Agent TypePersonIdentifierUMA-AG-000000201Activities & OccupationsAcademics - Modern GreekHistoryThe teaching of Modern Greek arose from approaches from the Greek community to the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education to have Chairs of Modern Greek created at Australian Universities. The University of New England had created on in 1968. Although a Chair was not agreed to at the University of Melbourne, a lectureship was established in the early 1970s.