The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, a longstanding supporter of the humanities at Oxford University, has made a donation of 3 million pounds to support the expansion of Late Antique and Byzantine studies.
Professor Peter Frankopan, Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research, said: “This magnificent gift is testimony to the work done in the field of Late Antique and Byzantine studies at Oxford.”
Andreas Dracopoulos, Co-President of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, said: “Understanding today’s world requires tracing the dots of history and connecting them through to the present.
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“The Stavros Niarchos Foundation is proud to help Late Antique and Byzantine studies at Oxford, and the field as a whole, grow and flourish in the years to come.
“The grant to secure two important endowed academic positions and fund graduate scholarships is very timely, since support for the humanities in general and Byzantine studies in particular has declined in recent years.”
I am absolutely thrilled to announce a major gift to Late Antique & Byzantine Studies @UniofOxford from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation https://t.co/SJ53uAjgqI
— Peter Frankopan (@peterfrankopan) May 8, 2019
