King's College London Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Records

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA KDBMG/ PUB; K/BMG/F; 1996 KSH (MGS); 1996 KSH/BMGS
Held at	: King's College London College Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/archivespec/ ›
Full title	: King's College London Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Records
Date(s)	: 1922-1993
Level of description	: Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives
Extent	: 8 boxes and 2 rolls
Name of creator(s)	: King's College London Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Modern Greek Department was established in 1919, when the Koraes Chair was inaugurated following a subscription campaign and a grant from the Greek Government, and named in honour of Adamantios Koraes (1748-1833), the scholar and advocate of Greek national independence. The Department became known as the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies in 1972, and since 1989 has been part of the School of Humanities.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The records of the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies comprises correspondence, invoices, publications, examination papers, reading lists, lists of lectures and seminars, and posters, 1922-1993. These notably include a copy of The siege of Vienna in 1693, edited by E H Marshall (London, 1922); papers relating to The Journal of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, including proposals for the establishment of the journal, publishing agreements and correspondence with contributors, 1970-1977; carbon copies of bibliographies on theology including early Christianity and on Armenian palaeography, architecture, music and philology, [1970-1980]; exhibition posters celebrating the career of Romanian poet, Mihai Eminescu, [1970-1980]; lists of departmental courses and seminars, 1972-1975; student reading lists, 1973-1975; drafts of sessional exam papers, 1975-1989; correspondence and invoices relating to the purchase of copies of Politics and the Academy: Arnold Toynbee and the Koraes Chair by Richard Clogg, sold in aid of the Burrows Library, King's College London, 1986-1988; correspondence concerning alumni and the European Community ERASMUS and LINGUA programmes for student exchange within Europe, with invoices, funding application forms and supporting materials, 1989-1993; correspondence relating to applications for vacant lectureships, 1990.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Boxed in a broadly chronological sequence.

Conditions governing access:

Administrative records are generally closed for 30 years except for published material and some committee and other minutes. staff and student records are subject to an 80 year closure period after the date of leaving, but may be consulted by Departmental and other College staff with permission from the Head of Department.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.

Finding aids:

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies.

Allied Materials

Related material:

King's College London, College Archives: papers of the League for Democracy in Greece (the Modern Greek Archive or MGA), [1945-1975]; office files of Ronald Montagu Burrows (Ref: KAP/BUR). See also College minutes, general correspondence and Secretarial material for further details of the Koraes Chair and the work of the Department.

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Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: King's College London Calendars. Entry compiled by Geoff Browell as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
April 2002