Pro lingua Latina in Jyväskylä

I had the opportunity to visit Jyväskylä University several years ago as I was a visiting professor in Finland (Tampere), and to meet and discuss several times with prof. Outi Merisalo, in Finland and in my university in Paris, where she was recently invited to give lectures as a visiting professor. I know that her teaching and research work is well known and appreciated, not only by her students but also by her peers throughout Europe. When living in Finland in 1993-97, I was really surprised as how much latin language and culture was an active and interesting field of teaching and research in finish universities, and it would really be a shame to put an end to it, especially in Jyäskylä, not only for the sake of latin language but also in relation to the history of romance languages and the full understanding of european languages and cultures .