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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM – ROMANIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

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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

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GlobalMed Séminaire de recherche hybride: “Impérialismes” 16/05/2025

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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.

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The third volume of the journal Culture-Borders-Gender/Studies

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https://ojs.lib.uom.gr/index.php/cbgs/index

Contents

Anthropology in the city: ethnographic approaches and critical perspectives on “neighbourhood”
Ioannis Manos

Conceptualizations and practices of ‘Corruption’ in the cultural context of post-war development and modernization processes in Greece – a case study of the former refugee settlement of Kato Toumba, Thessaloniki
Miltiadis Zerboulis

A century of refugee movement, 1922–2022: the 100memories research project
Eleni Kyramargiou, Olga Lafazani

The coffeeshops, the exchangeable property, the crisis – The Efimeris ton Valkanion (Newspaper of the Balkans) in Ano Poli: a series of articles in the spring of 1933
Yorgos Koumaridis

The wall as a housing threshold for refugees: the case of kastroplikta in Ano Poli, Thessaloniki
Haris Tsavdaroglou

Μετακινούμενες, εργαζόμενες στην κατασκευή ενδυμάτων στη Θεσσαλονίκη
Elina Kapetanaki

Transformations of an urban «neighborhood» in the center of Thessaloniki: an auto-ethnographic account
Eleftheria Deltsou

Between the local and the transnational: proximities and encounters of post-soviet Greeks in search of a cultural ‘familiarity’
Dimitris Kataiftsis, Tasos Grigorakis

From below – within the walls
Pafsanias Karathanasis

MOMus – Museum of Modern Art: an international museum in Western Thessaloniki
Maria Tsantsanoglou

Ano Poli in photography from the 20th to the 21st century: politics of nostalgia and urban branding
Evi Papadopoulou

Dowry dialogues: displacement and memory in the work of Persefoni Myrtsou and Adi Liraz
Christina Grammatikopoulou

Television representations of the neighbourhood, nostalgia, and cultural memory
Eleni Sideri

Atelier anti-tour inside/outside the walls of Thessaloniki: pilgrimage/tour in the neighborhoods of the absent, the invisible and the subaltern bodies
Fotini Tsibiridou

Call for applications for the Summer school: Religious Interactions, Juxtapositions and Imbrications in the Mediterranean and the Balkans: Ritualities, Materialities, Representations, 

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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/

6th International PhD Seminar

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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:

  • Cultural practices, rituals, symbols, institutions, and discourses
  • Border areas, identities, diversity, and cross-border mobility
  • Experiences of minority groups, immigration, and refugees
  • Gender dynamics, relations, and the concept of embodiment
  • Crises: Humanitarian, environmental, economic, and more
  • Studies in literature, art, language, and translation
  • Material culture, space, and monuments
  • Digitaltechnologies and audiovisualculture

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

  • Abstracts should be no more than 250 words.
  • Please provide a short bio detailing your academic qualifications and research interests, along with your contact details
  • Submission Deadline: January 10, 2025
  • Submission email address: cbg-lab@uom.edu.gr
  • For further inquiries, contact Mrs Anna Moumtzoglou: anna@uom.edu.gr

Conference format, location, and other significant information

  • The seminar will be held in a hybrid formaton the premises of the University of Macedonia,with onsiteand online participation via Zoom.

Πλατφόρμα Σεμιναρίων: ZOOM Link:
https://zoom.us/j/8364531775?pwd=OVg3YVZlbmVCYWs3S0JYcEFGYlV1QT09
Meeting ID: 836 453 1775     Passcode: KB2JKa

  • Paper presentation: It should not exceed 15’
  • Working languages: Greek, English
  • A Certificate of Attendance will be issued to all participants of the seminar

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

  • FotiniTsibiridou (Director), Professor, Department of Balkan, Slavic, and Oriental Studies
  • Ioannis Manos, Associate Professor, Department of Balkan, Slavic, and Oriental Studies
  • EleniSideri, Assistant Professor, Department of Balkan, Slavic, and Oriental Studies
  • AlekaIoannidou, Professor, Department of Balkan, Slavic, and Oriental Studies
  • Dr. Christina Grammatikopoulou, Fellow, Culture – Borders – Gender /LΑB

Organizing Committee

  • FotiniTsibiridou
  • IoannisManos
  • EleniSideri
  • ChristinaGrammatikopoulou
  • Anna Moumtzoglou, Special Technical Lab Personnel, Department of Balkan, Slavic, and Oriental Studies