Languages in Greece today: Richness and diversity

How do languages enrich our society? How many languages are heard in the streets?

These are some of the questions that the seminar Languages in Greece Today aimed to respond to, leading a dialogue with lead academics, journalists and participants.

The seminar was held at the Municipal Library of Thessaloniki on 28 March 2012, and it was organized by the British Council at the Municipal Library of Thessaloniki as part of Language Rich Europe project.

Series of lectures: Our ‘Distant’ Neighbours

Becoming a minority in the Greek-Bulgarian context: Historical minorities and contemporary migrants

Becoming a minority in the Greek-Bulgarian context: Historical minorities and contemporary migrants

On 14 December 2012, the Department for Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies at the University of Macedonia, Symβiosis, the Minority Groups Research Center, and the Consulate General of Bulgaria, organized a workshop that aimed to change the meaning of the concept ‘minority'. It unpacked the process of minorizization in the contemporary Greek-Bulgarian context and considered [...]

African cities, post colonialism, memory and migration: the case of Alexandra in South Africa

African cities, post colonialism, memory and migration: the case of Alexandra in South Africa

As part of the Our 'Distant' Neighbours lecture series, historian Noor Nieftagodien (the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa) delivered a lecture entitled African cities, postcolonialism, memory and migration: the case of Alexandra in South Africa, which was organised by the Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies at the University of Macedonia on March 8, [...]

Other Activities

SOCIAL INCLUSION

ASAP: Accessing services, Sharing Approaches and Practices

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PROJECTS

‘Hygieia’ Project

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SOCIAL INCLUSION

EPIC – European Platform of Integrating Cities

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