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Admissions
New admissions to Modern Greek for the MML Tripos are suspended until further notice. However, existing undergraduate students can still take papers GR3 and GR6.
Prizes
The Catherine Grigoriou-Theocarakis Prize for excellence in Modern Greek Studies was established in 2009 by Dr Nikolaos Theocarakis in memory of his late wife Catherine Grigoriou-Theocarakis. It forms part of a generous benefaction of £100,000 made by Dr Theocarakis to the University in 2009, to support the advancement of Modern Greek Studies. Both Dr Theocarakis and his wife studied at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼. Catherine, who died in 2009, was a member of Girton College. After studying French and Linguistics at Athens University, she came to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ to take a postgraduate course in Strategic Studies, graduating with an MPhil in 1987. She was an exceptionally talented linguist and an accomplished poet in both Greek and English.