Anglo-Hellenic League
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The Anglo-Hellenic League is an organisation supporting and promoting Anglo-Greek relations and understanding. It was founded in 1913 in London and it carries out charitable and cultural work. Since 1990 it publishes the biannual Anglo-Hellenic Review.
It is a member society of the Hellenic Centre, and since the mid-1990s it is housed at the Hellenic Centre http://www.helleniccentre.org in London.
From 1986, the league awards annually the Runciman Award
(named in honor of the writer and historian Steven Runciman
) for books published in English and relating to Greece
and Hellenism
.
It is a member society of the Hellenic Centre, and since the mid-1990s it is housed at the Hellenic Centre http://www.helleniccentre.org in London.
From 1986, the league awards annually the Runciman Award
Runciman Award
The Runciman Award is an annual award offered by the Anglo-Hellenic League for a work published in English dealing wholly or in part with Greece or Hellenism...
(named in honor of the writer and historian Steven Runciman
Steven Runciman
The Hon. Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman CH — known as Steven Runciman — was a British historian known for his work on the Middle Ages...
) for books published in English and relating to Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
and Hellenism
Hellenism (Academia)
Academics who study ancient or modern Greece may be referred to as Hellenists, and thus the study of Greece may be referred to as Hellenism. This should not be confused with the use of Hellenism to mean the spread of Greek culture, nor to describe the neoclassic Hellenism movement....
.