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The
A.G. Leventis Foundation was established
in May 1979 as a result of provisions made
by Anastasios G. Leventis, who died in October
1978. From the beginning, the aim of the
Foundation has been to support educational,
cultural, artistic and philanthropic causes
in Cyprus , Greece and elsewhere. In 1997
the Foundation endowed a chair for a biennial
Visiting Research Professorship in Classical
Greek to be based in Classics, School of
History , Classics and Archaeology, University
of Edinburgh . The purpose of the Chair
is to contribute to the understanding of
classical Greece, its literature, history
and people. One of the main responsibilities
of the Professor, while in residence, is
to arrange a conference resulting in publication.
The
Leventis Professor in 2011 is Professor
Ruth Scodel (Michigan), whose conference
is entitled 'What is Greek about Ancient
Greek Narrative'. The conference was held
from 27-30 October 2011, in the Playfair
Library, University of Edinburgh. Speakers
present were: Lucia Athanassaki, Douglas
Cairns, Erwin Cook, Irene de Jong, Pat Easterling,
Stephen Halliwell, Lisa Hau, Johannes Haubold,
Simon Hornblower, Richard Hunter, Adrian
Kelly, Nick Lowe, John Morgan, Andrew Morrison,
Damien Nelis, René Nünlist,
Dennis Pausch, Alex Purves, Patricia Rosenmeyer,
Ruth Scodel, Meir Sternberg, Tim Whitmarsh.
Previously
the Chair has been held by:
1999,
Prof. Brian Sparkes.
N.K.
Rutter , B.A. Sparkes (eds), Word and
Image in Ancient Greece , Edinburgh
Leventis Studies 1 (EUP, 2000).
2001, Prof. David Konstan.
D. Konstan, K. Rutter (eds), Envy,
Spite and Jealousy, Edinburgh Leventis
Studies 2 (EUP, 2003).
2003, Prof. Sigrid Deger-Jalkotzy.
S. Deger-Jalkotzy, I.S. Lemos (eds),
Ancient Greece: from the Mycenaean Palaces
to the Age of Homer , Edinburgh Leventis
Studies 3 (EUP, 2006).
2005, Prof. Terry Penner.
D.
Cairns , F.-G. Herrmann ,
T. Penner,
(eds), Pursuing
the Good: Ethics and Metaphysics in Plato's
Republic , Edinburgh Leventis Studies
4 (EUP, 2007).
2007,
Prof. Jan N. Bremmer
J.N. Bremmer, A.W. Erskine
(eds), The
Gods of Ancient Greece: Identities and Transformations,
Edinburgh Leventis Studies 5 (EUP,
2010)
2009,
Prof. John Marincola
L.J.
Llewellyn-Jones, J. Marincola (eds.), History
without Historians: Greeks and their Past
in the Archaic and Classical Age, Edinburgh
Leventis Studies 6
(EUP, forthcoming).
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