Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1972-1993 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
10 boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Modern Greek Department was established in 1919, when the Koraes Chair was inaugurated following a subscription campaign and a grant from the Greek Government, and named in honour of Adamantios Koraes (1748-1833), the scholar and advocate of Greek national independence. The Department became known as the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies in 1972, and since 1989 has been part of the School of Humanities.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0100 KCLCA K/BMG/FP, K/BMG/FPPG, KSH/MGS 1972-1993 Series level descriptions of King's College London Archives 10 boxes. Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
The Modern Greek Department was established in 1919, when the Koraes Chair was inaugurated following a subscription campaign and a grant from the Greek Government, and named in honour of Adamantios Koraes (1748-1833), the scholar and advocate of Greek national independence. The Department became known as the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies in 1972, and since 1989 has been part of the School of Humanities.
Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
King's College London Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies undergraduate student files, 1974-1993 (K/BMG/FP), postgraduate student files, 1972-1993 (K/BMG/FPPG). Undergraduate files typically contain an UCCA (Universities Central Council on Admissions) form, enrolment forms, some termly reports, correspondence, references, attendance/mark sheets and course unit registration forms. Postgraduate files include an application for admission as a postgraduate student, postgraduate reference form and correspondence.
Postgraduate student files are organised by year of entry, then alphabetically within each year. Undergraduate files are boxed alphabetically.
Subject to an eighty year closure period from date of leaving, but may be consulted by Departmental staff and other appropriate College staff with permission from the Head of Department.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to Departmental staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
English and Greek
Lists are available for consultation in hard copy in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.
King's College London: Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Records (Ref: KCLCA KDBMG/ PUB; K/BMG/F; 1996 KSH (MGS); 1996 KSH/BMGS); papers of the League for Democracy in Greece (the Modern Greek Archive or MGA), [1945-1975]; office files of Ronald Montagu Burrows (Ref: KAP/BUR); King's College London Faculty of Arts/School of Humanities Student Records (KFA, KSH).
Sources: King's College London catalogues. Compiled by Beverley Ager as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000. August 2002 Byzantine history Educational attendance Educational evaluation Educational levels Educational statistics Enrolment European history European literature Greek history Greek literature Higher education Higher education institutions Humanities education King's College London , Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies National history National literatures Social science education Student evaluation Students Universities University students Educational institutions
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
Content and structure area
Scope and content
King's College London Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies undergraduate student files, 1974-1993 (K/BMG/FP), postgraduate student files, 1972-1993 (K/BMG/FPPG). Undergraduate files typically contain an UCCA (Universities Central Council on Admissions) form, enrolment forms, some termly reports, correspondence, references, attendance/mark sheets and course unit registration forms. Postgraduate files include an application for admission as a postgraduate student, postgraduate reference form and correspondence.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Postgraduate student files are organised by year of entry, then alphabetically within each year. Undergraduate files are boxed alphabetically.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Subject to an eighty year closure period from date of leaving, but may be consulted by Departmental staff and other appropriate College staff with permission from the Head of Department.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to Departmental staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English and Greek
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
King's College London: Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Records (Ref: KCLCA KDBMG/ PUB; K/BMG/F; 1996 KSH (MGS); 1996 KSH/BMGS); papers of the League for Democracy in Greece (the Modern Greek Archive or MGA), [1945-1975]; office files of Ronald Montagu Burrows (Ref: KAP/BUR); King's College London Faculty of Arts/School of Humanities Student Records (KFA, KSH).
Finding aids
Lists are available for consultation in hard copy in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.
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Existence and location of copies
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Rules and/or conventions used
National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000.
Status
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English