OTHELLO 2015 - 3rd Annual Conference of Mediterranean and Levantine Cultural History? in the Byzantine, Medieval and Renaissance Periods and their legacies

First held in Larnaca in 2013, Othello's Island is developing rapidly into a major annual meeting of academics, students and members of the public interested in medieval and renaissance art, literature, history and culture.
Our remit has developed since the conference first started, from having a specific focus on Cyprus and the Levant, to being a far broader ranging forum for the discussion of the cultural, social and political histories of this period. Inevitably Cyprus, the Levant and the Mediterranean still loom large, not least because for anyone interested in medieval and renaissance history Cyprus is a virtually undiscovered gem, full of architectural and other material culture relating to the period. This includes museums filled with historic artefacts, gothic and byzantine cathedrals and churches and a living culture that has direct links to this period.
One of the most refreshing aspects of the conference is its truely interdisciplinary nature. Whereas many interdisciplinary conferences stream different subject areas, effectively undermining any interdisciplinary aspect they might have had, Othello's Island remains a unified conference in which experts in subjects as diverse as literature, architectural history, art history, social and linguistic history and post colonial studies (to name but a few) discuss each others' topics in what has been described as one of the friendliest conferences ever organised.
If you have any questions on the event please do contact us and we will do our best to answer them.