The program, held from June 23 to July 18 of this year, brought together eighteen high-achieving students from nine leading universities across Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, and Kazakhstan, who participated in online intensive courses in Modern Greek, delivered by the School of Modern Greek at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Alongside language classes, participants also attended lectures on Greek culture and took part in virtual tours of the museums and archaeological sites of Thessaloniki and Macedonia.
Among the participants were three students from YSU Research Center-Library of Greek Studies – Silva Khachatryan, Margarita Manvelyan, and Anna Avetisyan.
The Jason program has become one of the key institutions of cultural diplomacy and academic cooperation at Aristotle University. It aims to build friendly, respectful, and scholarly ties with universities in the Black Sea region and Northeastern Europe.
As part of this collaboration, mutual visits are planned to conduct precise and comprehensive assessments of institutional needs. In addition to offering access to necessary research resources and facilities, the program also provides scholarships for learning Greek and pursuing further studies at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Established in 1994 at the initiative of the university’s management and approved by the Senate, the Jason program aims to create and strengthen centers of Greek Studies at partner institutions. The program is administratively coordinated by the Faculty of Philosophy at Aristotle University.
