural framework.  The archibishopic issue at the beginning of the 20th century and its multiple implications. Sociological dynamics of Modernization: Changes in social structure, culture and class formation. The impact of external trends and developments. Local dynamics: the restless 20’s, 1931, the rise of the “people’s movement”, the upheaval of the 40’s.

The emergence of the modern political-ideological formations: Left and Right anti-colonial discourses and mobilizations.  World War II and the change in the geopolitical reality and dynamics of the area. Anticolonial mobilizations. Independence and its geopolitical significance.

Internal intercommunal tension/conflict: the crisis of 1963 and 67. Their multiple interpretations. The geopolitical context [crisis in the western alliance and regional anti-colonial alliances] and the internal shift to independence. Conflicts within the G/C community. The growing rift between Nicosia and Athens. Coup and invasion in 74. Multiple interpretations.

New form of the Cyprus problem. Reconstruction and the “economic miracle”. Political forces and forms of political discourse. The politics of identity. The social-cultural-economic dynamics of the 1990’s. The process of the entry into the EU. 

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Στέφανος Παπαγεωργίου. Η Πρώτη περίοδος της «Αγγλοκρατίας» στην Κύπρο (1878 – 1914): Πολιτικός εκσυγχρονισμός και Κοινωνικές Αδράνειες. Παπαζήση Αθήνα. 1996.
  • Ρολάνδος Κατσιαούνης. Η Διασκεπτική 1946 – 1948 με ανασκόπηση της περιόδου 1878 – 1945. Κέντρο Επιστημονικών Ερευνών. Λευκωσία 2000.
  • Παύλος Ν. Τζερμιάς. Ιστορία της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας (2 τόμοι) Eκδοση LIBRO, Αθήνα 2001.
  • Reader with a collection of articles and documents on modern Cypriot history
References
  • Michael Attalides. Cyprus: Nationalism and International Politics. St Martin’s Νew York. 1979.
  • Rolandos Katsiaounis, Labour Society and Politics in Cyprus during the Second half of the Nineteenth Century, Cyprus Social Research Center. Nicosia 1996.
  • Αριφ Χασαν Ταχσιν. Η άνοδος του Ντενκτάς στην κορυφή. Αρχείο. Λευκωσία 2001.
  • Μακάριος Δρουσιώτης 196. Η «Εισβολή» της Χούντας στην Κύπρο. Στάχυ. Αθήνα 1996.
  • Μακάριος Δρουσιώτης. ΕΟΚΑ, η σκοτεινή όψη. Στάχυ. Αθήνα 1998.
Planned learning activities and teaching methodsThis course is delivered to the students by means of lectures and class discussions.  Lectures are supplemented with assignments aimed at engaging the students with the subject matter as an area of research. The students are encouraged to focus on areas and dimensions which interest them and develop analytic interpretations on data and rival approaches.
Assessment methods and criteria
Assignments20%
Midterm Exam20%
Final Exam60%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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