Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert

Visiting Professor

Visiting professor in the name of Moa Martinson, on the basis of Culture and Society.

Artist/Researcher

Professor at the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Design at the Cyprus University of Technology and one of the leaders of the "ITICA/Museum Lab" at the CYENS Centre of Excellence.

Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert is an artist and researcher and holds the position of Moa Martinson Visiting Professor at Linköping University in Sweden for the academic year 2025-2026. Her research and artistic practice focus on museum studies and visual sociology, with a particular emphasis on photography and emerging technologies.

Theopisti holds a PhD in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester (UK) and a Master's degree in Visual Arts from the University of Texas at Austin (USA).

She has been awarded several prestigious awards and fellowships, including a Smithsonian Fellowship in Museum Practice (USA), a Fulbright Scholarship (USA), and an Arts and Humanities Research Council Award (UK).

She is a member of the advisory committees of the peer-reviewed journals “photographies” and “Visitor Studies”, and a founding member of the International Association of Photography and Theory.

Her artistic works have been exhibited in numerous exhibitions both in Cyprus and internationally, underscoring her contributions to both academic and creative fields.

Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert is an artist and researcher serving as the Moa Martinson visiting professor at Linköping University in Sweden (academic year 2025-2026). Her research and artistic practice focus on museum studies and visual sociology, with a particular emphasis on photography and emerging technologies.

Theopisti has a PhD in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester (UK) and an MA in Visual Arts from the University of Texas at Austin (USA).

She has been recognized with prestigious awards and fellowships, including a Smithsonian Fellowship in Museum Practice (USA), a Fulbright Fellowship (USA), and an Arts and Humanities Research Council Award (UK).

She serves on the advisory committees of the peer-reviewed journals “photographies” and “Visitor Studies” and is a founding member of the International Association of Photography and Theory.

Her artistic work has been showcased in numerous exhibitions in Cyprus and internationally, underscoring her contributions to both the academic and creative fields.

Publications

Theopisti has an extensive publication list in topics related to museums, photography and technology.

She is the co-author of The Political Museum (Routledge, 2016) and has edited the volumes Museums and Technologies of Presence (Routledge, 2023), Museums and Emerging Technologies: Mediating Difficult Heritage (Berghahn Books, 2022), Museums and Visitor Photography (MuseumsEtc, 2016), Museums and Photography: Displaying Death (Routledge, 2017) and Photography and Cyprus: Time, Place, Identity (IBTauris, 2014).

She is currently working on a new book titled Reframing Archaeology: Photography, Archives and Colonial Cyprus (Bloomsbury Press, forthcoming).

News

Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, guest professor in the name of Moa Martinson, stands in a preserved old engine room in Kåkenhus – part of the industrial landscape in Norrköping.

Researching forgotten workers through art

Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert explores how local archaeological workers in colonial-era Cyprus have been omitted from historical narratives. Her art-based research brings hidden stories to light and opens new ways of thinking.

Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert is the next Moa Martinson Professor

Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert is a visual artist, researcher and a professor at the Cyprus University of Technology. Her research and artistic practice focus on museum studies and visual sociology, particularly on photography and emerging technologies.

Personal website

See more about Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert's art, projects, publications and crowdsourcing.

Museum Lab

Stylianou-Lambert is the leader of the Museum Lab; a research group at CYENS Centre of Excellence. The Museum lab brings together cutting-edge technology and cultural heritage.

About the professorships and research environment

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Professorships in the humanities and social sciences

The Moa Martinson and Tage Danielsson professorships at Linköping University are intended for researchers in the humanities and social sciences, or those productive in the arts.

Culture and society (Tema Q)

Tema Q/Culture and Society research environment is an interdisciplinary unit that seeks to foster a critical outlook on the multiple roles played by culture in society, in the present as well as in the past.

Organisation

Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

At the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS), social sciences and the humanities gather in environments where research and education work together.

Division of Culture, Society, Design and Media (KSFM)

The division conducts problem-oriented cultural science research and teaching at the intersection of the humanities and social sciences.

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Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FILFAK)

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences provides education and research in humanities, social- and behavioral sciences, commercial law, art disciplines and thematic science.