A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture

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. 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

• 2008 Paul Cartledge
• 2014 Tim Whitmarsh^[3]

References

1. 1 2 "New chair in Ancient Greek culture established". University of Cambridge News. October 7, 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2014. 
2. ↑ Cambridge University Reporter 11 June 2008
3. ↑ "AG Leventis Professor of Greek Culture". University of Cambridge. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014. 

External links

• 'Forever Young: why Cambridge has a Professorship of Greek Culture' An inaugural lecture by Professor Paul Cartledge to mark the establishment of the A G Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture, Monday 16 February 2009 at Mill Lane Lecture Theatre, Cambridge
• Forward To The Past! Hello To Democracy, Sparta, And All That A valedictory lecture by The AG Leventis Professor Of Greek Culture, Professor Paul Cartledge, Thursday 20 February 2014 at Mill Lane Lecture Theatre, Cambridge