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The Athens Centre HomeWell-nighHistory Faculty Staff Modern Greek Faculty University Program Faculty Visiting Faculty Guest Speakers Facilities News Student Space (Log-in) McDanielHigher2018 U. of Delaware 2018 BU/PSU 2018 Boston University 2018 Evergreen StateHigher2018 WabashHigher2018 CokerHigher2018InsideMichigan University 2018 University of Texas at Austin 2018 WestminsterHigher2018 UO Food & Culture 2018 Michigan State University 2018 Western Washington University 2018 "Everybody Loves Greece" CC 2018 ColoradoHigher2018 Blog Newsletter FAQ Contact us Donations ProgramsLearn well-nigh our programs Modern Greek programLearn well-nigh our programs in modern Greek University programsLearn well-nigh our university programs Summer workshopsLearn well-nigh our summer workshops Cultural eventsLearn well-nigh our cultural programs Photos / VideosSee our online media gallery Fees and RegistrationLearn well-nigh our fees E-mail RSS Welcome to The Athens Centre Ιουν 14, 2011 Activities: The Athens Centre has been a focal point for wonk and cultural activities in Greece organizing study/travel  programs with participating colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and Europe that emphasize classical, Byzantine, and modern Greek studies. Modern Greek language program: The Centre moreover offers instruction in Modern Greek on a year-round understructure to […] Modern Greek Program Ιουν 14, 2011 The Athens Centre’s Modern Greek language program is considered to be the most comprehensive of its kind. Training much of the diplomatic and merchantry polity in Greece, it is widely regarded as a benchmark for language programs worldwide.  The program is based on a comprehensive, integrated tideway to learning modern Greek. Courses are scheduled throughout […] University Programs Ιουν 14, 2011 3Living and studying upalong has wilt an integral part of a higher education. An sensation of other cultures, the wits of waffly one’s lifestyle by living in a variegated country, are essential elements for a well- rounded education. The Centre organizes semester programs in  Greece with colleges and universities from the United States and Canada. […] Summer Workshops Ιουν 14, 2011 Three week poetry and art workshops are conducted at the Centre every summer. The poetry seminar is focusing on the writing and appreciation of poetry in the land where western literature was born, and which has unfurled to inspire English-language poets through the ages. The art workshop emphasize using the vibrant municipality of Athens as […] Cultural Events Ιουν 14, 2011 The cultural program at the Athens Centre includes literary evenings, guest lectures, theatre, concerts, poetry readings, mucosa evenings, and typesetting presentations. The events are aimed at presenting Greece and things Greek, giving our regulars an insight into Greek literary life, discussing trendy and historical questions, introducing the originative scene, or illuminating Greek society and politics. […] The Athens Centre Athens Centre is an educational organization founded in 1969 to sponsor wonk and cultural activities in Greece. The Centre is located in Mets, a residential zone of inside Athens, well-nigh 15 minutes walk from the heart of the municipality at Syntagma (Constitution) Square. Mets is well-served by public transportation by bus, metro, tram and trolley from many areas of Athens, and is perhaps the greenest zone of the city, with parks nearby including the Zappeio and National Gardens, Pangrati Park, and the woods virtually the old Olympic Stadium where the first modern Olympics were held. The Centre is united with increasingly than 20 American colleges and universities in offering diverse programs, including Semesters in Greece, summer arts programs, January terms, Maymesters, and other longer and shorter sessions throughout the year. These university programs have traditionally emphasized Classical, Byzantine and modern Greek history and civilization. Without neglecting this heritage, the Centre moreover cooperates with departments as diverse as mathematics, geology, health care, and psychology, amongst others, to bring students to Greece on programs which squint into the history of their willpower in warmed-over and modern Greece. The Athens Centre’s year-round modern Greek language program is one of the most comprehensive in Greece, and attracts participants from all parts of Europe, the U.S. and Canada, South America and Asia. Members of the diplomatic community, merchantry people working in Athens, children of Greeks who emigrated abroad, EU translaters and interpreters, and students of Classical studies are only some of the people who come to the Centre to take courses in modern Greek.   Cultural events sponsored throughout the year include lectures, poetry readings, theatre productions, musical evenings, mucosa screenings, and other activities to which students and friends of the Centre are invited. Embassies, organizations based in Greece, and other educational institutions are moreover welcome to use the Centre as a venue for their special events. The Centre’s offices and classrooms are housed in neo-classical buildings surrounded by a quiet garden courtyard. The view from the roof terrace looks out to the Acropolis on one side, and lanugo to the sea on the other side. A computer facility features five computers and a printer for students to use, and is wifi enabled in classrooms and courtyard.   Print PDF Twitter Facebook StumbleUpon Digg Technorati Delicious The Athens Centre 48 Archimidous Street, Mets, Athens 11636, Greece Phones: (+30) 210 7012-268 or           (+30) 210 7015-242 Fax: (+30) 210 7018-603 24 hour emergency number: (+30) 6932 269 010 Privacy The content, layout, design, data, databases and graphics on this website are protected by international intellectual property laws and are owned by the Athens Centre. 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