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We are delighted to announce that CCGS Director Ioanna Sitaridou has been appointed Professor of Spanish and Historical Linguistics.Professor Sitaridou graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1997 with a  BA in French Philology and after achieving a MA in Linguistics from University College, London in 1998, she went on to receive a P…

To mark both Oxi Day (when Greek premier Metaxas rejected proposals from the Axis powers in 1940)  and the Bicentenary of the Greek Revolution, the Embassy of Greece in London is hosting the launch of the Exhibition “History has a Face”.The event will feature presentations by a number of modern-day philhellenes including CCGS member Dr Jennifer Wal…

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

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.

‘Is it just coincidence that the world’s most messed-up country is making the world’s most messed-up cinema?’ wonders The Guardian journalist Steve Rose in his article ‘Attenberg, Dogtooth and the Weird Wave of Greek Cinema’, asking whether ‘the brilliantly strange films of Yorgos Lanthimos and Athina Rachel Tsangari [are] a product of Greece’s eco…

We are delighted to report that Professor Ianthi Tsimpli, FBA, one of our Co-Directors, has been elected Fellow of the British Academy (BA).The British Academy is the United Kingdom’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. Founded in 1902, the Academy is a fellowship of over 1400 of world-leading scholars and researchers and acts …

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.Dr. Millett, Senior Lecturer in Classics and Vice-master of Downing College is bringing a long and illustrious to a close in 2022. Whilst studying both Economics and Classics a…

An exhibition of the work of anthropologist and researcher, Margaret Kenna begins on Sunday 27th June 2021 in Athens.Margaret Kenna has devoted most of her academic work to the island of Anafi. Her lifelong love of the island began with her first visit in May 1966, almost a year before the imposition of the military dictatorship, to conduct researc…

On 28th April 2021, The Art Newspaper reported on planned alterations to the Acropolis. In article entitled, "Acropolis renovation plans spark accusations that it’s ‘just another way to fit in more tourists’," the paper states: " This latest renovation is intended to improve access and traffic management of visitors and, according to a statement fr…

The June 2020 edition of Greek Doalogues Online, feature Dr Ioanna Sitaridou, Co-Director of the Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies, presenting her research into the ancient and endangered Greek dialect spoken in the Pontus.The region of Pontus lies in the north of Anatolia, or Asia Minor along its coast with the Black. The region was settled by Gr…

The Gianna Angelopoulos Programme for Science Technology and Innovation (GAPSTI) has launched two initiatives to mark the bicentenary of Greece's independence: The Greece 2021 Mathematical Legacy Programme and the Greece 2021 Next Generation Modelling Programme collectively known as GAPSTI@Greece2021.Detailed activities for both programmes are yet …

The forthcoming seminar in the series Greek Dialogues Online celebrates the publication of Volume Two of the translation series Alexandros Papadiamandis, The Boundless Garden: Selected Short Stories, edited by Lambros Kamperidis and Denise Harvey. Details of the series can be found on the publisher’s website: https://deniseharveypublisher.gr/books/…

The Committee of the London Hellenic Prize has announced a shortlist of five books for the prestigious prize. Whittled down from the longlist compiled late in 2020, the five contenders cover a range of topics from anti-semitism to classic history. The five finalists are:Ravenna - Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe Judith Herrin"In this engrossin…