Modern Greek Section
"Cambridge in Athens", 8 July 2009
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More than 120 people attended a public event, organized by the Modern Greek Section, at the Academy of Athens on Wednesday 8 July. The occasion was a twin celebration: both of the 800th Anniversary of the University of Cambridge and of the distinguished contribution of Cambridge to teaching and research in Modern Greek studies over more than seven decades.
The President of the Academy of Athens, Professor Panos Ligomenidis, welcomed an audience that included many Cambridge alumni, as well as leading figures in Greek society, politics, business and education. The Ambassador of the United Kingdom, HE Dr David Landsman OBE, spoke of his time as a PhD student in Greek linguistics at Cambridge, and drew attention to the distinctive contribution of the Modern Greek Section. Other speakers were Cambridge professors David Holton (Modern Greek), Athanasios Fokas (Mathematics) and Paul Cartledge (Ancient Greek Culture), and two prominent Cambridge graduates who hold chairs at the University of Athens and the Panteio University respectively: Nasos Vayenas and Stephanos Pesmazoglou. Another distinguished Cambridge graduate, Professor Catherine Morgan, Director of the British School at Athens, completed the line-up of speakers. The texts of the speeches will be published in a special volume.
Press coverage:
- Ελευθεροτυπία, 7 July
- Καθημερινή, 8 July
- Ελευθεροτυπία 10 July
- Athens News, 17 July
- University World News, 9 August
- Το Βήμα, 9 August
