Cyprus and the 1974 Invasion: Views from the Diaspora
September 26 - 27, 2024
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location
Institute for the Humanities, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building
Address
1007 W. Harrison St., Suite 153, Chicago, IL 60607
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Sept 26, 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Sept 27, 9:00 AM-7:00 PM
Fifty years have passed since the invasion of Cyprus, an event which set in motion a humanitarian tragedy and international crisis that necessitated UN intervention. The subsequent occupation of about one-third of Cyprus has created a political and military problem that remains intractable to this day. The reverberations of 1974 were felt strongest in the eastern Mediterranean but their impact reached across the globe, especially in diasporic Hellenic communities in countries like Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. While politicians and states people have tried to resolve the impasse, substantive progress remains elusive and the problems created by the invasion and occupation extend well beyond politics. For the people of the Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Cypriots in the occupied area, the continuing division of the island and its capital, Nicosia, reminds of the trauma of conflict and displacement, of the loss of homes.
Co-sponsored by UIC Departments of Classics and Mediterranean Studies and History, Institute for the Humanities, and the Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date posted
Aug 27, 2024
Date updated
Aug 28, 2024