The Cyprus Association of Social Anthropologists is a growing community of scholars, practitioners, and students who are from Cyprus, work in Cyprus, or engage critically with social, cultural, and political issues related to the island and the wider Eastern Mediterranean.

Our members work across diverse settings, from urban neighbourhoods and borderlands to digital spaces and diasporic communities, reflecting the plurality of anthropological practice in and beyond Cyprus and producing results in a range of media, including written texts, photography, documentary, art, and so forth.

The Association brings together academic anthropologists, early-career researchers, independent scholars, and practitioners working in fields such as migration, heritage, urban studies, digital cultures, memory, and political anthropology. The Association is active and outward-looking. Its core activities include public events, workshops, lectures, and collaborative projects, alongside efforts to build networks locally and internationally. We also maintain an active mailing list for announcements, discussion, and knowledge exchange.

Cyprus is marked by deep social, political, and historical divisions, alongside vibrant traditions of resistance, care, and coexistence. The Association is committed to working across linguistic, ethnic, religious, and political boundaries, bringing together scholars, activists, artists, and community practitioners engaged with Greek Cypriot, Turkish Cypriot, migrant, refugee, and diasporic communities. We see anthropology not only as a field of study but as a tool for solidarity, critical intervention, and collective imagining. Through shared spaces of learning and collaboration, the Association seeks to challenge exclusion, amplify marginalised voices, and contribute to struggles for social justice across the island.

Social anthropology in Cyprus has developed in close dialogue with broader traditions in European and Mediterranean anthropology, while remaining deeply shaped by the island’s specific historical trajectories: colonialism, division, displacement, and ongoing processes of social transformation.

Anthropologists in Cyprus work across universities, research centres, NGOs, cultural institutions, and independent practice. The Association aims to support this diverse community by fostering collaboration, promoting anthropological approaches in public life, and advocating for the value of social anthropology in understanding contemporary Cypriot society.

Today, Cypriot social anthropology is thoroughly internationalised while maintaining a strong commitment to local realities and regional connections. The Cyprus Association of Social Anthropologists exists to strengthen this field, creating space for dialogue, experimentation, and collective thinking about society, culture, and power.