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1204: The collapse of civilisation
Dean Kalimniou looks at the clash between Western Christians and their Byzantine brothers, and explores the impact of the Crusaders on the Byzantine Empire “They had taken up the Cross and sworn on...
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What crisis?
DEAN KALYMNIOU Crisis? What crisis? This is the caption posted by a Facebook ‘friend,’ below a photograph of a stereotypical Aegean beach. All the accoutrements of a ‘perfect’ holiday are present: the...
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The Greek crisis, 173 years earlier
DEAN KALYMNIOU It is common knowledge that the 1821 revolution secured Greece’s independence. What is generally not known, however, is that the independent state of Greece was set up for financial...
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The Barbarian Invasions
DEAN KALYMNIOU “The situation is dire. Waves and waves of illegal immigrants are flooding our shores. We are dealing with an invasion. We are not safe anymore.” This is the manner in which a cousin...
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Catastrophe
DEAN KALIMNIOU On that day, 93 years ago this month, frightened, hungry and brutalised refugees massed on the quayside, frantically trying to save themselves from rape or murder by the crazed soldiers...
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Syria and the Greek revolution
Two hundred years ago, it was the Greek freedom fighters who sought to enlist the assistance of Syria in their quest for independence DEAN KALIMNIOU Hatzimichalis Dalianis Currently, tens, if not...
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MOIPOΛΟΙ (Lament) FOR THE FALLEN OF 1940
“Death commands respect,” Ismail Kadare, “The General of the Dead Army.’ When the sun rose that day, it could not be seen. All was hidden in the stultifying greyness that try as it might, could not...
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Turnbull, Thucydides and Orientalism
DEAN KALIMNIOU 19 February 2016 Our august prime minister, while on a visit to the planetarch, snuck in a reference to classical Greek historian Thucydides. It is not the first time our...
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ΔΥΣΑΓΓΕΛΙΣΜΟΣ (On the Burning of Evangelismos Church)
The burning of the Evangelismos church marks a historical watershed in our community, to which the historians of tomorrow will return DEAN KALYMNIOU Just over a month prior to the recent...
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FORGETTING CYPRUS
“Over the course of the four decades since the invasion and occupation of Cyprus by Turkey, the nature of it has gradually been transformed” DEAN KALIMNIOU 15 July 2016 In his interesting recently...
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