As part of the 8ᵗʰ International Congress of Applied Linguistics Today – Modern Approaches to Old and New Challenges, a special thematic session will be organized to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Department of Modern Greek Studies at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade. We invite colleagues to participate in this event by submitting abstracts. In addition to the conference's working languages, presentations within this thematic session can also be given in Greek.