project sustainability

1) Use of research data by graduate students to conduct data analysis and write up their research projects in the context of their graduate research work and master’s thesis.

a) Zwelling, A. G. (2011). Oral history as a means for peacebuilding: A professional project review. Unpublished master’s thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA.

The 3-member committee for the defense of the Master’s thesis of Adira G. Zwelling consisted of Professor Rachel Hardesty (Committee Chair) and Dr Barbara Tint both of Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA, and Dr Nikoletta Christodoulou, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus who served as the outside committee member.

b) Georgiou, K. (2013). The Cyprus oral history project: Personal narratives from the protagonists. Unpublished master’s thesis, Department of Educational Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus. (Advisors: Lucy Avraamidou & Nikoletta Christodoulou)

The student used existing research data from the Cyprus Oral History Project but also she has been collecting additional research data through interviews with people.

c) Flori, P. (2014). The use of oral history in school curricula for the development of secondary education students’ historical consciousness: A case study. Unpublished master’s thesis, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus. (Advisor: Nikoletta Christodoulou)

2) Collaboration with schools in order to implement the oral history research method and to expand the Cyprus Oral History project archive through students’ fieldwork.

a)  During 2011-2012 there was collaboration with a group of students and their teacher from Agios Ioannis High School, Limassol, Cyprus. The collaboration was formed for the purposes of “Students in Research” (MERA) program organized by the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) for students to be immersed into and become familiar with research, by undertaking a research project alongside their teacher and an expert researcher. The team worked on the oral history research project entitled “School celebrations of national anniversaries and remembrance events. What the students gain? Oral history as an alternative method for the revival of such events” (Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation grant #: ΚΟΥΛΤΟΥΡΑ/ΜΕΡΑ/0911/35). The student research team was composed of Omiros Andrianos, Afrodite Demetriou, Giorgos Karavias, Zena Mpalta, Michalis Panagides, Marios Charalambous, Theodoros Agathokleous, the teacher was Maria Hadjimichael, and the expert researcher was Dr Nikoletta Christodoulou. The group’s work can be found at the students’ project website: http://www.cymnimes.wordpress.com

b)  The team won the first prize at MEPA 2011-2012 (Students in Research [Μαθητές στην Έρευνα]), High School Education,for the aforementioned research project “School celebrations of national anniversaries and remembrance events. What the students gain? Oral history as an alternative method for the revival of such events [Σχολικοί Εορτασμοί Εθνικών Επετείων και Εκδηλώσεις Μνήμης. Τι Αποκομίζουν οι Μαθητές; Η Προφορική Ιστορία ως Εναλλακτική Μέθοδος Αναβίωσης Τέτοιων Γεγονότων].” The research contest was organized by RPF in June 2012.

c)  Dr Christodoulou was the expert researcher, guiding and advising the research team and their coordinator-teacher on issues relating to the planning and the conduct of research including the research question, writing of research proposal, finding resources for the literature review, the methodology, data collection and the results.

3) Presentations at university research courses and generation of journal entries from the students with their reflections on the project and oral history method.

  • - Christodoulou, N. (2013). Oral History research for the period 1960-1974 in Cyprus: Methodology and important issues. Guest speaker at the Colloquium in the graduate class HIS808: Modern History (19th-20th century) (Instructor: Dr Petros Papapolyviou), Department of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, November 7.
  • - Christodoulou, N. (2013). The Cyprus Oral History Project: theoretical and methodological perspectives. Guest speaker at the graduate class EDUC511: Principles & Methods of Qualititative Research (Instructor: Dr Lucy Avraamidou), University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus, March 7.
  • - Christodoulou, N. (2012). The Cyprus Oral History Project: theoretical and methodological perspectives. Guest speaker at the graduate class EDUC511: Principles & Methods of Qualititative Research (Instructor: Dr Lucy Avraamidou), University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus, October 16.
  • - Christodoulou, N. (2012). The Cyprus Oral History Project: theoretical and methodological perspectives. Guest speaker at the graduate class EDUC511: Principles & Methods of Qualititative Research (Instructor: Dr Lucy Avraamidou), University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus, March 7.
  • - Christodoulou, N. (2011). The Cyprus Oral History Project: theoretical and methodological perspectives. Guest speaker at the graduate class EDUC511: Principles & Methods of Qualititative Research (Instructor: Dr Lucy Avraamidou), University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus, October 25.

4) Working with Sofia Leitao and Turkish-Cypriot colleagues to receive local and EU funding in order to expand the project, enrich the existing oral history archive and exploit it through various academic and other outreach activities.

5) Connection with MEMORO Bank of Memories. The MEMORO Cyprus team consists of Nikoletta Christodoulou, Sofia Leitao, Maria Hadjimichael, Lucy Avraamidou, and Meropi Moiseos.

Special thanks to Project Collaborators for their valuable support and contribution:
Ema Sofia Amaral Leitao, Nicosia, Cyprus
Adira Zwelling, Portland, Oregon, USA
Maria Arettines, New York, New York, USA
Also, to Despo Polydorou for conducting some translation and helping with the promotion of the project.