The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies , known as the Hellenic Society, was founded in 1879 to advance the study of Greek language , literature , history , art and archaeology in the Ancient, Byzantine and Modern periods. The first President was J. B. Lightfoot , the biblical scholar and Bishop of Durham. Ioannis Gennadius helped found it.
5-505: The Society has done this ever since by various means, chief among them being the annual publication of the Journal of Hellenic Studies and, since the 1950s, its supplement, Archaeological Reports, which are both supplied free of charge to members and subscribers of the Society. Occasional monographs have also appeared in the series Supplementary Papers; this series has now been replaced by
10-738: The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies . The editor-in-chief is Lin Foxhall ( University of Liverpool ). According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 0.1. The following persons have been editors-in-chief of the journal: This article about a journal on Classical studies is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about academic journals . Further suggestions might be found on
15-993: The Society's Occasional Publications. The Society is based, together with the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies , in the premises of the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of London at the Senate House (University of London) . The Society maintains the Joint Library, in conjunction with the Roman Society, which is integrated into a Combined Library with that of the Institute of Classical Studies. The Society arranges an annual lecture series in London, conferences, receptions and other meetings, and helps to arrange other lectures all around
20-729: The UK in collaboration with the local branches of the Classical Association. The Society holds a list of lecturers on topics in Hellenic Studies, which is supplied to Classical Association branches, classical teacher groups, and other organisations to help them plan their own lecture programmes. The Society aims to help those engaged in Hellenic Studies at all levels, and to this end it makes grants of various kinds to schools, universities and other institutions, undergraduates, graduate students and young researchers. These were
25-541: The officers of the Hellenic Society in 2023-2024: List of presidents since 1879: Journal of Hellenic Studies The Journal of Hellenic Studies is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering research in Hellenic studies . It also publishes reviews of recent books of importance to Hellenic studies. It was established in 1880 and is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of
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