When the Cemetery Becomes Political

International Conference - 16 March 2018, University of Nicosia

The very interesting conference, "When the Cemetery Becomes Political", is dealing with the religious heritage in Cyprus in multi-ethnic regions: Cyprus, Lebanon, the Balkans and other neighbouring countries. The conference will take place on Friday, the 16 of March 2018, at the University of Nicosia.

Programme:

10:00 Registration

10:30–11:00 Opening and Welcome:

Prof. Andreas Theophanous, Head of the Department for Politics and Governance of the University of Nicosia
Prof. Hubert Faustmann (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Office Cyprus/University of Nicosia) Dr. Sabine Rogge (Institute for Interdisciplinary Cypriot Studies, University of Münster)

11:00–12:30
Panel 1: The religious heritage in Cyprus: Legal framework and previous examinations

Theodosios Tsivolas (Athens, Greece): Cypriot Religious Heritage: Legal Reflections on a Divided Cultural Property
Thorsten Kruse (Münster, Germany): The Fate of the Religious Heritage of Cyprus in the Reports of International Organisations – the Occupied Part of Cyprus
Marina Vasilara & Kemal Baykalli (Nicosia): The Cypress Tree Project – A First Attempt at Restoring Respect

12:30–13:30 Lunch break

13:30–14:45
Panel 2: Dealing with the religious heritage in the neighbouring countries

Leon Saltiel (Geneva, Switzerland):Dehumanizing the Dead: The Destruction of Thessaloniki’s Jewish Cemetery during World War II
Malek Sharif (Münster, Germany): Cemeteries and Places of Worship in Multi-Religious Lebanon

14:45–15:15 Coffee break

15:15–16:45

Panel 3: Current developments in the northern part of Cyprus

Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert (Limassol): Politics, “Cultural Wars”, and the St. Barnabas Icon Museum
Mete Hatay (Nicosia): “I want it just like Ayia Sophia”: Replicating Heritage in the Religious Landscape of Cyprus
Petros Savvides (Nicosia): The New Minaret in the Occupied Part of Cyprus: The Imposition of Turkish Islamism on Turkish Cypriot Secularism