21 in 21
Celebrating the 2021 bicentenary of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 21 Greek-British encounters
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Roderick Beaton Wins the Runciman Award 2021 with ‘Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation’
The winner of the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award 2021 is Roderick Beaton for Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation (London: Allen Lane 2019). In winning the Runciman Award for a fourth time, Prof. Beaton has set a new record of achievement. Announcing the result of this year’s competition, Prof. Peter Frankopan, the chair of judges, said: ‘We were luckyContinue reading “Roderick Beaton Wins the Runciman Award 2021 with ‘Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation’”
PART 2: The BBC Greek Service at Bush House
Watch our second interview session on the topic of the BBC Greek Service, which was situated in Bush House on the Strand from 1939 through 2005. This interview, too, is hosted by Koraes Professor Gonda Van Steen, in conversation with Dr Fiona Antonelaki, Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University’s Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, who focuses onContinue reading “PART 2: The BBC Greek Service at Bush House”
INTERVIEW: Prof Dimitris Papanikolaou on the BBC Greek Service at Bush House
Watch an interview with Professor Dimitris Papanikolaou (Oxford) on the topic of the BBC Greek Service (1939-2005), which was situated in Bush House on the Strand. A second interview, again hosted by Koraes Professor Gonda Van Steen, will feature the work of a research team that will be delving into the archives of the BBC Greek Service.
