Draft:Centre of Byzantine Studios, Neogriegos Modern and Cypriot

The Centre of Byzantine, Modern Greek and Cypriot Studies is a research institute located in Granada, Spain.

Introduction
The Center for Byzantine, Modern Greek and Cypriot Studies (Centro de Estudios Bizantinos, Neogriegos y Chipriotas in Spanish, or C.E.B.N.CH.) was founded by the Greek State, through the Embassy of Greece in Spain, in July 1998 and operates as a constituent centre the University of Granada. Its objective is to support and promote Byzantine and Neo-Greek studies in the Spanish-speaking world.

Activities
Interdisciplinarity and research: Through the research team of the University of Granada “Studies on medieval and modern Greek culture (HUM 728)”, which was founded in 2000 by the Education Council of the Autonomous Government of Andalusia, it is active in the following lines of research :


 * Greek lexicography.
 * Archives/databases of Spanish sources on Byzantium and Contemporary Greece, Byzantine historiography, Byzantine-Slavic relations and Greek shadow theater.
 * Translation of Byzantine and modern Greek texts

Library: It has one of the best specialized libraries of its kind outside Greece and Cyprus, open to the research public. It has more than 20,000 titles and 100 scientific and literary journals. Much of it consists of donations from academics, institutes, publishing houses and private collections, among which is the personal library of the former president of the Hellenic Republic, Constantine Tsatsos Lectures: Since its foundation, the Center for Byzantine, Neo-Greek and Cypriot Studies offers modern Greek courses distributed in four levels with forty hours of class per semester, as well as interpretation and cultural seminars. Since the 2000-2001 academic year, it has offered its services to the University of Granada for the introduction, strengthening and stabilization of the teaching of Modern Greek and its literature, with teaching staff, strengthening of postgraduate programs, offering of teaching materials, offering of infrastructure, etc.

Organisation of research meetings:

To date, several international conferences have been organized, including:


 * II Congreso de Neohelenistas del Mundo Hispanohablante: "La Tradición Clásica en la Literatura Griega Moderna"
 * Constantinopla. 550 años desde la Caída
 * Constantino Tsatsos. El autor - el filósofo - el político. A 100 años de su nacimiento (1899-2009)
 * Cuarto Congreso Europeo de la Sociedad Europea de Estudios Neogriegos: "Identidades en el mundo griego (desde 1204 hasta hoy)".
 * Teatro de sombras griego - Patrimonio cultural inmaterial (En honor a Walter Pouchner).
 * La mitología griega en la tradición literaria. De la antigüedad a la Grecia Contemporánea.

Publications:


 * Biblioteca de textos bizantinos
 * Serie de estudios bizantinos
 * Biblioteca de autores griegos clásicos modernos (serie bilingüe)
 * Biblioteca de autores griegos clásicos modernos
 * Biblioteca de Autores Griegos Contemporáneos
 * Biblioteca de Chipre
 * Biblioteca española
 * Diccionarios Granada
 * Fuentes y Documentos
 * Estudios mixtos bizantinos y griegos modernos
 * Volúmenes colectivos

Nevertheless, it participates in seven series in the field of electronic publications, published on its website in open access:


 * Biblioteca de autores griegos clásicos modernos
 * Biblioteca de Autores Griegos Contemporáneos
 * Biblioteca del teatro de sombras griego
 * Biblioteca de Chipre
 * Fuentes y Documentos
 * Estudios mixtos bizantinos y griegos modernos
 * Volúmenes colectivos

Cultural activities: It carries out a notable activity in the following areas:


 * Cultural exhibitions
 * Music and poetry recitals
 * Cinema
 * Theater plays