Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature
The Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature is a chair in the Classics Department at King's College London. It was established in 1918 to serve as a focal point in the United Kingdom and beyond for the study of Greek history and culture from the end of antiquity to the present day.[1]
The establishment of the Koraes Chair was championed by the likes of the
The Koraes Chair is named in honour of Adamantios Koraes, the founding father of the modern Greek nation state.
List of Koraes Professor
Since its creation, there have been seven holders of the chair:[1]
- 1919–1924: Arnold J. Toynbee
- 1926–1943: Frederick Henry Marshall
- 1946–1960: Romilly Jenkins
- 1963–1968: Cyril Mango
- 1970–1988: Donald Nicol
- 1988–2018: Roderick Beaton
- 2018–present: Gonda Van Steen[5]
References
- ^ a b "The Koraes Chair". Centre for Hellenic Studies. King's College London. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "A Celebration of 100 Years of the Koraes Chair". www.kcl.ac.uk.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37248. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "A controversy revisited: Arnold Toynbee, the Koraes Chair, and the Western question in Greece and Turkey". talks.ox.ac.uk.
- ^ "Professor Gonda Van Steen announced as next Koraes Chair". King's College London. 5 January 2018. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2018.