Professor Andrekos Varnava, FRHistS, FRSA, FAHA (Ανδρίκκος)
@andrekosvarnava.bsky.social
Australian-Cypriot historian @flindersuniversity.bsky.social on Kaurna Yarta; expert on British empire, Cyprus, Armenia, migration; Editor-in-Chief @jich.bsky.social; poet; @YusufCatStevens fan https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/andrekos.varnava
The latest issue of JICH has been published - Vol 54(4) - with at least five #OpenAccess articles - check it out now: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
Volume 54, Issue 4 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
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So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)
75 years ago the UK signed the UN Refugee Convention. However many had sought asylum in the UK, as well as in the British Empire, for many decades prior. @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social, @yiannicart.bsky.social and I edited this book on this history of exile and refuge. brill.com/display/titl...
Hot off the press and #OpenAccess, read 'Fighting Tuberculosis in Colonial Cyprus, 1930s to 1950s' by Andrekos Varnava @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Fighting Tuberculosis in Colonial Cyprus, 1930s to 1950s
This article contributes to the research on the histories of public health, specifically tuberculosis, in the British Empire. During the inter-war years, coordinated efforts began across the Britis...
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My new article just dropped, 'Fighting Tuberculosis in Colonial Cyprus, 1930s to 1950s'. @JICHist www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Fighting Tuberculosis in Colonial Cyprus, 1930s to 1950s
This article contributes to the research on the histories of public health, specifically tuberculosis, in the British Empire. During the inter-war years, coordinated efforts began across the Britis...
tandfonline.com
The latest issue of @jich.bsky.social (54/3, 2026) has been published. Featuring ten new peer-reviewed articles of original research, two commentary pieces and six book reviews. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
Volume 54, Issue 3 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
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Today we remember the brutal and cowardly murder of Savvas Menikos by EOKA on 23 May 1958. The judge called it ‘sheer animalism’. Thanks to Anthem Press for contracting Haji Mike and me to write the book about this. Here's our talk from last year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlte...
Professors Varnava and Hajimichael talk on the mob killing of Savvas Menikos in 1958 by EOKA.
YouTube video by Andrekos Varnava
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Wonderful to have worlked with you on this as part of ARCLP210100204 led by Professor Andrew May and titled 'Cancer culture: understanding anti-cancer campaigns in Australia'.
Yianni Cartledge@yiannicart.bsky.social · 3mo ago@andrekosvarnava.bsky.social and I are happy to announce that our article, 'Promoting smoking and fighting cancer in Australian migrant newspapers, 1930–60', has been published open access in @medicalhistory.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/mdh.... @universitypress.cambridge.org
@voltcyprus.org @alexapostolides.bsky.social @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social 👇👍
Strovoliotis@strovoliotis.bsky.social · 3mo agoΤην Κυριακή θα ψηφίσω Νομίζω δεν πίστεψα ποτέ σε θαύματα. Στη μακρά εμπλοκή μου με τα κοινά, μπορεί να υπερτίμησα όμως τις δυνάμεις μιας ομάδας ιδεολόγων ή ορθολογιστών με τους οποίους προσπαθούσα πάντα να κάνω παρέα. Από την άλλη απογοητεύτηκα. Πολλές φορές. Όχι στο όνομα μιας ιδεολογίας ή γιατί…
New book review published advance access. Andrekos Varnava reviews ‘Law’s Politics: The Cyprus Troubles, 1960–1968’ by Nadia Kornioti (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025): doi.org/10.1080/0308... @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social @springernature.com
Law’s Politics: The Cyprus Troubles, 1960–1968
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Hot off the press! See the latest article 'Imperial Persuasion: British War Propaganda and the Manufacture of Consent in Colonial Cyprus in World War I' by Nur Çetiner & Ceren Uçan: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Imperial Persuasion: British War Propaganda and the Manufacture of Consent in Colonial Cyprus in World War I
This article examines the recruitment strategies employed by the British colonial administration to mobilise the Orthodox Greek and Muslim Turkish Cypriot communities for the Macedonian Mule Corps ...
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EIC doing my bit for JICH and books on Cyprus.
Evan@evansmithhist.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social reviews ‘Law’s Politics: The Cyprus Troubles, 1960–1968’ by @nadiakti.bsky.social @springernature.com www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Really happy to see that the webpage for my next book (No. 5), 'Cypriot Migration to Australia until 1952' is available! brill.com/display/titl...
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Flinders in Touch with me and my Daimler Sovereign @https://blogs.flinders.edu.au/fit/2026/04/13/in-touch-with-andrekos-varnava/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FiT%20-%2014%20April&utm_content=FiT%20-%2014%20April+CID_bf53198a9ff5ec80f6594a12af50f9fa&utm_source=Email%20marketing&utm_term=Read%20more
Congratulations to the winners and those commended! There were so many great articles in 2025! I am confident the task of selecting will be just as hard for those eligible in 2026!
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History@jich.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe would like to congratulate our inaugural prize winners for best articles of 2025- Alex Sutton (Stockwell-Burroughs Prize) and Anna Vangelatou (Murphy-Howe Postgraduate Prize). Read the winning and commended articles here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/fic...
JICH has returned to Q1 for 2025, according to latest ScimagoJR rankings. Well done to our dedicated team, and looking forward to maintaining this through 2026 and beyond! @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social @yiannicart.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @jonasgjerso.bsky.social
Book launch (in Greek) in Cyprus. Can't believe it has been 2 years. The Greek translation of 'Assassination in Colonial Cyprus' can be purchased at all good book stores in Cyprus and online (Psifides). www.youtube.com/watch?v=_poZ...
Παρουσίαση του βιβλίου μου 'Δολοφονία στην Αποικιακή Κύπρο το 1934 και οι Απαρχές της ΕΟΚΑ'.
YouTube video by Andrekos Varnava
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In another paper, @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social and I looked at how the British used controls at port of departure within the British Empire, but I have been trying to find out how/if Australia pursued similar. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Dealing with Destitute Cypriots in the UK and Australia, 1914–1931
In 1928, the Australian authorities told the British government that they would no longer accept Cypriots into the country because of the widespread destitution of those already in Australia. This cha...
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Remembering what EOKA was @jich.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
EOKA 70 Years On: Anti-Colonial or Colonialist? Liberation or Subjugation?
70 years after the start of the EOKA campaign to unite Cyprus to Greece (enosis), this essay revisits the nature and activities of EOKA, and its legacy. Most Greek Cypriots and Greeks believe in wh...
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Me on the British empire, Cyprus & why the past still matters. For the AAH. humanities.org.au/power-of-the...
Andrekos Varnava FAHA on why the past still matters
Professor Andrekos Varnava is an expert on the British Empire. He shares his research and why knowing history is integral for the future.
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Nice to announce my next book will be co-authored with Mike Hajimichael after being contracted to Anthem. The title is: 'EOKA and Political Murders in Colonial Cyprus: The Mob Killing of Savvas Menikos'. For a preview, watch our talk from last year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlte...
Professors Varnava and Hajimichael talk on the mob killing of Savvas Menikos in 1958 by EOKA.
YouTube video by Andrekos Varnava
youtube.com
Issue 1 for 2026 (Vol. 54) is out now! It is a special issue, edited by Mona Rudolph & Nina Kleinöder on: 'Business and Labour in German Colonialism'. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
Business and Labour in German Colonialism. Volume 54, Issue 1 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
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Tomorrow is #Greek Independence Day. Many myths will be celebrated in #Cyprus about the ethnomartyr Kyprianos. My talk and the publication that came out of it dispel these myths. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4i0...
Professor Andrekos Varnava, talk 'Cyprus and 1821: Myths, Realities, Forgetting and Remembering'
YouTube video by Andrekos Varnava
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Great to be given a hard copy of the first monograph by my former PhD student @yiannicart.bsky.social, ‘Ikarians in South Australia, 1900-1945’. Congratulations on the book! anthempress.com/books/ikaria...
British Sovereign Bases in Cyprus hit by drone cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/02/s...
UK Cyprus base hit by drone
The United Kingdom’s Akrotiri air force base in Cyprus has been hit by a drone, the Cyprus Mail learned in the early hours of Monday morning. Personnel on the bases were informed that a “small drone” ...
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Iranian missiles targetting British Sovereign Bases Cyprus... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Iran missiles fired towards UK military bases in Cyprus, defence minister says
Defence secretary John Healey has revealed that UK assets in the Middle East are at risk from Iranian retaliation
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Afelia tonight. Cyprus on my plate.
My latest article (open access) #history #historian #southeastasia #Imperialism #Colonialism #Decolonisation #treaties #Raffles #sovereignty www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sovereignty and Treaties as Colonial Instruments: The British Occupation of Java 1811–1815
This article examines how sovereignty and treaties functioned as colonial instruments during the British occupation of Java (1811–1815). The British East India Company imposed the language of sover...
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