Department of Greek Philology

The teaching staff provides training in the specialty 035 Philology at two levels of higher education:
First (bachelor’s): "Modern Greek Language and literature, English Language, Translation."
Second (master’s): "Translation and Intercultural Communication (Modern Greek, English)."

The content of educational programs is formed taking into account the wishes and recommendations of stakeholders actively involved in teaching academic disciplines. The educational activity of the department is based on the principles of a student-centered approach. Winners of the department aim for comprehensive realization of their intellectual and creative abilities. In their scientific and pedagogical activities, teachers present a modern perspective on the study of the language and literature of Greece, Cyprus, and the Greek-speaking community of Nadazov. Special attention is paid to the comparative study of Modern Greek and Ukrainian languages and the theory and practice of translation from a foreign language.

Leading specialists in the field of Modern Greek-Ukrainian translation, representatives of state administration in the field of education, and public organizations are involved in teaching at the department. To encourage and support student activity, gain experience in independent research work, and develop skills to

perform coursework, the student scientific society "Actual Issues of Modern Greek Philology and Translation," headed by Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Yu. B. Labetska, is successfully functioning at the department. Practical training will help improve students’ practical skills in educational, industrial, and pre-diploma practice.

The Department of Greek Philology is proud of its graduates. Over the years, it has trained more than 300 specialists who successfully work in Ukraine, Greece, the USA, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Cyprus, demonstrating a high level of professionalism. Graduates of the department include highly qualified teachers and lecturers, translators, employees of diplomatic missions, civil servants, company managers, and journalists.

The scientific work of the department’s teachers is aimed at researching the current problems of Modern Hellenistic, cultural, and linguistic stylistic features of various types of Greek-language discourse. The teachers of the department pay special attention to the study of language varieties of the Greeks of Nadazov, which have the status of endangered languages, and in general, the intangible cultural heritage of this ethnic community expressed in language. In recent years, research has been carried out according to the following research topics:
"Greek Linguistic and Cultural Space" (state registration number 0116U000050)
"Hellenistic Studies: Linguistic, Cultural, Sociolinguistic, Dialectological, Translational, and Didactic Dimensions" (state registration number 0121U108047)

The problems investigated within the framework of the department’s complex research topic are leading for philology teachers. Various aspects of these topics were highlighted in the reports of the department’s teachers, presented at regional, all-Ukrainian, and international scientific conferences.

The result of the department’s scientific and methodical work is the development and publication of monographs, textbooks, scientific and methodical manuals, lecture courses, workshops, anthologies, etc. The unique developments of the department include the collective monograph "Greek linguistic and cultural space" (2021), a collection of Rumian fairy tales published in Greece with a parallel translation into Modern Greek, a glossary, and a commentary (2016); and the Romanian-Ukrainian-Russian-Modern Greek phraseological dictionary (2013). Together with the Greek partners of the department from the University of Thrace, the Ukrainian-language version of the textbook on learning Modern Greek for beginners "Ελληνοπερπατήματα" (2023) was prepared.

The department has many years of cooperation with the foundations and institutions of Greece and Cyprus, including the Anastasios G. Levendis Foundation, the Greek-Ukrainian Chamber, and the Department of Press Service and Information of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Cyprus, among others. Teachers and graduates of the department actively use opportunities for personal and professional growth, participating in Erasmus+ academic mobility programs at the Kapodistria National University of Athens, the Democritus University of Thrace, the University of Cyprus, the Open University of Cyprus, etc. In addition, the teachers of the department are active participants in international scientific and communicative events organized with the assistance of foreign partners.

For many years in a row, the teachers of the Department of Greek Philology have been organizing and conducting exams to confirm the level of proficiency in the Modern Greek language at the Examination Center for International Certification of Knowledge of the Modern Greek Language of the Ministry of Education and Religion of Greece, which operates on the basis of Mariupol State University within the framework of the concluded agreement.