Moderator: Elena Stylianou
Saturday 25 April 2026 | 11:00
The panel discussion is organized with the support of the European University Cyprus
Liquid Histories is a panel discussion that explores the layered histories of water in Cyprus, tracing how it has shaped—and been shaped by—colonial power, memory, and identity. Bringing together perspectives from art history, architecture, and social and cultural anthropology, the discussion examines late 19th-century visual culture alongside official 20th-century archives, while also foregrounding hidden stories and personal narratives that challenge dominant accounts. By weaving these voices together, the panel highlights water not only as an element of nature and a resource, but also as a medium and an archive that remembers and preserves—through which contested histories and lived experiences continue to flow.
Stavroula Michael, Department of Architecture, University of Cyprus & Department of Architecture, University of Nicosia
Thinking Like Water: Tracing the Contested History of Colonial Water Infrastructures in Cyprus
Evanthia (Evi) Tselika, Associate Professor, University of Nicosia
Thinking towards a visual culture of water in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in colonial Cyprus
Avi Betz-Heinemann, After Malaria Project, University of Helsinki
After Malaria: Pathology, Water, and Work
Esra Plümer, Independent Art Historian and Writer-Researcher
Groundwater, an arbitrary history