Purpose

The Department of Philology aims at:

• developing the fields of classical, Byzantine and Modern Greek philology and Linguistics;
• contributing to the study of the Greek language throughout its history from antiquity to the present day and its interaction with modern European languages;
• providing students with background knowledge in these fields that will be necessary to their future academic and/or professional career;
• organizing postgraduate programmes in particular academic subjects of the Department.

Location

The Department of Philology of the Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies is based in Kalamata. Kalamata, a city of 53,041 inhabitants, is the second most populous city in the Peloponnese after Patras. It is an important urban, financial and commercial centre of the region, as well as the administrative centre of the Prefecture of Messinia. It has an intense nightlife in winter and summer – in the winter in the historic centre, while in the summer by the sea. Eight other Departments of the University of the Peloponnese are in Kalamata. The city has modern sports facilities, a modern Hospital, as well as an international airport.

More: https://www.kalamata.gr/en/