The University of Nicosia and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for the 60th Anniversary Conference on the Historical Period of the EOKA Struggle on Cyprus (1955-1959). The Conference will be held on 27-28 March 2015 at the University of Nicosia in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Conference Themes
April 2015 will mark the 60-year anniversary of the beginning of the EOKA struggle. The Conference aims to provide comprehensive coverage of the historical period by bringing together a variety of approaches encompassing the research conducted so far but emphasising new original research. The conference will address a wide range of issues and themes from that period of Cypriot history relating to the EOKA struggle from a variety of social science disciplines and perspectives, including new approaches to the study of the period and the socio-political actors involved.
Conference Proceedings
The papers of the conference proceedings will be eligible for publication in a volume edited by the Academic Committee of the conference. Participants will be notified regarding the details of the publication procedure after the conference.
Submissions
Paper submissions must includea title, an abstract of less than 250 words and at least one author identified by name and institutional affiliation.
Complete panel submissions will also be considered. They must include an abstract for the panel’s theme in addition to abstracts for 3-5 papers as specified above. Submissions must also provide the names and institutional affiliations of a suggested Chairperson.
All submissions should be sent to christou.o@unic.ac.cy
The following schedule specifies the deadlines for abstract submission, acceptance notification and submission of the paper to be presented.
Schedule
Abstract submission deadline: 15 January 2015
Acceptance notification deadline: 31 January 2015
Paper submission deadline: 21 March 2015
Academic Committee
Emilios Solomou Executive Vice President for Administration and Lecturer in History and History Didactics, University of Nicosia
Hubert Faustmann, Associate Professor for History and Political Science, University of Nicosia, and Director, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Cyprus
Odysseas Christou, Assistant Professor in Government, International Law, and International Relations, University of Nicosia