Basil Laourdas
Basil Laourdas , also Basileios Laourdas ( Greek Βασίλειος Λαούρδας , * 1912 in Piraeus ; † March 19, 1971 in Thessaloniki ) was a Greek Graecist , Byzantinist and Neo-Greekist .
Life
Laourdas studied philology at the University of Athens , especially with Johannes Sykutris, and then initially worked at high schools in Athens and Heraklion . With a scholarship he was able to continue his studies at Oxford and Harvard Universities . Various visiting professorships took him to Georgetown , Buffalo and Madison Universities before he joined the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection . From 1954 he headed the Institute for Balkan Studies (Ίδρυμα Mελετών Xερσονήσου του Aίμου = ΙΜΧΑ) of the Society for Macedonian Studies (Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών = ΕΜΣ).
He was married to Luisa Syndika (Λουΐσα Συνδίκα).
He bequeathed his private library to the University of Minnesota, which thus founded its Modern Greek Collection.
Research priorities
His scientific work includes 200 books and essays. He first worked on classical philology ( Isocrates , Solon ), before turning to Byzantine and modern Greek studies in the form of Byzantine theology and Hagios Dimitrios, then also to the intellectual history of Crete. He published essays on pedagogy in Ελληνική Δημιουργία, reviews of modern Greek literature in Φιλολογικά Χρονικά. He also edited IMXA's Balkan Studies.
Fonts (selection)
- with Leendert Gerrit Westerink (Ed.): Photii patriarchae Constantinopolitani epistulae et amphilochia. 6 volumes (volume 6 in two sub-volumes). Teubner, Leipzig 1983–1988 (critical edition)
literature
- Χαραλ. Κ. Παπαστάθης: Βασίλειος Λαούρδας . In: Μακεδονικά 11, 1971, 485–489 (Νεκρολογία) online (with a directory of Laourdas' writings on Macedonia and the Balkans)
- Μελετήματα στη μνήμη Βασιλείου Λαούρδα - Essays in memory of Basil Laourdas. Thessaloniki 1975.
Web links
- Literature by and about Basil Laourdas in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Laourdas, Basil . Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
- University of Minnesota: The Basil Laourdas Modern Greek Collection
- Timothy Johnson, Curator of Special Collections & Rare Books, and Theofanis G. Stavrou, Professor of History, Director of Modern Greek Studies: The Modern Greek Collection at the University of Minnesota
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laourdas, Basil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Laourdas, Basil; Βασίλειος Λαούρδας |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek Graecist, Byzantinist and Neo-Graecist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Piraeus |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1971 |
| Place of death | Thessaloniki |