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Director's Letter
To those of you who are considering spending a year or semester in Athens at the Arcadia Center, welcome. I was once in exactly the same situation as you. My first interaction with Greece was as a student of classics on a study abroad program in Athens. Since then, my years here have taught me a sincere appreciation of Greece in its totality, but they can never erase the vividness of my initial impressions. I know your time in Greece will be just as unforgettable. The Arcadia Center for Hellenic, Mediterranean and Balkan Studies offers students of North American institutions the opportunity to live and learn in Athens, Greece. Though frequently viewed as a destination for students of antiquity, Greece is equally exciting for students of the medieval and Byzantine world and for those interested in international relations, political science and contemporary literature. The somewhat modest course offerings of the initial semester in 1990 have now grown to reflect our continued commitment to Greece, its history and culture, both past and present. The study of the Greek language has always been a requirement for students of the Center's semester programs and this is the job of the interdisciplinary Greek Key: Language in a Cultural Landscape, a class that is much more than a language class. As an Athenian your base will be the central and well-established neighborhood of Pangrati, but we will help and challenge you to explore well beyond its boundaries. For more than 15 years I have been helping students like you adjust to the challenges of living in this new place and it remains one of the most enjoyable parts of my job because it allows me to pass on to others a small part of what Greece gave to me. Coming to Greece as a twenty-year-old changed my life. Who knows what it will do for you!
Jan Motyka Sanders, PhD
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