Wednesday 19 September 2012

Travel Writing, Patrick Leigh Fermor Commemoration, 20 November


Sounds of the Greek World and Beyond: The travel writing of Patrick Leigh Fermor

A COMMEMORATION BY THE SOCIETY FOR MODERN GREEK STUDIES AND THE CENTRE FOR HELLENIC STUDIES, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON

Venue: Anatomy Theatre and Museum, King's College London, Strand Campus, The Strand, London WC2R 2LS

Date and time: Tuesday 20 November 2012, 6.30pm followed by a reception from 8.15pm

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION

In conjunction with the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London, the Society for Modern Greek Studies will hold a commemoration of the travel writing of Patrick Leigh Fermor on Tuesday 20 November.

Contributors include Prof. Tim Youngs (Director: Centre for Travel Writing Studies, Nottingham Trent University), Prof. David Roessel (Interdisciplinary Centre for Hellenic Studies, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey), Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith (Visiting Professor: King’s College London), Dr David Wills (Treasurer-elect: Society for Modern Greek Studies) and Artemis Cooper (Patrick Leigh Fermor's biographer).

The event will begin at 6.30pm in the Anatomy Theatre and be followed by a reception at 8.15pm in the Anatomy Museum. The event is open to all and is free. Prior registration is not necessary.

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