Edited Collections

Bantinaki, K., Kyprianidou, E.,Vassiliou, F. (2025) (eds. & introduction). Empathy and the Aesthetic Mind. London, New York: Bloomsbury

[Contributors: Thomas Petraschka, Jonathan Gilmore, Julia Langkau, Christopher Bartel, Maria José Alcaraz León, Joel Smith, Jonna  Vuoskoski, Anne Tüscher, Sarah Robinson, Amy Kind, Cain Todd, Íngrid Vendrell Ferran, Tzachi Zamir, Carl Plantinga, Panos Paris].

Kyprianidou, Ε. (2019) (ed. & introduction). The Art of Compassion. Athens: Nissos Publications.

[Contributors: Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck University), Eleni Filippachi (Hellenic Open University), Kostas Ioannides (Athens School of Fine Arts), Efi Kyprianidou (Open University of Cyprus), Amber J. Porter (University of Calgary), Samantha Mitschke (Holocaust Educational Trust), Aris Sarafianos (University of Ioannina), Dimitra Makriniotis (National Kapodistrian University of Athens)].

Kyprianidou, E. (2017) (ed. & introduction). Weaving Culture in Europe. Athens: Nissos Publications.

[Contributors: Ruby Blondell (University of Washington), Jacob Lund (Aarhus University), Diana Wood Conroy (University of Wollongong), Janis Jefferies (Goldsmith’s University), Alexandra Kokoli (Middlesex University), Myrto Voreakou (National Technical University of Athens)].

Articles / Book Chapters

Kyprianidou, E. (forthcoming, 2025). “On Moral Disgust in Art: Imaginative Resistance and Empathetic Engagement”. In K. Bantinaki (ed.) Art and Aesthetic Experience. Heraklion: Crete University Press. (in Greek) / “Για την Ηθική Αηδία στην Τέχνη: Φαντασιακή Αντίσταση και Ενσυναισθητική Εμπλοκή”. Στο Κ. Μπαντινάκη (επιμ.), Τέχνη και Αισθητική Εμπειρία. Ηράκλειο: Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης.

Kyprianidou, E. (forthcoming, 2025). “On the Road to Virtuousness: Empathy for Rough Heroines”, In Proceedings of the European Society for Aesthetics. Vol.16.

Kyprianidou, E. (2024). “Sympathy (and tea) for Rough Heroines in Fiction”, In A. Papadima (ed.), Gender Issues in Arts. Nicosia: Hippasus. (in Greek). / “Τσάι και Συμπάθεια για τις Σκληρές Ηρωίδες της Μυθοπλασίας”, στο Α. Παπαδήμα (επιμ.), Έμφυλες Προσεγγίσεις στις Τέχνες. Λευκωσία: Hippasus.

Kyprianidou, E. (2023). “Moral Disgust and Imaginative Resistance”, Proceedings of the European Society for Aesthetics. Vol.15. 316-327.

Κυπριανίδου, E. (2023). “Ζακ Ντεριντά: Η αποδόμηση του θεμελιωτισμού”. Στο Μπαλτάς, A., Δημητράκος, Θ. (επιμ.), Φιλοσοφία και Επιστήμες στον Εικοστό Αιώνα (Τόμος Β’), Κοινωνικές Επιστήμες και Επιστήμες του Ανθρώπου: Ο Γαλλικός Δρόμος της Έννοιας. Ηράκλειο: Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης.

Κyprianidou, Ε. (2019). “On Empathy: Art and Illness,”. In Kyprianidou, E. (ed.) The Art of  Compassion, Athens: Nissos Publications.

Κυπριανίδου, E. (2019). “Το πορτραίτο στην κυπριακή κουλτούρα”. Στο Ιωάννου, Γ. (επιμ.) Χρονικό, No. 51. σ.σ 4-22.

Κυπριανίδου, E., Παπαδάκη, E. (2019). “Το Ψηφιακό Μάρκετινγκ σε Μουσεία Τέχνης και Οργανισμούς Παραστατικών Τεχνών ”. Στο Θεοδοσίου, Σ., Παπαδάκη, E. (Επιμ.), Πολιτιστικές Βιομηχανίες και Τεχνοπολιτισμός. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Νήσος.

Kyprianidou, E. (2018). “Πολιτισμικοί Πόλεμοι. Λογοκρισία και Τέχνες στην Κύπρο”.  Στο Ιωάννου, Γ. (επιμ.) Χρονικό, No. 51. σ.σ 4-22.

Kyprianidou, E. (2017). “Empathy for the Depicted”. Proceedings of the European Society for Aesthetics. vol.9, 2017. Ratiu D.E, Vaughan, C. (eds), pp. 305-333.

Kyprianidou, E. (2017). “Weaving Cultural Identities”. In Kyprianidou, E. (ed).   Weaving Culture in Europe. Athens: Nissos Publications. pp. 11-23.

Kyprianidou, E. (2017). “The World as Meditation: Curating an art exhibition”. In                 Kyprianidou, E. (ed.). Weaving Culture in Europe. Athens: Nissos Publications. pp. 115-118.

Kyprianidou, Ε. (2014): “Between East and West: Aspects of the First Generation of Cypriot Artists” [online]. Virtual Museum of Modern and Contemporary Cypriot Art. Available at <http://virtualartmuseumcy.com/istoria/ageniakyprionkallitexnon/>.

Kyprianidou, Ε. (2013). “Ο ύπνος της λογικής παράγει τέρατα. Αισθητική και Ηθική  στο Έργο Τέχνης”. Στο Νικοδήμου, E. (επιμ.) Documentary, Λευκωσία:  Εκδόσεις Αιγαίον.

Kyprianidou, E. (2011). “Memory and the Abyss of Communication: Philosophers’  Collective Memory, Citation and Meaning Attribution”, Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, 2 (2): 181-194.

 Books

Kyprianidou, Ε. (2011): A philosophical Inquiry of Linguistic Communication (Dissertation). National & Kapodistrian University of Athens & National Technical University of Athens. Published on the online platform https://www.didaktorika.gr/ (in Greek).

Essays in exhibition/museum catalogues

Kyprianidou, Ε. (2018). “Portraiture in Cypriot Culture”. In Kyprianidou, Ε. (ed.) Portraits: Αura of Life and Death. Nicosia: Cultural Council of Cyprus & Evagoras and Kathleen Lanitis Cultural Center. pp. 12-39.

Kyprianidou, E., Rogakos, M. (2018). “Sublimating Sexuality and the Dubious Normality of Being into Art”. In Art is a Way Out of Sexual Problems. Saint Petersburg: Freud’s Dream Museum. pp. 11-14.

Kyprianidou, Ε. (2014). From Greece to Cyprus: 23 Young Cypriot Artists. Nicosia: EnTypois Publications. (in Greek).

Catalogue Texts

“Chimera”, essay in exhibition catalogue, ‘Penny Monogiou: Chimera’, Greskewitz-Kleinitz Galerie, Hamburg, 2016.

“The Great Journey”, essay in exhibition catalogue, “Christos Avraam: The Great Journey”, Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, 2016.

“Supernova”, essay in exhibition catalogue, “Ignatios Mitrofanous: Invisible Worlds”, Camden image Gallery, London, 2015.

“Social Contract”, essay in exhibition catalogue, ‘Christos Avraam: Social Contract’. Alpha Gallery, Nicosia, 2013.

“Through the Eyes of the Soul”, essay in exhibition catalogue, ‘Eleni Menelaou: Retrospective’. EKATE, Nicosia, 2013.

“Not quite a Memory”, essay in exhibition catalogue, ‘Zenon Jepras’. Alpha Gallery, Nicosia, 2012.

“Apostolos Yayannos and the Flowers of Virtue”, essay in exhibition catalogue, ‘Flowers. Only’. Titanium Gallery, Athens, 2012.

“Photography and Environmental Perception”, essay in exhibition catalogue, ‘Yannis Tzortzis: Photography”, AnniArt 798, Beijing, 2010.

“From the Silk Road to Natural Gas Road”, essay in exhibition catalogue, ‘Yannis Tzortzis: Green Project in Asia”, Manifactura Gallery, Athens, 2009.

2016-2018                

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of History & Philosophy of Science, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. Title: “Illness-related art and the development of empathy”.

FAR 250 _ Philosophy of Art Ι

FAR 251 _ Philosophy of Art ΙΙ

FAR 350 _ Art theory and criticism

FAR 570 _ History of Aesthetic Theories (Postgraduate Programme in Art History and Theory)

FAR 572 _ Special Topics (Postgraduate Programme in Art History and Theory)

• 2018 Portraits: Αura of Life and Death. Evagoras and Kathleen Lanitis Cultural Center, Limassol. [38 participant artists from Cyprus]. Available at <http://www.lanitisfoundation.org/en/events/exhibition-–-portraits-aura- of-life-and-death>
• 2018 Die Kunst ist ein Ausweg bei sexuellen Problemen. (with Megaklis Rogakos and Ioannis Arxontakis). Sigmund Freud Dream Museum. St. Petersburg, Russia. [41 participant artists from Greece and Cyprus].
• 2018 Weaving Europe / Weaving Balkans. Biennale of Western Balkans. Ioannina. Available at <https://bowb.org/?p=6001> [8 participant artists from Greece, Cyprus, North Macedonia, USA].
• 2017 Weaving Europe: The World as Meditation. Pafos EU Capital of Culture 2017. Available at <http://www.pafos2017.eu/en/event/weaving-europe-the-world-as-meditation/>
  [Participant Artists: Kimsooja, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Eva Borner, Loukia Alavanou, Anne Wilson, Janis Jefferis, Johan Grimonprez, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Francesca Fini, Diane Wood Conroy, Yannis Sakellis, Kyriacos Kousoulides, Nikos Gyftakis, Eleni Nikodemou, Erato Hadjisavva, Christos Avraam, Anastasia Mina, Christina Lucas ].
• 2016-2017 Scientific consultant and member of the team that prepared the opening ceremony of the Paphos2017 Cultural Capital of Europe in cooperation with Walk the Plank. Available at <http://walktheplank.co.uk/project/pafos-european-capital-culture-2017-opening- ceremony/>
• 2016 The Waiting Room. Art-Athina International Contemporary Art Fair. Athens. [Participant artists: Nikos Gyftakis, Christos Avraam, Penny Monogiou, Kyriakos Kousoulides].
• 2015 Compassion: On the phenomenology of being ill, Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Berlin.
  [Participant artists: Ulay, Gunter Brus, Enrique Fuentes, Sylvia Hense, Alexandros Psychoulis, Nikos Gyftakis, Yiannis Diamantis, Penny Monogiou, Christos Avraam, Kyriacos Kousoulides, Michalis Papamichael]. Available at <https://www.facebook.com/Compassion-On-the-phenomenology-of-being- ill-412404625614918/>
• 2014 Anasystasi. Embassy of Greece in Cyprus & Greek Presidency of the EU Council. Nicosia. [22 participant artists from Cyprus]
• 2013-2014     Head Curator of the Virtual Art Museum of Modern and Contemporary Cypriot Art, The Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts & Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus. Available at <www.virtualartmuseumcy.com>.
• 2009 Green Project in Asia, (with Thanasis Moutsopoulos), Athens Photo Festival, Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Sports Complex. Athens.