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Hellenic Lecture

Hellenic Lecture

  • Date19 Oct 2024
  • Time 5pm
  • Category Lecture

The Study of Byzantium: the Legacy of Baynes, Hussey and Chrysostomides

Dr Andreas Meitanis, BSA Centenary Fellow

The lecture is the result of sifting through, cataloguing and preserving the private papers of the eminent Byzantinists Norman Hepburn Baynes (1877-1961), Joan Mervyn Hussey (1907-2006) and Julian Chrysostomides (1928-2008), who represent three successive generations of scholars and teachers closely linked with Royal Holloway and the University of London. It brings to light their scholarship and dedication to their chosen academic field and informs us on their personal and collective efforts to firmly establish, strengthen and expand the study of Byzantium in Britain and internationally. The mostly unpublished archival material, ranging from private letters, postcards and photos, to draft lectures and student reports, covers over a century. It starts in 1913, when Baynes began his teaching of Byzantium at University College London, continues with his student and successor Joan Hussey, who taught Byzantine history at Royal Holloway between 1930s and 1960s, and took a leading role in establishing the British National Committee of the International Association of Byzantine Studies, and ends with her own student and successor Julian Chrysostomides, who directed the Hellenic Institute at Royal Holloway and was a motivating force behind ‘all things Byzantine’, before she passed away on 18 October 2008.
Organised jointly by The Hellenic Institute and The Friends of the Hellenic Institute.

Sixteenth Annual Memorial Lecture for Julian Chrysostomides
All welcome but booking is essential.
To reserve places and for further information please contact Dr Charalambos Dendrinos
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