admin 2025 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
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We are excited to see you all in Thessaloniki on 4-5 October.
Dear Colleagues,
Dear Students,
We have the great joy and honor of welcoming you to the International Symposium “Romanian as a Foreign Language. Language and Culture: Entities in Continuous Re-Harmonization“, 2nd Edition, taking place from May 16 to 17, 2025, at the Universityof Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece.
This year’s event provides a space for knowledge and direct communication for international students learning the Romanian language: within the Romanian language, culture, and civilization Lectureships established by the Institute of the Romanian Language, Bucharest (ILR), at various universities worldwide, in the Preparatory Year programs, as well as in the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs of universities in Romania or abroad. These students come from very diverse cultural backgrounds, from Europe, Asia, and Africa. Furthermore, the theme proposes a valuable exchange of experience among specialists, as well as the opportunity to examine the process of teaching-learning-assessment of Romanian as a foreign language, in relation to the current European level.
With the liberalization of borders and movement, and the opportunity to engage with various cultures and mentalities, people have become increasingly eager to learn as many foreign languages as possible. These languages are progressively demonstrating their role as cultural connectors, prolific means of intercultural communication, and pathways to access the global cultural and linguistic heritage.
The reality of the moment opens up to the mutual understanding of so many cultures, driven by the common desire to achieve a harmonious and coherent transcontinental dialogue. From this perspective, the use of the Romanian language emerges as one of the most desirable and useful instruments of cultural and social mediation, serving as an effective factor in addressing the new demands of the socio-human environment. Intercultural dialogue gains new perspectives, and this fact requires and stimulates the improvement of the means of mastering the mechanisms necessary for linguistic communication.
The organizers
Dragi Colegi,
Dragi Studenţi,
Avem deosebita bucurie și onoare de a vă întâmpina la Simpozionul Internațional aniversar Româna ca limbă străină. Limbă şi cultură: entități în continuă rearmonizare – Ediția a II-a. cu desfășurare între 16 – 17 mai 2025, la Universitatea „Makedonía” din Thessaloniki, Grecia. Evenimentul din acest an oferă crearea unui spațiu de cunoaștere și comunicare directă pentru studenții internaționali care învață limba română: în cadrul Lectoratelor de limbă, cultură și civilizație românească din diverse universități ale lumii, înființate de Institutul Limbii Române, București (ILR), în programele de An Pregătitor, în programele de licenţă, masterat, doctorat ale universităţilor din România sau din exterior. Acești studenți provin din spații culturale foarte diverse, din Europa, Asia, Africa. De asemenea, tema propune un schimb util de experiență între specialiști, precum şi posibilitatea examinării procesului de predare-însușire-evaluare a românei ca limbă străină, în raport cu nivelul european actual.
Odată cu liberalizarea frontierelor și a circulației, a posibilității de a intra în contact cu diferite culturi și mentalități, oamenii au devenit din ce în ce mai doritori să învețe cât mai multe limbi străine. Acestea își demonstrează din ce în ce mai mult rolul de conectori culturali, mijloace prolifice de comunicare interculturală și de căi de acces la patrimoniul cultural și lingvistic global.
Realitatea momentului se deschide spre cunoașterea reciprocă a atât de multor culturi, în dorința comună de a realiza un dialog transcontinental, armonios și coerent. Plecând de aici, utilizarea limbii române apare ca unul dintre cele mai dezirabile și utile instrumente de mediere culturală și socială, ca factor eficient pentru soluționarea noilor cerințe ale mediului socio-uman. Dialogul intercultural câștigă noi perspective, iar acest fapt solicită și stimulează perfecționarea modalităților de însușire a mecanismelor necesare comunicării lingvistice.
Organizatorii
The second session of the GlobalMed network research seminar will be held on 16 May 2025 at the École française d’Athènes, starting at 14:30 EEST (Eastern European Summer Time). Organised in hybrid format, it is accessible by videoconference upon registration (see link or QR Code on the attached programme).
This session, co-organised with the École française d’Athènes and the University of Macedonia, will focus on the theme of ‘Imperialism’.
The aim of this session is to take account of the historiographical and epistemological dynamism surrounding the notions of empire and imperialism, and its effects on Mediterranean studies. By examining situations spread over the long term, whether they place the Mediterranean in relation to the rest of the world or call for comparisons between the Mediterranean and other areas, we will address the dual question of the universal nature of the notions of empire and imperialism (are their definitions valid in all times and places?) and the reasons for their mobilization in certain situations and under certain conditions in the production of knowledge about history and societies. We will also examine the relationship between the notions of empire and imperialism and other categories (kingdom, nation and nationalism, capitalism, colonies and colonialism), and question the discrepancy – where tension does not exclude porosity – between their use as descriptive or analytical categories on the one hand, and as categories of political action on the other.
You are cordially invited to attend and take part in the debates.
https://ojs.lib.uom.gr/index.php/cbgs/index
Contents
June 30 – July 4, 2025, at the French School of Athens (Greece).
This international summer school, open to PhD and Master students from different disciplines, will focus on the phenomena of connections, porosities and interreligious interactions in the Mediterranean in general, with a particular attention on the Balkans. It will be organised around theoretical and methodological proposals, case studies, and experiences using visual, digital and multimodal approaches.
Applications should be made before February 28, 2025, at the following link: https://www.efa.gr/appel-a-candidatures-religious-interactions-juxtapositions-and-imbrications/
Culture, Borders, and Gender:
Interdisciplinary dialogues and pathways in a complex world
Hybrid format:
Conference Hall, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
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ZOOM https://zoom.us/j/8364531775?pwd=OVg3YVZlbmVCYWs3S0JYcEFGYlV1QT09
Meeting ID: 836 453 1775 Passcode: KB2JKa
Culture, Borders, and Gender:
Interdisciplinary Dialogues and Pathways in a Complex World
February 21-22, 2025
University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Culture-Borders-Gender/LAB invites PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers to the 6th International PhD Seminar, a hybrid event on February 21–22, 2025, at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece. The seminar welcomes in-person and online presentations and participants, providing a forum for junior researchers to demonstrate their work in a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment.
It combines theoretical and methodological perspectives from social anthropology, cultural studies, border and gender studies, and digital technologies. It encourages participation in a broad academic dialogue, discussing pressing contemporary societal challengesand promoting the convergence of diverse scientific approaches.
We welcome submissions of case studies that explore, but are not limited to, the following themes and their intersections, offering fresh perspectives on the complexities of our contemporary world:
Special Event
“Methodological Challenges in Social Science Research:
Approaches, Reflections, and Contemporary Trends”
Friday, February 21, 2025
University of Macedonia and Online (via Zoom)
Invited Speakers
“Ethics Politics in Anthropology: Critical Genealogies of Ethical Codes”
Dimitra Gefou-Madianou
Professor Emerita of Social Anthropology, Panteion University
“Presentation of the Edited Volume: Experimental Ethnography – A Guide to Analysis”
Eleftheria Deltsou
Editor of the Greek Publication
Associate Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Thessaly
“Contemporary Approaches to Research Ethics in Social Science Research: The CHANGER Program (Challenges and Innovative Changes in Research Ethics Reviews)”
Ioannis Manos
Associate Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Macedonia
Abstract Submission
Conference format, location, and other significant information
Πλατφόρμα Σεμιναρίων: ZOOM Link:
https://zoom.us/j/8364531775?pwd=OVg3YVZlbmVCYWs3S0JYcEFGYlV1QT09
Meeting ID: 836 453 1775 Passcode: KB2JKa
Publication Prospects:
Selected papers will be considered for publication in special sections of the Culture – Borders – Gender / LΑBonline, open-access access, and peer-reviewed academic journals:
Scientific Committee
Organizing Committee
