April 27th-28th, 2017
Amphitheaters of the Research Dissemination Centre (KEDEA), A.U.Th., Thessaloniki

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies supported the 38th Annual Meeting of the Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, which took place in Thessaloniki, on April 27-28, 2017.  Subject: "Ancient Greek, Modern Greek and Education".

April 3rd, 2017
Municipal Library of Kavala, Kavala

The Group for the Spreading of the Greek Language of Kavala, in collaboration with the Municipality of Kavala, organized an event about the Greek language, in which the Institute of Modern Greek Studies also participated. The event took place at the Municipal Library of Kavala, on April 3, 2017, at 18:00.
 

February 10th, 2017
Auditorium of the Acropolis Museum, Athens

On February 10th, 2017, at 7.00 p.m., Nikos Paraskevopoulos' book "The bees and the wolves: studies in the history of Greek law" was presented at the Auditorium of the Acropolis Museum, 15 Areopagitou str., Athens.

December 15th-16th, 2016
New Building, Faculty of Philosophy of the A.U.Th., Thessaloniki

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies organized a "Christmas Book Bazaar" on December 15th and 16th, 2016 (10:00-15.00), at the New Building of the Faculty of Philosophy. Recent and older publications were available to all the members of the university community at special prices.

November 3rd-5th, 2016
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 3-5 November 2016, 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 Bernt Brendemoen (Universitetet i Oslo) and Klaus Steinke (Universität Erlangen), leading scholars on issues related to language contact in the conference’s focus areas. In addition, internationally acclaimed scholars such as Brian Joseph (Ohio State University, Columbus), Matthias Kappler (Università Ca’Foscari, Venezia), Irena Sawicka (Polska Akademia Nauk, Warszawa), Andrej Sobolev (Universität Marburg) participated in the conference.

October 13th-14th, 2016
Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, A.U.Th., Thessaloniki

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies [Manolis Triandaphyllidis Foundation] of the A.U.Th. organized its 2nd Symposium on the Greek Language in Spoken Communication, held in Thessaloniki, at the Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, on 13-14 October 2016. The Symposium was organized as part of the Institute’s activities on spoken Greek and in the context of the research project Greek Talk-in-interaction and Conversation Analysis. The topic of the Symposium was Questions-answers in Greek Talk-in-interaction.

The aim of the Symposium was to examine systematically aspects of this nuclear sequence in Greek talk-in-interaction both in everyday conversations and in more institutional settings. Moreover, the Symposium hosted a session on questions-answers in other languages, so that discussion of the Greek data can be set in the cross-linguistic perspective of talk-in-interaction. The keynote speaker of the Symposium was Professor Marja-Leena Sorjonen (University of Helsinki), Director of the Finnish Center of Excellence in Intersubjectivity and Interaction.

September 19th-29th, 2016
Greek Center of Melbourne, 168 Lonsdale Str., Melbourne, Australia

The Education Department of the Greek Community of Melbourne and Victoria (headed by Manos Tzimpragos, principal of the Greek Community Language Schools, together with Vicky Marinelis, Senior Officer at the Department of Education and Training of Victoria), in collaboration with the Institute of Modern Greek Studies, organized a Teacher Training Program from September 19 to 29, 2016, at the Greek Centre, 168 Lonsdale Str, Melbourne, Australia.

 June 27th, 2016
Ceremony Hall, Faculty of Philosophy of A.U.Th., Thessaloniki

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies participated in the 90-year anniversary of the Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, organized by the Deanship, at the Ceremony Hall of the Faculty of Philosophy, on Monday June 27th, 2016, at 6.30.

Speakers: the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy D. Mavroskoufis "The Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: a bicyclist in the universe of science", the Head of the School of German Language and Literature A. Koiliari "Foreign languages - foreign civilizations in the Faculty of Philosophy: a window on openness, intercultural understanding and communication", and the director of the Institute of Modern Greek Studies G. Papanastassiou "The Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and the History of the Greek language".

May 17th, 2016
Amphitheatre, Regional Administration of Epirus and Western Macedonia, Kozani

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies participated in an Educational Seminar on "Modern Greek and the teaching of its Grammar and Spelling at the Primary School", organized by Zoi Miliou, School Counselor of the 1st District of Primary Education of Kozani, on May 17th, 2016, in Kozani.

May 12th-15th, 2016
Pavilions 13 and 15, Helexpo, Thessaloniki

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies participated in the 13th International Book Fair of Thessaloniki, held from May 12th to May 15th, 2016, at the Helexpo Exhibition Center (Pavilion 13, stand 85). The 13th Book Fair was dedicated to the "Refugees, then and now". The Country of Honor was Russia.

May 12th-14th, 2016
Amphitheaters of the Research Dissemination Centre (KEDEA), A.U.Th., Thessaloniki

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies supported the 37th Annual Meeting of the Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, which took place in Thessaloniki, on May 12-14, 2016. 

May 6th-9th, 2016
Cosmos Hall, Paralia Katerinis

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies supported the "12th Hellenic Scrabble Championship", organized by the Hellenic Scrabble Association and held from May 6th to May 9th 2016, at Cosmos Hall, Paralia Katerinis. 

April 21st, 2016
1st Pilot High School of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies supported the "2nd Language Competition LexiGame", held on April 21st, 2016 at the 1st Pilot High School of Thessaloniki "M. Andronikos". The 1st Pilot High School of Thessaloniki and the Pilot High School of the University of Macedonia took part in the competition. 

December 17th-18th, 2015
New Building, Faculty of Philosophy of the A.U.Th., Thessaloniki

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies organized a "Christmas Book Bazaar" on December 17th and 18th, 2015 (10:00-15.00), at the New Building of the Faculty of Philosophy. Recent and older publications were available to all the members of the university community at special prices.

November 5th-6th, 2015
Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, A.U.Th., Thessaloniki

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies (M. Triandaphyllidis Foundation), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, organized the “1st International Conference on Greek Etymology (Ancient, Medieval and Modern)”, on 5-6 November 2015.

The conference examined theoretical and practical aspects of etymological issues related to the Greek language, covering all its historical periods and varieties (both dialectal and standard). Similar issues regarding the Balkan area more broadly were also addressed, with a special focus on the etymological investigation of elements of the Greek language in other languages of the Balkans.

Thematic areas, among others: (a) theoretical aspects of Greek etymology, (b) etymological suggestions regarding Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek words, (c) etymology and dialectology, (d) etymology and language contact, (e) etymology and philology (text reconstruction, pre-scientific etymology), and (f) etymology and education.

The following distinguished guests participated in the conference:
Academician Ch. de Lamberterie (Université Sorbonne IV, Paris),
Academician M. Sala (Romanian Academy, Bucarest),
Academician A. Loma (Serbian Academy, Belgrade),
Professor M. Meier-Brügger (Freie Universität, Berlin), etc.