Once again this year, the UM Modern Greek Program collaborates with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Center For Foreign Language Teaching) in peer teaching, cultural exchanges between UM students learning Modern Greek and AUTH students in the English language program in a virtual project we call "Conversations on Culture". The pandemic, # BLM, Me Too, police violence, democracy, but also friendship, family, career hopes and aspirations as well as music, Netflix, and social media were among the wide range of topics the participating students explored in comparative ways this semester, exchanging ideas, viewpoints, and all kinds of cultural products (music clips, videos, photographs, etc.) This is the 8th year of this very successful program which brings together students from our two universities using only virtual/online platforms and videoconferencing.
We want to thank Dr. Anna Maria Hatzitheodorou (AUTH Center for Foreign Language Teaching), Philomena Meechan(LRC - University of Michigan) and all the wonderful students who participate. AUTH students are volunteers and this year we have a record number of Greek students who wanted to participate. We thank all our brilliant language learners for the energy and new ideas they bring into these exchanges. We learn from you every single day!
