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.
9-637: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies ( The Roman Society ) was founded in 1910 as the sister society to the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies . The Society is the leading organisation in the United Kingdom for those interested in the study of Rome and the Roman Empire . Its scope covers Roman history , archaeology , literature and art . The society was founded at
18-465: A public meeting in 1910, chaired by Frederic Kenyon , Director of the British Museum , and sponsored by Percy Gardner , George Macmillan, John Penoyre, Francis Haverfield , J. S. Reid, A. H. Smith, G. F. Hill, and G. H. Hallam. The Society's Memorandum and Articles of Association described its major aims as "...to promote Roman studies by creating a library, publishing a journal, and supporting
27-621: The British School at Rome ." The first issue of the Journal of Roman Studies was published in 1911. Early contributors included Francis Haverfield , Eugénie Strong , Albert Van Buren, Elizabeth Van Buren and G. L. Cheesman. Margerie Taylor oversaw the Society from Oxford as secretary from 1923 until 1954, subsequently serving as Honorary Secretary and Editor of JRS. The society celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1960, marked in part by
36-771: The Roman world in general, and Britannia , which has articles and reviews specifically on Roman Britain . The society also publishes the Britannia Monograph Series , from 1981, and the JRS Monograph Series , from 1982. A library is maintained jointly with the Hellenic Society and in conjunction with the University of London 's Institute of Classical Studies with over 110,000 volumes and 600 current periodicals. The Joint Library
45-935: 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
54-729: 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
63-482: The major exhibition on Art in Roman Britain at Goldsmiths' Hall , London, accompanied by a catalogue by Jocelyn Toynbee . In 1966 a sub-committee was established to consider starting a second journal. The first issue of Britannia was published in 1970, edited by Sheppard Frere . The society produces two annual publications, the Journal of Roman Studies , which contains articles and book reviews dealing with
72-521: The society: Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 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
81-582: Was built in-part through review copies from JRS and Britannia . Grants of the society include: grants for summer schools , archaeology grants (through excavation grants and a biennial conference) and grants for schools for teaching about the Roman world . There is a programme of public lectures in London, and others outside London arranged with local branches of the Classical Association . The following persons are or have been president of
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