Events & lectures 2008-9
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Through its regular weekly seminar, colloquia, public lectures and international conferences, the Centre for Hellenic Studies is a concentrated force for the advancement of research in all aspects of Hellenic culture.
All its activities are free, open to the public and designed to be accessible to a wide audience.
Spring term 2009:
Authority in Byzantium
Thursday 15 – Saturday 17 January 2009, Strand Campus
A conference in honour of Judith Herrin.
• For further details see http://lcace.org.uk/events
Celebration
Monday 19 January 2009 at 19.00 in the Great Hall, Strand Campus
Love, war & music in Renaissance Crete: Erotokritos after 400 years.
A celebration with live music, sponsored by the Cretan Association of Great Britain.
Keynote speakers: Professor David Holton (Cambridge) & Professor Michalis Pieris (Cyprus).
Eighteenth Annual Runciman Lecture
Thursday 5 February 2009 at 18.00 in the Great Hall, Strand Campus
Professor Judith Herrin (King’s College London): We are all children of Byzantium.
> Listen to the sound file (.wma)
Book Launch
Monday 2 March 2009 at 18.00 in the Council Room, Strand Campus
Karen Van Dyck (Columbia University) – Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke, The Scattered Papers of Penelope, trans. Karen Van Dyck (Anvil Press Poetry).
Special Lecture
Tuesday 10 March 2009 at 18.00 in the Great Hall, Strand Campus
Professor Sir John Boardman (University of Oxford): Persia, Greece & Britain.
In conjunction with the Society for Hellenic-Iranian Studies and the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.
Thursday 15 – Saturday 17 January 2009, Strand Campus
A conference in honour of Judith Herrin.
• For further details see http://lcace.org.uk/events
Celebration
Monday 19 January 2009 at 19.00 in the Great Hall, Strand Campus
Love, war & music in Renaissance Crete: Erotokritos after 400 years.
A celebration with live music, sponsored by the Cretan Association of Great Britain.
Keynote speakers: Professor David Holton (Cambridge) & Professor Michalis Pieris (Cyprus).
Eighteenth Annual Runciman Lecture
Thursday 5 February 2009 at 18.00 in the Great Hall, Strand Campus
Professor Judith Herrin (King’s College London): We are all children of Byzantium.
> Listen to the sound file (.wma)
Book Launch
Monday 2 March 2009 at 18.00 in the Council Room, Strand Campus
Karen Van Dyck (Columbia University) – Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke, The Scattered Papers of Penelope, trans. Karen Van Dyck (Anvil Press Poetry).
Special Lecture
Tuesday 10 March 2009 at 18.00 in the Great Hall, Strand Campus
Professor Sir John Boardman (University of Oxford): Persia, Greece & Britain.
In conjunction with the Society for Hellenic-Iranian Studies and the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.
Also of interest
Byzantium 330–1453
The Centre is collaborating with the London Centre for Arts & Cultural Enterprise, and with the Royal Academy, in sponsoring a series of events to accompany the Royal Academy exhibition, Byzantium 330–1453.
> For further details see http://lcace.org.uk/events
Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Spring Symposium
20-22 March 2009
The Courtauld Institute of Art and King’s College London.
> For further details see www.byzantium.ac.uk
The Centre is collaborating with the London Centre for Arts & Cultural Enterprise, and with the Royal Academy, in sponsoring a series of events to accompany the Royal Academy exhibition, Byzantium 330–1453.
> For further details see http://lcace.org.uk/events
Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Spring Symposium
20-22 March 2009
The Courtauld Institute of Art and King’s College London.
> For further details see www.byzantium.ac.uk
Links to other events
You may also be interest in the following events
> Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies at King's College London
> Ancient Philosophy Seminars (& many others) at the Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House
> Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies at King's College London
> Ancient Philosophy Seminars (& many others) at the Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House
