Stavros Stavrou Karayiannis
Dean, Professor, Postcolonial Literature
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School of Humanities, Social and Education Sciences
Dean's Office
Qualification | Year | Awarding Institution |
PhD: English (Postcolonial Literatures) | University of Calgary, Canada | |
MA: English | Dalhousie University, Canada | |
BA: English | Trent University, Canada |
Period of employment | Employer | Location | Position | |
From | To | |||
2022 | Today | European University Cyprus | Cyprus | Professor |
2007 | 2022 | European University Cyprus | Cyprus | Associate Professor |
2004 | 2007 | Cyprus College, Nicosia | Nicosia, Cyprus | Assistant Professor, English |
2004, Summer | University of Calgary | Canada | Sessional Instructor |
Year | Title | Other authors | Journal and Publisher / Conference | Vol. | Pages |
2018 | Anamnesis and queer poe(/li)tics: Dissident sexualities and the erotics of transgression in Cyprus | Journal of Greek Media & Culture | 4: 2 | 239–254 | |
2015 | Vernacular Worlds, Cosmopolitan Imaginations | Stephanos Stephanides | Leiden: Brill/Rodopi | Edited volume | |
2015 | “Modernism and Dance in the Middle East and North Africa” | The Modernist World, (Routledge Worlds Series), Eds. Stephen Ross and Allana C. Lindgren. Routledge | |||
2014 | “En-Gendering Cypriots: From Colonial Landscapes to Postcolonial Identities” | Constructing Identities: Cypriot Photography in Context, Eds Liz Wells, Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert & Nicos Philippou. London: I.B.Tauris | |||
2012 | “Migrant Goddess: Displacement, Gender and Transformation in Literature from Cyprus” | On The Move: The Journey of Refugees in New Literatures in English, Eds Geetha Ganapathy- Doré and Helga Ramsay-Kurz. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing | |||
2009 | “Native Motion and Imperial Emotion: Male Performers of the Orient and the Politics of the Imperial Gaze” | The Male Dancer, Ed. Jennifer Fisher and Anthony Shay. Oxford: Oxford UP | |||
2007-present | Managing Editor: Cadences: A Journal of Literature and the Arts in Cyprus | European University Cyprus | |||
2006 | Sexual Interactions: The Social Construction of Atypical Sexual Variations and Settings | Andreas G. Philaretou, Constantinos N. Phellas | Boca Raton: Universal Publishers | ||
2004-2007 | Assistant Editor: Cadences: A Journal of Literature and the Arts in Cyprus | Cyprus College, Nicosia, Cyprus | |||
2004 | Dancing Fear and Desire: Race, Sexuality and Imperial Politics in Middle Eastern Dance | Wilfrid Laurier, University Press, (Reprinted 2005, 2007, 2010) | |||
Date | Title | Funded by | Project Role* |
01.09.2022 | Prison Safe – Protecting and Safeguarding LGBTIQ People in European Prisons | Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme | Researcher |
2008 | The situation concerning homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation | COWI – Danish Institute for Human Rights: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. | Researcher |
Period | Organization | Title of Position or Service |
Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature | Manuscript Reviews | |
Dance Research Journal | Manuscript Reviews |
Date | Title | Awarded by: |
2020 | Cyprus Jury member: European Union Literature Prize | N/A |
2014, Fall | International Distinguished Visitor Award | University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Canada |
2010 | Boston University, International Summer School on Religion and Public Life: “Together and Apart: Divided Cities” hosted by the Academic College of Tel Aviv—Jaffa, the University of Cyprus, and PRIO-Cyprus Centre | Boston University |
2006 | European Society for the Study of English (ESSE) Book Award for Cultural Studies for Dancing, Fear & Desire. Race, Sexuality & Imperial Politics in Middle Eastern Dance | European Society for the Study of English (ESSE) |
Date | Title | Key Activities: |
2015-2021 | Cyprus Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth: Grants Advisory Committee for translations of works by Cypriot writers from Greek into foreign languages (two terms of service, three-years each term). | As an Advisory Committee member, I was called upon to review the entire grant application package and judge the merit, literary value, and potential of literary books submitted to the translation scheme. |
2018-2021 | Cyprus Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth: State Literature Prizes | This is the prestigious Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth committee that reviews all book submissions to the State Literature Prize in the categories of poetry, novel, short story/novella, young writer’s prize, and literary criticism. |