To celebrate the centenary of the Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature  distinguished experts will speak on relations between Britain and the world of Hellenism in the fields of culture, literature and history, from the time of Adamantios Koraes to the present, and prospects for the future.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
Welcome by the President and Principal of King's College London, Professor Edward Byrne
Introduction by Professor Roderick Beaton (Koraes Professor 1988 - 2018)
Introduction by the Chairman of the Anglo-Hellenic League, Mr John Kittmer (former UK Ambassador to Athens)
Presentation of the Katie Lentakis Prize for 2018, awarded by the Anglo-Hellenic League to a final-year student of King's College London by Mr John Kittmer (former UK Ambassador to Athens)
Talks:
Professor Paschalis Kitromilides (University of Athens), Adamantios Koraes and the vision of a free society
Professor Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith (former UK Ambassador to Athens and Visiting Professor, CHS), Eleftherios Venizelos and the Koraes Chair
Professor Dame Averil Cameron (University of Oxford, founding Director of CHS), Why Byzantium matters
Vote of thanks by the Koraes Professor-designate, Professor Gonda Van Steen
Closing remarks: H.E. the Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic, Mr Dimitrios Caramitsos-Tziras