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Between two worlds: the British Council and Anglo-Greek literary interactions, 1945-1955
PROGRAMME
Friday, 27 January
10 a.m. Welcome and introductory remarks
Professor Peter Mackridge (University of Oxford and King’s College London)
10.30-12.00. Session 1. The political context
Professor Robert Holland (Institute for Commonwealth Studies and King’s College London): “Britain and the civil war in Greece”
Jim Potts, OBE (former British Council Regional Director, Northern Greece): “Cultural relations and the 'non-political' problem: two political novels”
Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith, KCVO CMG (sometime British Ambassador to Greece): “Steven Runciman in Athens: letters home”
12.00-12.30. Coffee
12.30-2.00. Session 2. The British Council-sponsored periodicals
Professor Dimitris Tziovas (University of Birmingham): “Between propaganda and modernism: the Anglo-Greek Review and the rediscovery of Greece”
Dr Avi Sharon (New York), “George Katsimbalis: An Anglo-Greek Colossus”
Professor Theodosis Pylarinos (Ionian University, Corfu): “Το κερκυραϊκό περιοδικό Πρόσπερος και το Παράρτημα του Βρετανικού Συμβουλίου της Κέρκυρας”
7.00-8.30. Session 3. Some eyewitness recollections
Speakers will include Geoffrey Graham-Bell and Nanos Valaoritis.
Saturday, 28 January
10.00-11.30. Session 4. Anglo-Greek literary encounters: the role of individuals
Professor David Ricks (King’s College London): “MacNeice in Greece”
Professor David Roessel (Richard Stockton College of New Jersey): “Gone native: Francis King at the British Council in Athens, 1949-1956”
Professor David Holton (University of Cambridge): “Kazantzakis in Cambridge”
11.30-12.00. Coffee
12.00-1.30. Session 5. Round-table discussion: Archiving the past and future research agendas
Chair: Professor Roderick Beaton (King’s College London)
The conference is co-sponsored by the British School at Athens and the British Council. It will be open to all, free of charge and without prior registration.
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