Projects Supported in 2012
Conservation of Cultural Heritage
Church of St Demetrios, Jerusalem – conservation of icons
Church of St Stephen, Nessebar, Bulgaria – courtyard improvement (part of the Medieval Churches of Nessebar project)
Elliniki Etaireia (for the Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage): a) ‘Monuments under Threat’ programme; b) ‘Civilisation Pathways’ project, Marathon
German Archaeological Institute at Athens – Olympia restoration project
Holy Metropolis of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina – restoration works at the Church of St Mamas, Spetses
Holy Metropolis of Sidirokastron – restoration of the Triantafyllou Residence
King’s College, London – Digital Library of Ancient Inscriptions of the Northern Black Sea programme
King’s College, London – Gazetteer of Medieval Cyprus project
Medieval Church of St Dimitar, Patalentitsza, Region of Pazardzik, Bulgaria – conservation of wall-paintings
Merton College, Oxford University (Prof. Irene S. Lemos) – Lefkandi–Xeropolis excavation project
Monastery of St Catherine, Sinai – restoration project
Rahmi M. Koç Foundation – restoration works at the Church of Taxiarches in Ayvalik, Alibey Cunda Island
St Gabriel Monastery in Tur Abdin, Eastern Turkey – conservation of 5th-century mosaic
6th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities, Patras – restoration and fresco conservation of the Church of St Nicholas in Agridi, Achaia
19th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities (Dimitrios Skilardi) – archaeological programme in Koukounaries, Paros
21st Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities (Prof. John Kouragios) – excavation project on Despotikon Islet, near Antiparos
Museums & Libraries
A. G. Leventis Gallery of Nicosia
Archaeological Museum, Crimea – refurbishment
Archaeological Museum of Nessebar, Bulgaria – for the museum’s guidebook
British Museum, London: a) renovation of the A. G. Leventis Gallery of Ancient Cyprus; b) Cyprus Curator staff grant; c) Institute for Science and Conservation (Cypriot Antiquities Storage)
Friends of the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia – for activities in 2012
Hellenic Foundation for Culture, Berlin – Olympia: Myth – Cult – Games in Antiquity exhibition
Hermitage Museum (Friends of the Hermitage), St Petersburg – new lighting system installation in the Greek and Roman Gallery
Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia: a) medieval ceramics project; b) renovation of British Rule and Nicosia Galleries; c) Bulgarian Icons exhibition; d) El Greco: From Candia to Toledo exhibition
Louvre Museum, Paris – Cyprus between Byzantium and the West, 4th-16th Centuries exhibition
Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm – junior curatorship for cataloguing, studying and publishing archaeological material found during the Swedish Cyprus Expedition (1927-1931)
Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens – A. G. Leventis Gallery, ‘Cyprus: Aspects of Ancient Art and Culture / Thanos N. Zintilis Collection’
Museum of Greek Children’s Art, Athens – ‘Emeis kai o Ghika’ workshop and exhibition
Princeton University Art Museum – City of Gold: Tomb and Temple in Ancient Cyprus exhibition
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter – Greek and Cypriot Archaeology Collections
Universities
Academy of Athens (Prof. Nikolaos Konomis) – assistant researcher’s fees
Anáhuac University, Mexico – Chair of Cyprus
Universities
King’s College, Cambridge – ‘Aristotle Commentaries’
King’s College, Cambridge – Constantine Leventis Senior Research Fellowship and emeritus professorship
Mariupol State University of Humanities – for the enrichment of the Constantine Leventis Modern Greek Library Book Collection
Mariupol State University of Humanities, School of Greek Philology: a) PhD scholarship; b) prizes for Excellence in the Use of the Modern Greek Language
Merton College, Oxford University – research fellowship
New Delhi University – Greek Chair
Royal Holloway, University of London – Byzantine lectureship
University College London – A. G. Leventis Post-doctoral Research Fellowship in Ancient Greek Literature
University of Belgrade, Department of Neohellenic Studies – for the enrichment of the Neohellenic Library Book Collection
University of Bristol – Institute of Rome, Greece and the Classical Tradition
University of Cambridge, Centre of African Studies: a) Audrey Richards Annual Lecture; b) visiting fellowship
University of Cambridge, Judge Business School: a) Africa Business Network Conference; b) Nigerian Society sponsorship
University of Crete, Heraklion – LIFE+ Biodiversity Project
University of Cyprus: a) research programmes; b) researchers’ fees for 3 members of committee; c) Constantine Leventis Annual Lecture
University of Edinburgh, School of History, Classics and Archaeology – Leventis Visiting Research Professorship in Classical Greek
University of Exeter, Department of Classics and Ancient History: a) PhD studentship to exceptional scholars; b) Leventis Lecturer in the Impact of Greek Culture
University of Ghana – fellowship programme
University of Ghana, Department of Archaeology – grant towards the resource centre
University of Ibadan: a) Classics Overseas Grant; b) Constantine Leventis Memorial Biannual Lecture
University of Kent (Prof. Evangelos Kyriakides) and Athens University, Business and Economics Department – MA in Heritage Management Programme
University of Oxford – A. G. Leventis Lectureship in Eastern Christianity
Scholarships
Scholarships
A. G. Leventis Foundation Olympic Preparation Scholarship Programme – 25 scholarships offered to Greek and Cypriot athletes of individual Olympic sporting events
A. G. Leventis Foundation Scholars Association (Cyprus) – for activities in 2012
A. G. Leventis Foundation Scholars Association (Greece) – for activities in 2012
A. G. Leventis Foundation Scholarship for Post-graduate Studies in Acting (UK)
ALBA Graduate Business School – scholarships to 2 Nigerian students for the MBA course
American Farm School (Perrotis College), Thessaloniki – BSc scholarship programme for 2 students from the Balkans
Anofi and Grace Guobadia Foundation, Nigeria – university scholarship programme for 11 students
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of History and Archaeology – Ioulia Vokotopoulou Post-graduate Scholarship Programme
British School at Athens – A. G. Leventis Fellowship in Hellenic Studies Post-doctoral Programme
Cyprus Forestry College – scholarships to 2 Ghanaian students
Cyprus International Institute of Management – scholarship for 1 Nigerian student
Earth University, Costa Rica – scholarship programme for students from Nigeria and Ghana
Egba Community, Western Nigeria – Egba scholarship scheme
Greek Archaeological Committee – Deno Leventis Scholarship
Harrow School – Constantine Leventis Scholarship Programme
IITA–Lukas Brader Scholarship Fund, Nigeria – graduate training for outstanding students to conduct research towards a PhD programme in agriculture and related sciences
Imperial College, London – scholarship in bio-inspired devices for Greek-Cypriot PhD students
Olympia Summer Seminars (2012), Olympia
Prince’s School of Traditional Arts – PhD scholarship in iconography
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London – scholarship for 1 Nigerian student
Trinity College, Dublin – post-graduate scholarships in Hellenic Studies
University of Birmingham – post-graduate studentships in Modern Greek and Hellenic Studies
University of Edinburgh – PhD scholarship in Hellenic Studies
Culture
American Hellenic Institute
Angelos and Leto Katakouzenos Foundation – support for a range of cultural and educational activities
Anglo-Hellenic League – funding towards the Anglo-Hellenic Review publication
Balliol College, Oxford – A. G. Leventis Scholarship in Classical Greek Studies
British School at Athens (Prof. Keith Rutter) – Ancient Greek numismatics course (travel and accommodation grant for 10 UK-based post-graduate students)
Cambridge University, Faculty of Classics – A. G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture
Campion School, Athens – G. David Sports Centre
Centre Culturel Hellénique, Paris – funding towards operational activities and the Byzantine Cyprus Colloquium
Centre for Asia Minor Studies, Athens – for the 2012 educational and research programmes
Corfu Choir – for the activities of the children’s choir in 2012
Corfu Museum of Asian Art – Edward Lear & the Ionian Islands exhibition
Courtauld Institute of Art, Centre for the Study of Byzantine Art – A. G. Leventis Reader in the History of Art
Cultural Centre – museum at Kissonerga
Cyprus Architectural Heritage Organisation (POAK)
Doros Partasides – Images Through My Lens, 45-year retrospective, 1966-2011, photographic exhibition
Elliniki Etaireia (for the Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage): a) ‘Sustainable School’ educational and environmental programme; b) seminar organisation and digital publication of various conference proceedings
Elliniko Theatro (Yannis Simonides) – performance of Homer’s Iliad at the Hellenic Centre of London
Environmental and Cultural Park of Paros – for the display of the permanent collection
European Foundation Centre (EFC) – annual membership
Fondation Hellénique, Paris – restoration of the rear façade and of the interior of the Greek Building in the Cité Universitaire
Friends of Cyprus Organisation
Harare and District Hellenic Community – Hellenic International Academy
Harrow School: a) awards and leadership bursary scheme; b) Deno Leventis Classics Library
Hellenic Centre, London – Greek International Dress Designers exhibition
‘House of Cyprus’ Cultural Department of the Embassy of Cyprus in Athens – for the enrichment of the book collection and cultural activities in 2012
Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge – fundraising for the purchase of buildings
Junior Achievement Association, Athens – annual subscription
Legacy Nigeria, Historical and Environmental Group of Nigeria – Historical Railway Building in Lagos
London Hellenic Society – annual membership
Martino Tirimo – Chopin recordings
National Gallery, Athens – From the Collections of the A. G. Leventis Foundation exhibition
Old University Library at Harkovo, Ukraine – library enrichment
Opera Rara – production of Donizetti’s opera Caterina Cornaro
Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research (OCBR) – for activities in 2012 and for 1 scholarship
Oxford Philomusica – for cultural activities in 2012
Palazzo Quirinale, Rome – Aphrodite, Goddess of the Mediterranean exhibition
Patrick Darling, African Legacy Projects – Akodi Africa Museum
Paxos Festival – for cultural activities in 2012
Pharos Arts Foundation, Cyprus
Polykarpos Yiorkadjis Foundation, Cyprus
Royal Holloway and Lambeth Palace Library – Greek Manuscript Collection
Scottish Hellenic Society of St Andrews
Société Hellénique de Bienfaisance, Paris
Société Hellénique de Laographie (Elliniki Laografiki Etaireia) – for activities in 2012
Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (SPHS) – towards the school programme and the publication of archaeological reports
St Anthony’s College, Oxford, European Studies Centre – A. G. Leventis Visiting Fellowship in Contemporary Greek Studies
St Sophia School, London
Tassos Papadopoulos Centre – core funding
Tiwani Contemporary Gallery, London – educational and public programmes in contemporary African art
Trinity College, Dublin – A. G. Leventis Senior Lecturer in Greek History and Archaeology
UNESCO, Paris – Cyprus Permanent Delegations Office
Philanthropy, Humanitarian Work & Medical Science
Aegean Team – for the purchase of portable mammography equipment
A. G. Leventis Foundation ‘Greece in Crisis’ initiative – support to various
philanthropic and humanitarian organisations for the relief of Greek Society
Alkionides UK Charity – providing free accommodation to low-income Cypriot families (required to stay in the UK for essential medical care)
Artemis Association for Histiocytosis – ‘Cell Autonomous Mechanism in the Pathogenesis of Langerhans Cell Hystiocytosis (LCH)’ research programme
Construction of the Greek Orthodox Church in Lagos, Nigeria
Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics
Cyprus Red Cross Society
Fondation du Centre Orthodoxe (Metropolitan Jeremy)
Greek Council for Refugees – ‘PYXIDA’ educational, sports and leisure programme
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Spain and Portugal
Holy Metropolis of Estonia (Metropolitan Stephanos)
Holy Metropolis of Spetses, Hydra and Aegina – ‘Stegi Agapis’ (shelter for the poor), Spetses
Kentro Prosforas kai Agapis (KEPA), Agios Christoforos, Cyprus – scholarships to underprivileged students
Lagos State Laptops for Learning (L4L) Initiative – ‘One Laptop per Child’ project in Lagos, Nigeria
‘Margarita’ special education workshop – athletics and students’ exercise programmes
Melathron Evgerias, Nicosia
‘Mission Anthropos’ – Greek medical volunteers for Africa (Mekelle, Ethiopia)
Municipal Oncology Clinic of Mariupol – purchase of medical equipment
Ormylia Foundation – medical care of needy children who are victims of trafficking programme
Orthodox Archbishopric of Kenya and Irinoupolis – ‘Archbishop Makarios III of Cyprus’ Orthodox Patriarchal Seminary
Panagia Kykkou Charity Association, Athens – support to Cypriot residents of Athens in need
Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa – Orthodox Archdiocese of Nigeria
Richard Coker Foundation
Rural Empowerment and Development Agency (REDA), Accra, Ghana – reducing poverty and hunger in rural areas via enterprise and promotion of self-sufficiency
Sightsavers, Nigeria – eye care workers training programme
St Mary’s Hospital, London – fellowship with an aim to further research into paediatric critical illnesses
St Spyridon Church of Stadion, Athens – home for the poor
Thalassaemia International Federation: a) sickle-cell project; b) MSc course in haemoglobinopathies
Environment & Conservation
Agricultural Schools, Ghana: a) Leventis Foundation farmers’ training programme (LFFTP); b) schools’ operational costs; c) irrigation project
A Rocha Ghana – Atewa Forest conservation and restoration project
A Rocha Kenya – endangered species and coastal forest avian monitoring
BirdLife International: a) Africa programme; b) Cambridge Chair
Cambridge Conservation Initiative
Elliniki Etaireia (for the Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage) – Aegean programme
Europa Nostra: a) annual membership; b) youth activities;
c) conference in Cardiff
Ghana Wildlife Society – A. G. Leventis Library, Accra Conservation Education Centre
Hellenic Ornithological Society: a) Egyptian Vulture programme; b) Aegean survey and conservation of sea-birds programme
Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature – ‘Learn about Forests’ educational and environmental programme
IITA/Leventis Project, Nigeria – planting of indigenous tree species for the restoration and conservation of the IITA Forest
Lake Kerkini National Park – construction of observatories and kiosks
Leventis Foundation Nigeria – agricultural schools
Marine Stewardship Council – engaging developing country fisheries programme
RSPB programmes: a) illegal bird trapping in Cyprus;
b) Aquatic Warbler conservation in Belarus
University of Canterbury, School of Biological Sciences, New Zealand – Nigerian montane forest project
WWF Greece – institutional support for a range of projects
Publications
Ancient Cyprus: 9000 Years of Civilisation – purchase of copies offered to the Cypriot
Ministry of Foreign Affairs for EU officials during the Cyprus Presidency in 2012
Centre d’Études Chypriotes, Antoine Hermary – publication of Cahier 42
Europa Nostra – publication of bulletin
Lyceum Club of Greek Women – publication of the 2013 Diary
Prof. Francisco Rodrίguez Adrados & DGE Team – Volume VIII of the Diccionario griego-espanõl
University of Edinburgh, Dr Colin Macdonald – publication in honour of G. Cadogan
World Birdwatch magazine
