Faculty of Arts

Dr Christalla Yakinthou

Honorary Research Fellow
Political Science and International Relations

Contact details

Address

Political Science and International Relations
The University of Western Australia (M259)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 2086

Fax

6488 1060

Email

christalla.yakinthou@uwa.edu.au

Key research

Transitional Justice and Conflict Transformation

Ethnic conflict and historical memory

Political design for conflict societies

Human rights

Cyprus conflict

Publications

BOOKS

Conflict Management in Divided Societies: Theories and Practice, co-edited with Stefan Wolff, Routledge, forthcoming 2011.

Political Settlements in Divided Societies: Cyprus and Consociationalism, Palgrave Macmillan Publishers, July 2009.

The Emergence of a ‘Right to Truth’: A Comparison of Inter-American and European Human Rights Approaches to Enforced Disappearances, forthcoming.

BOOK CHAPTERS

'Cyprus', Conflict Management in Divided Societies: Theories and Practice, Stefan Wolff and Christalla Yakinthou, Routledge, 2011 (forthcoming).

‘Cyprus: Political Modernity and Institutions of Democracy in a Divided Island’, (with Andrekos Varnavas) The Oxford Handbook of Sub-National Democracy in Europe, Oxford University Press, 2010.

‘The House that Annan Built?’, in Varnavas, A. and Faustmann, H., Reunifying Cyprus: The Annan Plan and Beyond, I.B. Tauris, 2009.

REFEREED ARTICLES
'The (non) Debate About Dealing with the Past in Cyprus: Prosecutions, Amnesties, Commissions', under review with the International Journal of Transitional Justice.

‘The European Union’s Management of the Cyprus Conflict: System Failure or Structural Metamorphosis?’, Ethnopolitics, vol. 8, no.3, 2009 pp.307-323.

'The Quiet Deflation of Den Xehno? Changes in the Greek Cypriot Communal Narrative on the Missing Persons in Cyprus’ Cyprus Review, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring 2008 pp.15-33.

REPORTS

'Human Rights for Third-Country Nationals in the Republic of Cyprus', Reconciliation through a Common Purpose: Third Party Human Rights in Cyprus, (co-authored with Oncel Polili), Tesev Publications, 2010.

CONFERENCES, CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

'Human Rights for Third-Country Nationals in the Republic of Cyprus', Reconciliation through a Common Purpose: Third Party Human Rights in Cyprus, Roundtable convened by the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation and the Global Political Trends Center, Cyprus June 2010.

Co-Convenor of workshop, Conflict Resolution in Divided Societies: Theories and Practice at February 2010 International Studies Association Annual Conference, New Orleans. Funding for workshop secured through ISA Catalytic Research Grant.
http://ethnopolitics.org/isa2010.htm

'The Cyprus Peace Process', ISA Annual Conference, New Orleans, February 2010.
'Truth and Reconciliation in Cyprus: The Non-Debate', Oslo Peace Research Institute, Cyprus Centre Annual Conference, Nicosia, June 2009.

‘Why Don’t Conflicts Get Solved? What Becomes of a Society Deeply Traumatised by War?’ Inaugural talk for Bluestocking Institute for Global Peace and Justice, Perth, March 2009.

‘Consociationalism and Cyprus’, Cyprus Academic Forum, Nicosia, March 2009.

‘The EU and Cyprus: A Case of Failed Conflict Management?’, Paper presented at the London School of Economics and Political Science, London, October 2008.

‘Power-sharing in Conflict Societies: The Case of Cyprus’, Paper presented at Middle Eastern Technical University, Ankara, April 2008.

COMMENTARY ARTICLES

'Acceptance of police brutality underlines our slave mentality', Cyprus Mail, February 2011

'The status quo is not a solution', The Elders, February 2010

'Reflections on a Meditrated Conflict', Ethnopolitics, June 2009


PRESS

'Confronting the past, grasping the future', Ekathimerini newspaper,April 2010

Funding received

2010 - International Center for Transitional Justice Knowledge Sharing Initiative Grant for research in South Africa, USD $3,500

2009- International Studies Association Catalytic Grant Award for workshop organisation, USD $5,000

2009- Zennström Philanthropies supplementary funding for establishment of ICTJ Cyprus Programme, EU 25,000

2008 - European Commission Grant for International Center for Transitional Justice Programme establishment in Cyprus, EU 160,000

2007/2008 - Recipient of one of two Australia-wide scholarships to complete a Masters
equivalent diploma in European Public Law at the European Academy of Public Law. Scholarship awarded co-jointly by the Australian Institute of Comparative Legal Systems and the European Public Law Organisation

Languages

English, native speaker
Greek, fluent
Turkish, working knowledge

Previous positions

Assistant Professor, Middle East Technical University NCC
Lecturer and Course Co-ordinator, Notre Dame University Fremantle

Current external positions

Country Manager, International Center for Transitional Justice Cyprus Program

Useful links

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/police-brutality/acceptance-police-brutality-underlines-our-slave-mentality/20110227

http://www.theelders.org/cyprus/blogs/christalla-yakinthou/satus-quo-not-solution

http://archive.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/ell_1KathiLev%26xml/%26aspKath/ell.asp%26fdate%3D28/04/2010

Current projects

Contributor to PRIO Cyprus Centre's project 'The Property Issue in the Cyprus Conflict'

Research profile

Research profile and publications