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Videos by Anastasia Christophilopoulou

Being an Islander documentary is one of four major outputs of the Being an Islander research proj... more Being an Islander documentary is one of four major outputs of the Being an Islander research project (https://islander.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk )
The film investigates the theme of insularity as a social construct and as a form of social and cultural identity. We employ methodology from the fields of sensory archaeology and anthropology, experimental archaeology, geography, geology and ethnographic approach to elucidate what defines island identities in the Eastern Mediterranean, a place where the European and the Asian-African bio-geographical history and evolution intersect, using a specific island, Siphnos, Cyclades, Greece as a ‘research model’.

Producer: Dr Dimitrios Bouras
Executive producers: Dr Dimitrios Bouras, Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou
Co-producers: Orestis Seferoglou, Manos Makrigiannakis , Kostas Grountas.
Produced by ArkLab Limited for Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
© 2022 Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.

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Books by Anastasia Christophilopoulou

A.Christophilopoulou, Y.Galanakis, J. Grime eds., Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2017

Secret texts and secret writing have an age-old fascination. In this book two stories are told: o... more Secret texts and secret writing have an age-old fascination. In this book two stories are told: of the people who worked on breaking vital codes in the Second World War and those who deciphered the Linear B script – Europe's earliest comprehensible writing system. Here experts in the fields of Mycenaean epigraphy and the study of the Aegean Bronze Age join with fellow specialists in mathematics, cryptography and the history of computer. They show how collaboration between people with a wide range of expertise in disparate fields can result in great discoveries, whether they are mathematicians or linguists, or just good at puzzles! Both groups of pioneer codebreakers needed original thinkers and the stories of those involved, especially Alan Turing and and Dillwyn Knox at Bletchley Park and Michael Ventris and John Chadwick in Cambridge, are told here.

Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean, 2023

Accompanying an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, this book explores island iden... more Accompanying an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, this
book explores island identities in the ancient Mediterranean, questioning how ‘insularity’– being of an island – affected and shaped art production and creativity, architectural evolution, migrations and movement of people. It extends beyond the ancient, incorporating current discourses on island versus mainland cultural identities, in contemporary Art and other disciplines.

Throughout history, islands have been treated as distinct places, unlike mainland and continental masses. In geographic terms, islands are merely pieces of land surrounded by water, but the perception of island life has never been neutral. Rather, the term ‘insularity’ – belonging to/being of an island – has been romanticized and associated with otherness. Islands have often been deemed to have different histories from the mainland and with more readily isolated socio-political, cultural and economic characteristics. Yet connectivity has also been an important feature of island life as the sea can be a linking rather than just a dividing body, motivating and maintaining informal and formal connections.
55 unique archaeological objects – most never displayed before outside Cyprus, Crete and Sardinia – tell exceptional stories of insular identity, over a period of 4000 years. The movement of people and episodes of migration between islands and their surrounding mainlands is also explored, through architecture, material culture, crafts and technologies present in the Mediterranean islands.

Islanders has a broad diachronic scope and applies integrative analytical approach, bringing together research findings from scientific fields within archaeology, as well as a multi-scalar approach to past human interaction within continental and island environments.

A. Christophilopoulou (August 2020) (Ed) Material Cultures in Public Engagement: Re-inventing Public Archaeology within Museum Collections, Oxford, Oxbow. ISBN: 9781789253689 , 2020

This volume seeks to document and explore the significant change in the relationship of Museums w... more This volume seeks to document and explore the significant change in the relationship of Museums with collections of the Ancient World and their audiences. The volume establishes a new approach to the study of public archaeology as a discipline and application within Museums, by bringing together the voices and experiences of museum professionals (curators, conservators and researchers) and public engagement professionals. Chapters in this volume present clear case-studies of the variety and diversity of public engagement projects conducted currently within European Museums and beyond. While the majority of case studies presented in the volume’s chapters stem from European Museum programmes, plenty of reference is made on parallel strategies and successful public engagement programmes outside Europe. Case studies within the volume provide important insights as to why public engagement programmes have developed in different ways between Europe and the Americas, as well as whether these differences may stem from different curatorial practices. Finally, a number of studies included in this volume point out that methodologies and practices of public engagement applied currently by Museums in or outside Europe, are rarely the subject of theoretical and methodological scrutiny, unlike other fields of study of the Ancient World or other social sciences. In summary, chapters within the book promise to contribute to the advancement of public engagement with the Ancient World, as well as to the advancement of public archaeology itself as a practice.

Papers by Anastasia Christophilopoulou

Die späte Eisenzeit (ca. 1200 bis 900 v. Chr.) brachte unterschiedliche soziale Entwicklungen auf... more Die späte Eisenzeit (ca. 1200 bis 900 v. Chr.) brachte unterschiedliche soziale Entwicklungen auf den Kykladen, den östlichen ägäischen Inseln und auf Kreta hervor. Durch die exemplarische Analyse häuslichen Raums jener Zeit, nimmt dieser Artikel Aspekte von Gemeinschaftsidentität auf den Ägäischen Inseln und Kreta in den Blick. Durch den Vergleich der jeweiligen Entwicklungen des häuslichen Raums soll untersucht werden, inwiefern die Organisation des Haushalts den sozialen und historischen Kontext verschiedener Inselgemeinschaften widerspiegelt. Dabei wird vorausgesetzt, dass der räumlichen Anordnung innerhalb eines Hauses in aller Regel eine bewusste Strukturierung voranging und dass die Organisation des Haushalts und die mit diesem in Beziehung stehenden Aktivitäten in hohem Maße über das soziale Gefüge der Menschen, die in diesen Häusern lebten, Auskunft geben können. Untersucht werden dabei ebenfalls das Verhältnis von physischer Distanz zu "Insularität", welches in der häuslichen Architektur und der Organisation des Haushalts zum Ausdruck kommt und die Frage, welche Rolle "Insularität" für die Hervorbringung besonderer Gemeinschaftsidentitäten spielt. Vorausgesetzt, dass die Anordnung von Räumen innerhalb eines Hauses auch immer Rückschlüsse auf den außerhalb gelegenen Raum zulässt, wird darüber hinaus zu analysieren sein, wann kretische und ägäische Haushalte

Oxbow Books, Aug 3, 2020

The Material Cultures in Public Engagement volume seeks to document and explore the significant c... more The Material Cultures in Public Engagement volume seeks to document and explore the significant change in the relationship of Museums with collections of the Ancient World and their audiences. The volume establishes a new approach to the study of public archaeology as a discipline and application within Museums, by bringing together the voices and experiences of museum professionals (curators, conservators and researchers) and public engagement professionals. Chapters in this volume present clear case-studies of the variety and diversity of public engagement projects conducted currently within European Museums and beyond. While the majority of case studies presented in the volume's chapters stem from European Museum programmes, plenty of reference is made on parallel strategies and successful public engagement programmes outside Europe. Case studies within the volume provide important insights as to why public engagement programmes have developed in different ways between Europe and the Americas, as well as whether these differences may stem from different curatorial practices. Finally, a number of studies included in this volume point out that methodologies and practices of public engagement applied currently by Museums in or outside Europe, are rarely the subject of theoretical and methodological scrutiny, unlike other fields of study of the Ancient World or other social sciences. In summary, chapters within the book promise to contribute to the advancement of public engagement with the Ancient World, as well as to the advancement of public archaeology itself as a practice.

Classical Review, Mar 8, 2010

Karageorghis (V.) , G iannikouri (A.) (edd.) Conservation and Presentation of the Cultural and Na... more Karageorghis (V.) , G iannikouri (A.) (edd.) Conservation and Presentation of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Large Islands of the Mediterranean. Proceedings of the International Symposium, Rhodes, 1–3 September 2005. Pp. 242, b/w and colour ills, colour maps. Athens: Ministry of Culture, Archaeological Institute of Aegean Studies/A.G. Leventis Foundation, 2006. Paper, €31, US$39. ISBN: 978-960-88387-2-7. doi:10.1017/S0009840X09991338

Oxbow Books, Aug 31, 2020

Minerva Magazine, March/April 2023., 2023

On Dark Water, Burning World, A collaboration. with artist Issam Kourbaj, The British Museum Press, 2023

A. Christophilopoulou (Ed) Material Cultures in Public Engagement: Re-inventing Public Archaeology within Museum Collections, Oxford, Oxbow., 2020

How do we Define Public Archaeology? Public engagement with archaeology is often referred to as t... more How do we Define Public Archaeology? Public engagement with archaeology is often referred to as the practice of involving the public with archaeological, historical and art-historical evidence and associated interpretations. It is also known as the practice of familiarising the public with the methodologies employed by practitioners in the field of archaeology and related disciplines. It seeks to engage the interest of the public, passing on either specialist knowledge in an accessible form, or glimpses of the experience and challenges faced by curators, archaeologists and art historians in their own line of work. Public Archaeology is a complex and challenging field of archaeology. For many researchers, it is a trend within archaeology and not a distinct direction of the overall discipline, with its own theories, practices and quests (Moshenska 2017). Some, though, defend the existence of Public Archaeology as a separate theoretical direction in archaeology, as well as the need to integrate it as an essential part of its teaching in universities. Public Archaeology, as either a theoretical or practical division of archaeology, was not first developed in the museum sphere, or for the needs of museum audiences; it was not even developed in universities as a theoretical direction. The first concepts of Public Archaeology and their subsequent consolidation into a theoretical branch of archaeology came about through the relationship of the public either with previously excavated archaeological monuments or with places under excavation that attracted the interest of those living near them. Public Archaeology was initially, and still is for many today, identified with the concept of 'Community Archaeology'. Although today this concept is intertwined with practices adopted in a large number of European, American and, more recently, African countries, it is the contribution of two specific countries that has established its direction in terms

Material Cultures in Public Engagement, 2020

British Museum Magazine , 2022

A summary of the 'Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean' exhibition, at the Fitzwilliam Mus... more A summary of the 'Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean' exhibition, at the Fitzwilliam Museum (February- June 2023)

Beyond Cyprus: Investigating Cypriot Connectivity in the Mediterranean from the Late Bronze Age to the End of the Classical Period, 2022

This volume is largely based on papers presented at the international conference “Beyond Cyprus: ... more This volume is largely based on papers presented at the international conference “Beyond Cyprus: Investigating Cypriot Connectivity in the Mediterranean from the Late Bronze Age to the End of the Classical Period”, that was held digitally on 8–11 December 2020, under the auspices of the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation.

The conference was organised by the editor of the volume as part of a postdoctoral research project under the same name (acronym CyCoMed), funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) and the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI) within the framework of the first HFRI advertisement for postdoctoral research projects, under grant agreement no. 481.

The principal research questions treated in the volume are closely related to the examination and interpretation of Cypriot archaeological, epigraphic and numismatic evidence from extra-insular sites, as well as to the definition of the role Cypriots may have played as participants in the maritime contacts of the ancient Mediterranean. All 41 papers contained in this volume were externally reviewed and revised for publication. They cover a time range that spans approximately the Middle Bronze Age to the Roman period (early second millennium BC to ca AD 300). Equally numerous are the geographic entities examined, covering a large area, from the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea to the Iberian Peninsula, thus providing an overview of Cypriot evidence throughout the Mediterranean.

Material Cultures in Public Engagement, 2020

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A.Christophilopoulou, Y.Galanakis, J. Grime eds., Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2017

Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean, 2023

A. Christophilopoulou (August 2020) (Ed) Material Cultures in Public Engagement: Re-inventing Public Archaeology within Museum Collections, Oxford, Oxbow. ISBN: 9781789253689 , 2020

Oxbow Books, Aug 3, 2020

Classical Review, Mar 8, 2010

Oxbow Books, Aug 31, 2020

Minerva Magazine, March/April 2023., 2023

On Dark Water, Burning World, A collaboration. with artist Issam Kourbaj, The British Museum Press, 2023

A. Christophilopoulou (Ed) Material Cultures in Public Engagement: Re-inventing Public Archaeology within Museum Collections, Oxford, Oxbow., 2020

Material Cultures in Public Engagement, 2020

British Museum Magazine , 2022

Beyond Cyprus: Investigating Cypriot Connectivity in the Mediterranean from the Late Bronze Age to the End of the Classical Period, 2022

Material Cultures in Public Engagement, 2020

The Classical Review, 2010

Omnibus Magazine, R. Osborne (ed).The Classical Association, March 2023, 2023

The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge is showing a major exhibition called called Islanders: The M... more The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge is showing a major exhibition called called Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean. Anastasia Christophilopoulou, who is in charge of the show, tells us all about it.

Grande traversée : l'énigmatique Alan Turing

Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou, Assistant Keeper in the Department of Antiquities at the Fitzwil... more Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou, Assistant Keeper in the Department of Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum will present on her current project, 'Cyprus in Context': Researching and re-assessing the Cambridge Cypriot Collections. She will focus on the project' s efforts to recontextualise the Cypriot collections within the University of Cambridge with their original archaeological sites in the island of Cyprus. The talk will focus on the history of the Cambridge Cypriot collections, highlighting the most prominent finds including a selection of Cypriot objects from the Lawrence Room collection at Girton College.

Paper presented at the one-day Colloquium in honour of Dr Lucilla Burn, Keeper of Antiquities an... more Paper presented at the one-day Colloquium in honour of Dr Lucilla Burn, Keeper of Antiquities and Assistant Director, Collections, who retired from her position at the Fitzwilliam in December 2016. The Colloquium was held at King's College Cambridge, Tuesday, 29 November 2016.
Organisers: Helen Strudwick, Julie Dawson, Anastasia Christophilopoulou and Paul Cartledge

http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/whatson/conferences/article.html?5203

A one-day Colloquium to celebrate the work of Dr Lucilla Burn, Assistant Director, Collections an... more A one-day Colloquium to celebrate the work of Dr Lucilla Burn, Assistant Director, Collections and Keeper of Antiquities, who retired at the end of 2016.
Organisers:Anastasia Christophilopoulou,Julie Dawson, Helen Strudwick, and Paul Cartledge

Codebreakers and Groundbreakers :Curator's Introduction. A pioneering and interdisciplinary exhi... more Codebreakers and Groundbreakers :Curator's Introduction.
A pioneering and interdisciplinary exhibition, 'Codebreakers and Groundbreakers' will bring together, for the first time, the remarkable intellectual achievements and parallel narratives of two groups of ‘codebreakers’ working at the same time, but independently: those involved in breaking the Second World War codes and those who deciphered the ancient script of Linear B – Europe’s earliest comprehensible writing system.

by Laura Dierksmeier, Stefano Cespa, Anastasia Christophilopoulou, Valerie Elena Palmowski, Frerich Schön, Miriam Kroiher, Helen Dawson, Katrin Dautel, Kathrin Schödel, David Hill, Marta Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, and Matteo Cantisani

The line drawing is a depiction of an Early Cycladic boat on a marble fragment found in Naxos, da... more The line drawing is a depiction of an Early Cycladic boat on a marble fragment found in Naxos, dated ca. 2500-2000 BC. The photo (courtesy of the Centro Studi Ustica) is of cattle being exported from the small island of Ustica to Sicily in the 1950s. Registration This conference is free and open to networks members and guests invited by them.

International symposium to be held at the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome, on 16-1... more International symposium to be held at the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome, on 16-17 May 2023

European Journal of Archaeology ,Volume 26 , Issue 3 , August 2023 , pp. 398 - 401, 2023

What does it mean to be an islander? What do island identities and cultures have in common? And h... more What does it mean to be an islander? What do island identities and cultures have in common? And have islanders through time faced inwards to their own communities, or looked outwards across the seas? These and other questions are thoughtfully and creatively addressed in the new exhibition Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean, held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge from the 24th of February until the 4th of June 2023.