A._G._Leventis_Professor_of_Greek_Culture

A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture

A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture

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The A. G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture is the first professorship in Classics to have been endowed at Cambridge University since World War II, and Trinity College Dublin since 2017. Its purpose is to focus on the study of more than 1,000 years of Greek cultural achievements and to highlight the lasting influence they continue to have on society today.[1]

The chair was endowed by a donation of £2.361 million[2] from the Cyprus-based Leventis Foundation, which was established in 1979 as a result of provisions made by Anastasios George Leventis, with the aim of supporting educational, cultural, artistic and philanthropic causes with an emphasis on Greek and Cypriot cultural heritage[1]

List of A. G. Leventis Professors of Greek Culture

Cambridge University

Dublin University

References

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    "New chair in Ancient Greek culture established". University of Cambridge News. October 7, 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
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    Cambridge University Reporter 11 June 2008
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    "Cartledge, Prof. Paul Anthony". Who's Who. A & C Black. 2018. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U42541. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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    "AG Leventis Professor of Greek Culture". University of Cambridge. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
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    "Whitmarsh, Prof. Timothy John Guy". Who's Who. A & C Black. 2018. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U279563. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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