2021 the Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed the University of Oxford first in the world in the category Languages, Literature and Linguistics. French and Francophone Studies Oxford's French sub-faculty is the largest French studies department outside France, with over thirty permanent members of staff covering all areas of French literature and language. The quality and range of the department's research was recognised in two Research Assessment Exercises (RAEs). In 2001 the department received the top grade of 5*. In the 2008 RAE, it performed better than any other French department in the UK. The French department was said by The Times in May 2010 to be the best university French department for teaching in the United Kingdom. The Chair of the Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature (held in conjunction with a Fellowship at All Souls College) was established in 1918 after a donation of £25,000 by Sir Basil Zaharoff. The same 'Zaharoff fund' also provides for the annual Zaharoff Lecture, for which the Sub-Faculty of French invites an eminent figure from French literary studies. The Sub-Faculty of French has ongoing links with other Oxford-based institutions, notably the Maison Française d’Oxford (MFO) and the Voltaire Foundation. The journal French Studies was founded in 1947 in Oxford and has its editorial office near the Faculty's central offices in Wellington Square. Some notable past members of the Sub-Faculty of French include: Malcolm Bowie, Marshal Foch Professor 1992–2002, Proust scholar Ann Jefferson, Professor of French 2006–2015 Jean Seznec, Marshal Foch Professor 1950–1972, author of La Survivance des dieux antiques (1940) Enid Starkie (Somerville 1934–1965), known for her work on French poets Jean-Yves Tadié, Marshal Foch Professor 1988–1991, Proust scholar German There are two chairs associated with German studies. The Taylor Chair of the German Language and Literature was first held by Hermann Georg Fiedler. The Chair was held 2010-2021 by Ritchie Robertson. The Chair of Medieval German (previously Medieval German Language and Literature, then Medieval German Literature and Linguistics) was established for Peter Ganz, then held by Nigel F Palmer and since 2015 by Henrike Lähnemann. Modern Greek Oxford University is one of four universities in Britain where Medieval and Modern Greek can be studied as a major component of a B.A. degree and at graduate level. A variety of undergraduate courses are offered in Modern Greek language and literature from the foundation of Constantinople (AD 330) to the present day,