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PREFACE The study of minorities is a broad and popular subject in contemporary academia given the development of multicultural societies in various parts of the world. Yet very little has been written about the minorities of Cyprus, a country on the periphery of Europe, Asia and Africa, whose minorities can trace their origins as Cypriots back many centuries. On 24th and 25th November, 2007 the European University Cyprus hosted the first conference in Cyprus dealing with the social, political, cultural and economic development of its minorities. The conference primarily dealt with the Maronite, Armenian and Latin inhabitants, which are recognised as ‘Religious Groups’ according to the 1960 Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus, but there were also communications on Gypsy and Anglican minorities as well as comparative papers. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, recognising the significance of the topic, invited the conference organising committee to submit an outline for a collection of articles based on the conference. This book is the result and for this we thank Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
