Astrakhan State University joint research and innovative projects, joint courses for students, international conferences. ASU successfully realizes its agreements on “double diplomas” signed with Université de Sophia Antipolis (France) and with Clark University (Worcester, Massachusetts, USA). The agreements concern joint Masters’ programs. ASU has been chosen by Harvard University (USA) as a pilot site in Russia to organize an educational program in international competitiveness. The two-year experience gained by ASU’s Russian Language Summer School for American students has made it possible for the parties to sign a cooperation agreement till 2012. ASU has become one of 16 basic Russian Universities to form the
Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, Harvard University The Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece (CHS GR) is a Harvard research Center based in Nafplio, Greece. A twin institution to its counterpart Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C., CHS GR is housed in the Iatrou building, formerly home to the municipal town hall of Nafplio, at Philhellene and King Othon Street. A joint American and Greek Executive Board supervise the Center in Greece. The Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece is Professor Ioannis Petropoulos of the Democritus University of Thrace. The Center for Hellenic