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Greek Dialogues - Byron and Greece: 200 years on

Commemorating the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s death in Missolonghi, Greece, in 1824, exploring Byron’s contribution to the foundation of the modern Greek state and his legacy in Greek literature and the arts.

Greek Dialogues - Lector in fabula? Encoding the reader’s response in imperial literature

Dr. Myriam Diarra (Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow and Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier), explores Greek imperial literature through the works of Galen and Lucian

Welcome to our first Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow of the 2024-25 academic year

14 November 2024

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Manuela Pellegrino to the Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies as a Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow.

Emeritus Professor David W. Holton Awarded Honorary Doctorate for Lifelong Contributions to Modern Greek Studies

6 November 2024

Congratulations to Professor Holton who was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Department of Philology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greek Minister of Education drops-in on Cambridge and talks tertiary education and Greek language teaching

6 November 2024

On Sunday, 13 October 2024, the Greek Minister of Education, Mr. Kyriakos Pierrakakis , visited Cambridge, engaging with scholars, students, and members of the Greek and Cypriot community.

Greek Dialogues - Re-presenting Griko, Greko and Pontian today: Ideologies of Greek compared

Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow Dr. Manuela Pellegrino (University of Southern Denmark) presents a comparative investigation of language revival and cultural identity in Southern Italy and Northern Greece

'Byron Festival – a commemoration of the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s death’

12 August 2024

The Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies participated in Trinity College’s commemoration of the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s death, hosting a wreath-laying ceremony and a paintings exhibition

Greek Dialogues - Famine migration in Occupied Greece, 1941-1944

Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow Prof. Violetta Hionidou (Newcastle University) discusses migration prompted by a period of mass starvation during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II

Greek Dialogues - Dramatizing Tyranny: The Prologue of Prometheus Bound

The last Greek Dialogues of the 2023-24 academic year: Professor Marianne Hopman ( Northwest University ) discusses the ways in which the prologue to Prometheus Bound exposes the brutal dynamics of tyranny.

Greek Dialogues - Cleopatra's Daughter

Dr. Jane Draycott (University of Glasgow) discusses the varied and eventful life of Cleopatra Selene

Greek Dialogues - Cappadocian and the other Modern Greek Dialects

Professor Mark Janse (Ghent University) analyses the development of modern Greek varieties

Joe's Odyssey - A Folk Opera Retelling of Homer's Epic in Original Song

A 35 minute original musical composition for solo acoustic guitar and voice

Film showing - Where are you, Adam

Date and Time: Tuesday, 9th April, 2024 at 19:00h BST Venue: Fitzpatrick Hall, Queen's College, Cambridge, CB3 9ET A showing of the film “ Where are you, Adam ”. This is a rare, hard-hitting and beautiful documentary film shot in and about Mt Athos. There is a focus on community challenges and hardships, and the life of...

Greek Dialogues - Fragmented trajectories, hybrid categories, and translanguaging spaces: Experiences of Albanian onward migrants from Greece in the UK

Dr. Petros Karatsareas (University of Westminster) and Rexhina Ndoci (PhD Candidate at The Ohio State University) examine the importance of language experiences of Albanian migrants

Greek Dialogues - Critical Editing with AI: Herculaneum Papyri

Professor James Brusuelas (University of Kentucky) discussing the dramatic impacts artificial intelligence is having in the field of papyri analysis

CCGS Welcomes Another Wave of Support, Continuing Legacy of Hellenic Excellence

19 January 2024

CCGS's Multifaceted Vision Enhanced by Generous Contributions from Key Benefactors

Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellowships

21 November 2023

CCGS is now taking applications for its Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellowships 2024-25. We look forward to receiving yours. Closing date, 31st January 2024

Greek Dialogues - Nikos Kazantzakis in Ukraine

Professor Svitlana Pereplotchykova, live from Kyiv, discusses the reception of Kazantzakis in Ukraine

Greek Dialogues - The Sentient Sponge: Between Natural History, Art History and Philosophy

Professor Verity Platt (Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow and Cornell University) talks artefacts, knowledge production and sponges

The Trojan Women Project

“I have a scream I want the world to hear... …..But I wonder, will it be heard?” The Trojan Women Project was set up in 2013 by the award-winning war correspondent Charlotte Eagar and her husband, the film-maker William Stirling, inspired, in part, by Susan Sontag’s Waiting for Godot in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war, as...

Greek Dialogues - Continuity and Innovation in the History of Greek

The Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies together with the Cambridge Philological Society present a workshop exploring the linguistic influence of the Greek language from the ancient to the modern

Greek Dialogues - The sound of Attic: Practices of linguistic imitation in Greek imperial texts

A Greek Dialogues seminar featuring Professor Olga Tribulato (Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow) exploring the use of Attic within the Roman Empire

Greek Dialogues - “Our flexible policy of judicious integration”: a recessive diplomatic vision for Cyprus

Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow Dr George Kalpadakis explores the effects of the geostrategic dynamics between the United Kingdom, Greece and Turkey on the issue of Cypriot self-determination after World War II

Being and Islander: A Captivating Journey of Identity and Culture Explored and Acclaimed

As the project comes to a close, we take a brief look at the project as background to the forthcoming seminar and screening

Greek Dialogues - Islanders, the Making of the Mediterranean: a different exhibition narrative. Reflections on an interdisciplinary project

As the project Being an Islander: Art and Identity of the Large Mediterranean Islands draws to a close, PI Dr Anastasia Christophilpoulou reflects on its insights and successes

Greek Dialogues - 100 Years of Askitiki: The Centenary Conference

A two-day conference celebrating the work of renowned Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis

Greek Dialogues - Blushing Philosophers or Flushed Philosophers?: Women at Four Symposia

Dr Dawn Lavalle Norman (Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow and Australian Catholic University) explores the often-overlooked, unique contributions of female philosophers in Ancient Greece

The Legal Case for Returning the Parthenon Marbles

5 May 2023

Catharine Titi (CNRS Paris) presents legal arguments to support the call for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece

Professor Jim Aitken, University of Cambridge, 1968 - 2023

17 April 2023

All at the Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies saddened by the passing of Professor James Aitken

Greek Dialogues - A new approach to the linguistic diversification of ancient Greece

Professor David Goldstein (Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow and Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, explores the development of ancient Greek dialects and the use of current analytical methods

Greek Dialogues - Anthologising the Muse of the Greeks: Poetry Anthologies and the Cultural Transfer of Modern Greece in Britain (1821-1900)

Professor Georgia Gotsi (University of Patras and Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow, Cambridge) examines the politics and impacts of compiling anthologies of Greek texts in 19th-century Britain

Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellowships

The Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies offers three postdoctoral Visiting Fellowships each academic year. Each Visiting Fellow is appointed for one academic term and includes financial support and other benefits.

Greek Dialogues - Is Greek a sexist language? At the crossroad between grammar and language use

Professor Anna Roussou, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Patras, Greece and Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow, asks whether the grammatical structure of the Greek language is inherently biased towards one gender. Live in Gr06/07, Faculty of English, 9 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP9 and streaming online .

Greek Dialogues - “This is the language I learned from my mother, this is what I speak” : The Greek Language in Asia Minor

On the 100th anniversary of the 1922 war in Asia Minor, the Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies and the the Academy of Athens are organizing a one-day workshop presenting recent research on Greek as spoken in Asia Minor

Greek Dialogues Online - The cultural politics of the memory of Asia Minor in 1960s Greek prose fiction

Dr Maria Nikolopoulou examines how prose fiction in the 1960s altered the national recollection of the 1922 Asia Minor Disaster

Greek Dialogues - Reading Thucydides in the 1930s: J. Enoch Powell between classical studies and politics

Dr Ivan Matijašić, Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow at the Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies examines the research of Enoch Powell into Thucydides and the latter's influence on Powell's political career

Greek Dialogues and Online - A workshop in memory of Peter Mackridge (1946-2022)

The workshop will take place at Queens’ College, Cambridge on Friday 21st October 2022. Speakers include Prof. Roderick Beaton, Prof. David Holton, and Prof. Ioanna Sitaridou

Complement clause selection as a (non-)local relation - a talk at the Cambridge Linguistics Forum by Professor Anna Roussou, University of Patras

Professor Anna Roussou, Professor of Philology at the University of Patras and Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow at the Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies, discusses the grammar of complement causes

100 Years of Askitiki - A Call for Papers to be featured at the 2023 CCGS Conference on Greek literary icon, Nikos Kazantzakis

7 June 2022

The Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies invites abstract submissions for a 20-minute presentation and 10-minute Q&A from all scholars interested in Kazantzakis for its forthcoming conference, "100 Years of Askitiki"

Greek Dialogues Online - Aegean embroideries: Archaeology and ethnology between Hellenic and Oriental

Dr Deniz Türker and Dr Elizabeth Key Fowden discuss the dynamic transference of materials, patterns, and forms present in embrioderies across the Eastern Mediterranean

Greek Dialogues Online - Greek Weird Wave: a Movement or a Moment?

Dr Marios Psaras re-evaluates landmark films that have been identified as part of the ‘weird corpus’ of contemporary Greek cinema

Greek Dialogues Online - Greek in the linguistic repertoires of the UK’s diasporas

We regret to announce the postponement of Thursday's GDO seminar due to illness

Greek Dialogues Online Cambnridge Centre for Greek Studies Tsakonian Dr Ioanna Manolessou

Greek Dialogues Online - "An uncommonly woundabout way of getting anywheah”: on investigating Greek language history, with an emphasis on Tsakonian

Dr. Ioanna Manolessou (Academy of Athens) presents entertaining and fascinating insights into Tsakonian, one of the oldest and most intriguing linguistic varieties of (Modern?) Greek.

Greek Dialogues Online - A Conversation on Folklore, Antiquity, and Nation Building in Late Nineteenth-Century Greece

A conversation on the intersections between Greek folklore, literature, archaeology, and nation building, and the significance of these issues today

Greek Dialogues Online - Modern Riots and Ancient Treason in Athens

Dr. Manu Dal Borgo (Cambridge) explores parallels in Athenian reactions to major events in the 5th century BCE and in the 21st century CE.

Greek Dialogues Online - “We are all Greeks”: Philhellenism, Shelley’s Hellas and the Faces of Modern Greece

Dr. Jennifer Wallace (Cambridge) compares popular depictions and expression of philhellenism before and during the Greek Revolution in the British magazines of the day with Shelley's poetic drama, "Hellas"

University of Cambridge is offering three Assistant Professorships in Classics

9 December 2021

The Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint three University Assistant Professors (formerly known as University Lecturers) in Classics from 01 September 2022.

Ancient Greek Science at the Science Museum in London

18 November 2021

A new free exhibition at the Science Museum explores how the ancient Greeks questioned, contemplated and debated the natural world.

CCGS Director receives Professorship

12 November 2021

CCGS Director Ioanna Sitaridou has been appointed Professor of Spanish and Historical Linguistics

Portrait of Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke for Cambridge Centre of Greek Studies

Greek Dialogues Online - Ancient Greek myth in the poetry of Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke: challenging tradition

Dr. Liana Giannakopoulou (Cambridge) discusses the work of one of Greece’s leading female poets

Painting by Vryzakis Theodoros supporting seminar from Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies

Greek Dialogues - British and other philhellenes in the Greek Revolution during the 1820s

Professor Roderick Beaton discusses the motivations and impacts of non-participatory supporters of the Greek struggle for independence.

The British School at Athens to hold "landmark" workshop - “The Greek language after Antiquity: recent research and future directions in historical linguistics”

28 October 2021

The two-day workshop centres on the achievements to date of five major projects in the history of the Greek language

Image of Portraits of Greek and Turkish People by Benjamin Mary

The Embassy of Greece in London to host opening of the exhibition, "History has a Face"

18 October 2021

To mark both Oxi Day and the Bicentenary of the Greek Revolution, the Embassy of Greece in London is hosting the launch of the Exhibition “History has a Face”.

Onassis Foundation endowing a fellowship for the creation of a new post in Classics

14 October 2021

Newnham College, Cambridge launches the Onassis Classics Fellowship to secure a permanent position for teaching Classical Studies

Dr Philippa Steele is the Latest Cambridge Academic to be honoured in Lego

14 October 2021

Dr Pippa Steele (Cambridge), who presented her research into early writing systems as part of our GDO series, becomes the latest Cambridge Academic to be honoured in Lego.

Greek Dialogues Online 21IN21 - The Greek War of Independence in the Visual Arts and Literature

A Greek Dialogues Online Special Seminar in collaboration with 21IN21 to celebrate the bicentenary of Greek Independence

Etz Hayyim Synagogue for Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies Greek Dialogues Online seminar by Ruth Padel

Greek Dialogues Online - Daughters of the Labyrinth: from Chania's Synagogue to Perspectives on Layers of Crete's Past

Prof. Ruth Padel (King's College, London) explores the interplay of cultures within cultures through an examination of the Jewish community on Crete.

The Weird Wave of Greek Cinema: a Movement or a Moment? - a talk by Dr Marios Psaras

10 September 2021

Dr. Marios Psaras, Cultural Counsellor at the Cyprus High Commission in London, re-evaluates the "Weird Wave" of Greek cinema in a talk at The Hellenic Centre, London

Material Entanglements of Writing Practices in the Bronze Age Aegean and Cyprus

Dr Pippa Steele outlines some theoretical aspects of the study of writing systems and practices

Greek Dialogues Online - Early writing systems and practices in Greece and beyond

Fascinating insights into the phenomenon of writing, and its creators, in and around the eastern Mediterranean during the 2nd and 1st millennia BC.

Image of Prof Ianthi Tsimpli FBA, elected Fellow of British Academy

CCGS Co-Director honoured by British Academy for outstanding achievement in the humanities and social sciences

5 August 2021

We are delighted to report that Professor Ianthi Tsimpli, FBA, one of our Co-Directors, has been elected Fellow of the British Academy (BA).

Urn showing Achilles Killing Pentheselia

Epic issues: epic poetry from the dawn of modernity

16 July 2021

Revisit the article on Cambridge University's website setting the scene for July's fascinating GDO seminar.

Depitcion of Ancient Greek Business - Metropolitan Museum of Art - Cambridge University - CCGS

Cambridge University announces conference to mark retirement of prominent scholar - Athens: Economy & Democracy Conference

15 July 2021

Cambridge University, the National University of Singapore, and Freiburg University, have announced an event to mark the retirement of the prominent scholar Dr. Paul Millett .

Greek Dialogues Online - Why did Greeks in the Roman Empire still write epic poems?

In this seminar, Prof Whitmarsh discusses how Greek epic poetry affords valuable insights into how ancient Greeks, so firmly rooted in their past sought to rationalise the profound changes of their present.

Weaving Histories: Margaret Kenna and Anafi

22 June 2021

"Weaving Histories: Margaret Kenna and Anafi, " exhibition of the work of anthropologist and researcher, Margaret Kenna begins on Sunday 27th June 2021 in Athens.

The Acropolis at Night - Spirosparas, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Whoops, Acropolis! New paths on the Sacred Rock cement opinions.

10 June 2021

Plans to add a network of concrete paths on The Acropolis are proving controversial

In Search of the Lost Greek Infinitive in Anatolia

8 June 2021

Investigating the ancient, endangered Greek dialect of the Pontus

Greek Dialogues Online - In Search of the Lost Greek Infinitive in Anatolia

June's seminar in the Greek Dialogues Online series features Dr. Ioanna Sitaridou discussing the evolution of Pontic Greek with a focus on the Romeyka dialect.

GAPSTI looks to leave "a long-lasting footprint" to mark the Greek Bicentenary with GAPSTI@Greece2021

11 May 2021

The Gianna Angelopoulos Programme for Science Technology and Innovation (GAPSTI) has launched two initiatives to mark the bicentenary of Greece's independence

Greek Dialogues Online - Alexandros Papadiamandis: Between Greek Heritage and Modernity?

May's seminar in the ongoing series Greek Dialogues Online features a moderated discussion about the influential Greek novelist Alexandros Papadiamandis.

Alexandros Papadiamandis: Between Greek Heritage and Modernity?

5 May 2021

The subject of the sixth seminar in the Greek Dialogues Online series, Alexandros Papadiamandis, is an icon of Greek literature.

The London Hellenic Prize has announced the shortlist for 2020

13 April 2021

The Committee of the London Hellenic Prize has announced a shortlist of five books for the prestigious prize.

Greek Dialogues Online - The Erechtheion: An Overlooked Paradigm of the Greek Revival?

Dr Frank Salmon, Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Cambridge , discusses the relatively unstudied, architectural influence of the Erechtheion .

Greece Celebrates the Bicentennial of the Greek Revolution

On March 25th, the Embassy of Greece in the United Kingdom will celebrate the anniversary for 200 years after the Greek revolution with an original audio-visual project. This commemorative production aims to honour the Bicentenary, highlighting aspects of the War for Independence as well as the long-standing friendship...

The Cambridge Greek Lexicon

8 March 2021

Our 4th seminar in the Greek Dialogues Online series features a presentation by Professor James Diggle of Cambridge University about the long journey to publication of the new Cambridge Greek Lexicon.

Language, Culture and Myths

8 March 2021

A series of online talks in English, organised by The Hellenic Centre and The Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies, University of Cambridge every Wednesday at 7pm (UK time) from 10 March until 31 March.

Greek Dialogues Online - The Cambridge Greek Lexicon: a twenty-four year odyssey

Half a lifetime's work nears completion with the impending publication of a major contribution to the understanding of ancient Greek

The British School at Athens is pleased to announce the inaugural “1821 Fellowship in Modern Greek Studies”

16 February 2021

This three-year (fixed term) Fellowship is tenable at post-doctoral level and is generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

Greek Dialogues Online - Greek Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries: an insight into The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project

Delve into the archives of Greek manuscripts and learn about the conservation and digitisation techniques.

Picture of Plato and Henry More - Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies

Platonic Philosophy and Dialogue in the Latin Works of Henry More

12 January 2021

The second seminar in the Greek Dialogues Online series takes the form of a discussion between Professor Douglas Hedley , Director of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism , and Dr. Christian Hengstermann of the University of Wuppertal . The focus is the influence of Plato on those works of Henry More which were...

Greek Dialogues Online - Platonic philosophy and dialogue in the Latin works of Henry More

A discussion of the influences of Plato on Henry More's writings in Latin.

Greek Dialogues Online - Being an Islander: Art and Identity of the Large Mediterranean Islands

Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou, Fitzwilliam Museum, talks about what defines island identity in the Mediterranean.

Greek Dialogues Online - a new series of online seminars

3 December 2020

Join us for a new series of Greek Dialogues Online, a series of seminars, open to all, which will present talks and lively debate on all aspects of Greek Studies from the modern to the classical.

Being an Islander: Art and Identity of the Large Mediterranean Islands. The Fitzwilliam Museum's research into the development of island culture in the Mediterranean

3 December 2020

The inaugural event of the CCGS new series of online seminars is to be presented by Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou of Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum. In this article, we explain the origins of the project, outline its objectives, and spotlight some of the more significant findings.

Liana Giannakopoulou - Hellenic Centre - Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies

Cambridge Lecturer begins new series of online lectures on Greek writers in English

8 September 2020

In the first of a new lecture series from the Hellenic Centre, Dr Liana Giannakopoulou shares her thoughts on the work of the poet Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke.

21 Poems Into 21 - British School at Athens - Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies

British School at Athens launches a celebration of modern Greek poetry

8 September 2020

21 modern Greek poems to guide us into Greece 2021.

Colonial Cyprus: Nicosia to host an international conference on the effects of British Colonial rule

3 February 2020

"... probably the largest conference on Cyprus history covering one period..."

Greek universities aim to make Greece a centre for international education and attract 50,000 overseas students by 2024

13 January 2020

Greek universities must improve and attract more overseas students, says Greek Government.