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Stavros Stavrou Karayiannis

Stavros Stavrou Karayiannis

Dean, Professor, Postcolonial Literature

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School of Humanities, Social and Education Sciences

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Academic Qualifications

Qualification Year Awarding Institution
PhD: English (Postcolonial Literatures)     University of Calgary, Canada
MA: English   Dalhousie University, Canada  
BA: English   Trent University, Canada
 

Employment History

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  
 

Publications

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)    
           
 

Exhibitions

Research Projects

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

Academic Consulting Services/Councils/Boards/Editorial Committees

Period Organization Title of Position or Service
  Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature   Manuscript Reviews
  Dance Research Journal Manuscript Reviews
 

Awards/International Recognition

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)
 

Other Achievements

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.