May 31st, 2024
Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, A.U.Th., Thessaloniki

The Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, and the Institute of Modern Greek Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki are pleased to announce the 44th Annual Meeting of the Department of Linguistics to be held in Thessaloniki on May 31, 2024. We invite contributions in the field of "Greek lexicography".

Keynote speaker:

Georgia Katsouda (RCMGDI, Academy of Athens).

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October 4th-5th, 2024
Thessaloniki

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies [Manolis Triandaphyllidis Foundation] of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is pleased to announce its upcoming Symposium on Aspects of Spoken Discourse on 4-5 October 2024 in Thessaloniki (Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation of AUTH). The Symposium is organized in the framework of the Institute’s activities on spoken Greek and the research project Greek Talk-in-interaction and Conversation Analysis. It aims to investigate various aspects of the Greek language in spoken communication and shed light on issues and challenges regarding the interface between system/grammar and use/interaction.

As in the past, this year’s symposium (fourth in line) will also host a number of talks in other languages so that the Greek data can be situated in a cross-linguistic perspective. The keynote speakers of the Symposium will be:

Prof. Galina Bolden (Rutgers University, USA),
Prof. Geoffrey Raymond (University of California at Santa Barbara, USA).

November 8th-9th, 2024
Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, A.U.Th., Thessaloniki, and via internet

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies [Manolis Triandaphyllidis Foundation] of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, within the framework of the annual international conferences on the study of the Greek language in its entire historical and geographical range, organizes the “3rd International Conference on the Koine, koines, and the formation of Standard Modern Greek” on November 8-9, 2024, in Thessaloniki. The Conference will be organized in a hybrid way, i.e. both in person and via internet. The aim of the conference is to examine the problems associated with the emergence of koines in Greece, as well as in the other Balkan countries, giving the opportunity to revisit the theoretical problems in question and re-examine aspects of the Hellenistic Koine. 

Keynote speakers:

Paul Kerswill (University of York, Great Britain), and
Marina Terkourafi (Leiden University, The Netherlands),

leading scholars on issues related to the conference’s focus areas.

November 3rd-4th, 2023
Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, A.U.Th., Thessaloniki

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies (M. Triandaphyllidis Foundation), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, organizes the “3rd International Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor”, on 3 and 4 November 2023, in Thessaloniki and via internet. The conference will investigate language contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor, with a special focus on the relationship between Greek and other languages in these regions.

Keynote speakers:

Marcel Erdal (Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main) and
Irena Sawicka (Polska Akademia Nauk, Warsaw),

leading scholars on issues related to language contact in the conference’s focus areas.

June 7, 2023  (19.00-20.30 Greek time )
Municipal Library of Thessaloniki and online

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies (Manolis Triantafyllidis Foundation) of A.U.Th., in the framework of a series of three lectures (see here), open to the public, organizes on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at 19:00 (Greek time), at the Municipal Library of Thessaloniki (27, Ethnikis Aminis Str., 2nd floor) and online, a lecture entitled:

"The Ancient Greek philosophers and us".

Speaker: V. Kalfas, professor emeritus of Philosophy at A.U.Th., and member of the Board of Directors of the Institute.

Questions that we will deal with:
1. Why are we interested in ancient philosophy today? Has a modern reader something to gain when studying or reading the philosophical texts of antiquity?
2. How close and how far from us are the ancient Greek philosophers? Does it make sense to talk about truth and error when reading an ancient philosophical text? What do we keep and what do we leave behind?
3. How are these issues raised for the modern Greek reader? Can we discern any significant differentiation?

May 4th-7th, 2023
Pavilions 13 and 15, Helexpo, Thessaloniki

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies participates in the 19th International Book Fair of Thessaloniki, to be held from May 4th to 7th, 2023, at the Helexpo Exhibition Center (Pavilion 13, stand 107).

May 3, 2023  (19.00-20.30 Greek time )
Municipal Library of Thessaloniki and online

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies (Manolis Triantafyllidis Foundation) of A.U.Th., in the framework of a series of three lectures (see here), open to the public, organizes on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 19:00 (Greek time), at the Municipal Library of Thessaloniki (27, Ethnikis Aminis Str., 2nd floor) and online, a lecture entitled:

"How we publish Modern Greek literary texts, older and recent".

Speaker: G. Kechagioglou, professor emeritus of Modern Greek Literature at A.U.Th., and member of the Board of Directors of the Institute.

The speaker, known for his many editions, will initially refer to: the history of the editing of late Medieval and Modern Greek literary texts; the categories and characteristics of the editions; the main trends that took shape especially from the post-war period until today; and the key difference that separates an editor from the simple "critic" or "interpreter" of the texts. He will occasionally add his critical observations and assessments, proposing flexible principles that suit today's requests concerning 'diplomatic'/'palaeographical' and 'critical' as well as merely 'philological' and 'handy' editions.

March 29, May 3, and June 7, 2023 (19:00-20:30 Athens time)
Municipal Library of Thessaloniki (27, Ethnikis Aminis Str., Thessaloniki, and online)

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies of A.U.Th. organizes a series of three lectures, open to the public, on March 29, May 3, and June 7, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., at the Municipal Library of Thessaloniki (27, Ethnikis Aminis Str.) and online.

The lectures are as follows:

• March 29, 2023, 7:00 p.m., G. Papanastassiou, Professor of Historical Linguistics at the A.U.Th., Director of the Institute, "Indo-European linguistics: a science almost unknown in Greece";
• May 3, 2023, 7:00 p.m., G. Kechagioglou, Professor Emeritus at the A.U.Th., Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute, "How we publish Modern Greek literary texts, older and recent";
  
• June 7, 2023, 7:00 p.m., V. Kalfas, Professor Emeritus at the A.U.Th., Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute, "The ancient Greek philosophers and us".

November 4th-5th, 2022
Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, A.U.Th., Thessaloniki, and via Internet

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies [Manolis Triandafyllidis Foundation] of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, within the framework of the annual international conferences on the study of the Greek language in all its historical and geographical range, organized the “3rd International Conference on Greek and Balkan Etymology”, on November 4-5, 2022, in Thessaloniki. The Conference was organized in a hybrid way, i.e. both in person and via internet.

The Conference examined issues related to the etymology of the Greek language, covering all historical periods and aspects, whether dialectal or not. The Conference was organized, among others, around the following thematic areas: (a) theoretical aspects of Greek and Balkan etymology, (b) etymological suggestions regarding specific words, (c) etymology and dialectology, (d) etymology and language contact, (e) etymology and philology (text reconstruction, pre-scientific etymology), and (f) etymology and education.

Keynote speakers:
Professor Alain Blanc (University of Rouen Normandy, France) and
Professor Michael Meier-Brügger (Free University of Berlin, Germany).

October 5th, 2022
Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, A.U.Th., Thessaloniki, and via Internet

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies [Manolis Triandafyllidis Foundation] of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki organized a presentation of the book Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της αρχαίας ελληνικής: ιστορία των λέξεων by P. Chantraine on October 5th, 2022, at 7 p.m., in Thessaloniki (Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation) and via Internet.

Speakers:

G. Giannakis (Professor Emeritus of Historical Linguistics, A.U.Th.),
St. Matthaios (Professor of Classical Philology, N.K.U.A.) and
Chr. Charalambakis (Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, N.K.U.A.)

and the editors G. Papanastassiou (Professor of Historical Linguistics, A.U.Th.) and D. Christidis (Professor Emeritus of Classical Philology, A.U.Th.).

November 25th-28th, 2021
Pavilions 13 and 14, Helexpo, Thessaloniki

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies participates in the 18th International Book Fair of Thessaloniki, to be held from November 25th to 28th, 2021, at the Helexpo Exhibition Center (Pavilion 13, stand 125).

November 5th-6th, 2021
Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, A.U.Th., Thessaloniki, and via internet

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies [Manolis Triandaphyllidis Foundation] of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, within the framework of the annual international conferences on the study of the Greek language in its entire historical and geographical range, organizes the “2nd International Conference on the Koine, koines, and the formation of Standard Modern Greek” on November 5-6, 2021, in Thessaloniki. The aim of the conference is to examine the problems associated with the emergence of koines in Greece, as well as in the other Balkan countries, giving the opportunity to revisit the theoretical problems in question and re-examine aspects of the Hellenistic Koine. 

Keynote speakers:

professor David Britain (University of Bern, Switzerland),
professor Vit Bubenik (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada), and
professor Peter Mackridge (University of Oxford, Great Britain),
leading scholars on issues related to the conference’s focus areas.

Given the decisive contribution of the founder of the Institute, Manolis Triandaphyllidis (1883-1959), to the development of Standard Modern Greek studies, and having realized the need for a mature and calm debate on issues that often concern us but tend to go unnoticed, we are posing some key questions: Was there a historical compromise between dimotiki and katharevousa? If so, what are its consequences for the current language situation? Is there a language problem in Greece? What would the definition of a “language problem” be today? Are there solutions to the problems of a “bi-systemic” Standard Modern Greek, and if so, where will they come from?

December 2nd-3rd, 2019
"Zografeio" Lyceum, Istanbul, Turkey

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies and the "Zografeio” Lyceum of Istanbul organized with a great success the 2nd Teacher Training Program for the teachers of Istanbul, from December 2nd to 3rd, 2019, at the “Zografeio” Lyceum. The Program entitled “Teaching Modern Greek language” was organized and presented by Panagiotis Andreou, research associate of the Institute, and Nikos Amvrazis, teaching assistant at the Department of Linguistics of A.U.Th. and independent associate of the Institute.
 

November 8th-10th, 2019
Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, A.U.Th., Thessaloniki

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies (M. Triandaphyllidis Foundation), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, organized the “2nd International Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor”, on 8, 9 and 10 November 2019, in Thessaloniki. The conference investigated language contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor, with a special focus on the relationship between Greek and other languages in these regions.

Keynote speakers: professors Petya Assenova (University of Sofia) and Bernt Brendemoen (Universitetet i Oslo), leading scholars on issues related to language contact in the conference’s focus areas. In addition, internationally acclaimed scholars such as Ronelle Alexander (University of California, Berkeley), Virginia Hill (University of New Brunswick), Matthias Kappler (Università Ca’Foscari, Venezia), Eleni Karantzola (University of Aegean, Rhodos), Angeliki Ralli (University of Patras), Helmut Schaller (Universität Marburg) participated in the conference.

In the framework of the Conference a workshop entitled “Modern Greek and the Greek dialects in the Diaspora” was included.

August 29th-31st, 2019
Tower of Alikianos, Chania

The Institute for Modern Greek Studies in collaboration with the Society of Cretan Studies (Kapsomenos Foundation), organized an International Conference on "Greek-Russian Literary Relations", on August 29-31, 2019, at the offices of the Society of Cretan Studies, Tower of Alikianos, Chania.