The Cyprus Institute

Despina Papacharalambous

Despina joined the Cyprus Institute in September 2014 after receiving her Master’s Degree in Byzantine Studies at the University of Cyprus (2012) and her Bachelor's Degree in History and Archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece (2009). During her studies she participated in several excavations, ceramic documentations and museum work in Greece and Cyprus. Her main research field concerns Byzantine – Medieval Art in Cyprus. She is interested in pursuing research in the history of art (Byzantine/Medieval Art in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean) and local phenomena with trans-regional implications, while utilizing advanced technological applications to produce knowledge, accessible to the scientific society as well as to further generations in general. Her aim is to continue the research on the field in combination with the implementation of technology in the process of documenting and preserving byzantine art works, a useful approach in archaeological documentation, preservation and museum’s exhibition