Cultural Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean

Stelios Irakleous obtained his PhD from Leiden University, the Netherlands. His research is focused on Karamanlidika, Ottoman literature, and linguistic and cultural interactions in the Eastern Mediterranean. He has published a number of articles in journals such as Archivum Ottomanicum, Mediterranean Language Review, and Cahiers du Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes.Michalis N. Michael obtained his PhD from the University of Cyprus. He is the author of The Church of Cyprus during the Ottoman period: The Gradual Formation of an Institution of Political Power (2005) and Revolts as a Field of Power Negotiation. Ottoman Cyprus, 1804-1841 (2016). He is also the co-editor (with Matthias Kappler and Eftihios Gavriel) of Ottoman Cyprus: A Collection of Studies on History and Culture (2009). He is an Associate Professor of Ottoman History at the University of Cyprus.Athanasios Koutoupas is a PhD candidate at the Cyprus Institute, and collaborates with Societe Archeologique d'Alexandrie on various projects. His research focuses on religion, history, and archaeology, especially of the Graeco-Roman and Early Christian eras in the Eastern Mediterranean.