Centre for Hellenic Studies
The Centre for Hellenic Studies at King's College London was set up over 20 years ago, to be a focus for research and outreach; it has always had an interdisciplinary focus, with conferences, lectures and publications looking at Hellenic Studies diachronically, and also in relationship to other cultures. In 2010 it took over the delivery of the programmes in Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies.
Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at King's go back to 1919, when the Koraes Chair was inaugurated. Its first holder was A.J. Toynbee (1889-1975); more recently it has been held by the distinguished Byzantinists Romilly Jenkins, Cyril Mango, and Donald Nicol. Other distinguished former members of the Department include Averil Cameron, Richard Clogg, Peter Mackridge, and the late Philip Sherrard.
From its beginning as a research institution with a single full-time member of staff, the Department of Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies began to expand in the 1970s, with the establishment of a full undergraduate programme in Modern Greek Language and Literature (now Modern Greek Studies) in 1974, of the MA degree in Late Antique & Byzantine Studies in 1984, and of the MA degree in Modern Greek Studies in 1990. In March 2001, the Department (with the Department of Classics) was awarded the top score of 24 by the Quality Assurance Agency in its Subject Review of teaching provision.
New future
The new arrangements reflect the increasing interdisciplinarity of our work; they are enabling us to offer the study of Byzantine and Modern Greek subjects to students throughout the College, and to colaborate in a wide range of research projects and public activities.