invites members and non-members to its

Annual Open Meeting

on Saturday 15 May 2010
The event will take place in the Lecture Theatre of the
Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies,
University of Oxford, 66 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3LU

––––– PROGRAMME –––––

2.00p.m. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Society (members only)
3.00p.m. WELCOME by the Chair of the Society, Prof. Marc Lauxtermann
3.15p.m. LECTURE by Professor Roderick Beaton on "From Frankenstein to
Missolonghi: why Byron went to Greece"
4.00p.m. TEA
Professor Roderick Beaton graduated from
Cambridge with a first degree in English Literature
and a PhD in Modern Greek. In 1981 he became a
Lecturer in Modern Greek Language and Literature
at King’s College London, and in 1988 he was
appointed Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and
Byzantine History, Language and Literature. He
has published extensively and won several awards
for his writing. His most recent book is entitled The
Making of Modern Greece: Romanticism,
Nationalism, and the Uses of the Past (1797-1896),
which he co-edited with David Ricks (Farnham:
Ashgate 2009). Other titles include: From
Byzantium to Modern Greece: Medieval Literature
and its Modern Reception (Farnham: Ashgate
2008), George Seferis: Waiting for the Angel. A
Biography (London and New Haven: Yale
University Press 2003; Greek translation 2003),
The Medieval Greek Romance (2nd ed., London:
Routledge 1996; Greek translation 1996) and, a favourite with all students working in this field, An Introduction
to Modern Greek Literature (2nd revised edition in paperback, Oxford: Clarendon Press 1999). Professor Beaton
was recently appointed to a Major Leverhulme Fellowship for the period October 2009 to September 2012, to
work on a project entitled Byron’s War: The Greek Revolution and the English Romantic Imagination.

The website for the Society of Modern Greek Studies can be found at: www.moderngreek.org.uk
If you would like to join the Society for Modern Greek Studies, you will find details
and a downloadable application form on our website.
To find out more about the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, please visit
www.classics.ox.ac.uk The Ioannou Centre is 15 minutes walk from the rail station or 5 minutes walk
from the bus station. If you wish to drive, the Park & Ride scheme is recommended, as parking close
to the venue is limited: www.parkandride.net/oxford/html/oxford_frameset.html Map and directions
are available from the Publicity Officer, Elizabeth Sandis: elizabeth.sandis@classics.ox.ac.uk