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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

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. "Being an Islander: Art and Identity of the Large Mediterranean Islands" is a four-year project investigating the factors that inform island identity and its expression through art and cul…
Greek Dialogues Online - a new series of online seminars

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.The Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies (CCGS) is delighted to launch a new series of online seminars, showcasing the diversity, depth, and breadth of activ…
Cambridge Lecturer begins new series of online lectures on Greek writers in English

As the "new normal" becomes just "normal" the Hellenic Centre in London has embraced the digital world in a new initiative launched in collaboration with the Society for Modern Greek Studies.In a series of online lectures featured on the YouTube patform, Dr Liana Giannakopoulou, Senior Research Fellow in Greek studies at the University of Cambridge…
British School at Athens launches a celebration of modern Greek poetry

In anticipation of the upcoming bicentenary of the 1821 Greek Revolution, the British School at Athens (BSA) has launched "21 poems into 21", a podcast series celebrating modern Greek poetry with authors, translators, and academics reading their favourite poems by Greek poets such as Cavafy and Seferis, and others less well known.The series was lau…
Colonial Cyprus: Nicosia to host an international conference on the effects of British Colonial rule

Nicosia wil be the site of a two-day international conference examining the impacts of British Colonial rule on the island.Billed as "... probably the largest conference on Cyprus history covering one period..." by organisor Emilios Solomou, Head of the Cyprus Society of Historical Studies, the conference will span two-days and feature 75 speakers …
Greek universities aim to make Greece a centre for international education and attract 50,000 overseas students by 2024

Greek universities must improve and attract more overseas students. That's the message from recent comments made by the Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Ms. Niki Kerameos.Speaking whilst visiting the United States, Ms. Kerameos said: "... we can now talk about a new era of upgrading and extroversion of our Higher Education Institu…
Greek National Library give researchers a digital boost

The National Library of Greece has made its entire archive available online, according to a report in Athens daily, Kathimerini.In total there are some 200 million items available in the digital collection with 80 million available to all visitors to the website (www.nlg.gr) and the remainder available to registered users.In an interview with Maria…
The London Hellenic Prize

Presentation of the 2018 London Hellenic Prize to Michael Hughes for his novel Country Introduction and Q&A by Professor Paul Cartledge, Emeritus A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, University of Cambridge. The Prize is an international award committed to promoting Anglo-Hellenic cultural exchange through the recognition …