The Durrell School of Corfu is hosting a six-day seminar, 16-21 May 2010 on the History and Culture of the Ionian Islands. The Academic Director is Dr. Anthony Hirst, Institute of Byzantine Studies, Queen's University, Belfast. The Moderator and keynote speaker is Professor Peter Mackridge, Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford. The seminar aims to bring together experts in all aspects of the history and culture of the Ionian Islands in what is a unique attempt to take an interdisciplinary overview of the history and culture of this group of islands whose development is quite distinct from that of the rest of Greece.
Proposals for consideration by the Board, together with the author'x CV, should be sent to Anthony Hirst (a.hirst@qub.ac.uk) and copied to the Durrell School (durrells@otenet.gr). For further information contact Anthony Hirst.