The donation was made by Mica Ertegun, the widow of Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, and will be used to set up humanities scholarships for graduate students.
The Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme in the Humanities will see students worldwide compete for an award to study subjects including literature, history, music, art history, Asian studies, Middle Eastern studies and archaeology.
There will be 15 scholarships to start with, and eventually at least 35 will be awarded each year.
Mrs Ertegun said: "For Ahmet and for me, one of the great joys of life has been the study of history, music, languages, literature, art and archaeology. Read on and comment » | Wednesday, February 29, 2012
