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.