Full Title:
From Homer to Modern Greek: diachronic approaches to Greek language. Annual one-day conference of the Society for the Promotion Education and Learning (SPEL - Philekpaideutiki Etaireia) and the Center for Hellenic Studies
Language:
English & Greek
Organizers:
Society for the Promotion Education and Learning, CHS US, supported by CHS Greece, under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs
Program of the conference:
09.00-09.30: Address by Professor George Babiniotis and opening speech “The diachronic dimension of Greek language”
10.15-10.45: “Sappho and Aesop and distinctions between diachronic and historical perspectives,” Gregory Nagy, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Department of the Classics, Harvard University & Director, Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.), Harvard University
10.45-11.15: “The Song of Moses in Greek: A test case for diachronicity,” Keith Stone, Postdoctoral Fellow in Comparative Study of Ancient Texts, Instructional Design, and Research Publications, Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.), Harvard University
11.15-11.45: “The ant and the ‘grasshopper’: A diachronic perspective into the Greek language,” Ioannis Petropoulos, Professor of Classics, Department of Greek Literature, School of Philosophy, Democritus University of Thrace & Director, Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies of Greece
11.45-12.15: “Herodian and the Greek language: rules of thumb for accenting Greek enclitics,” Stephanie Roussou, Center for Hellenic Studies Fellow in Linguistics & Researcher at the Faculty of Classics of the University of Oxford
12.15-13.15: Coffee break
13.15-13.45: “The ‘nostos’ of words: a teaching approach to the reborrowed words,” Eugenia Dodopoulou, Teacher of Greek Language, Vice Principal, A΄ Arsakeio-Tositseio High School at Ekali
13.45-14.15: “The structural-functional approach in teaching Ancient & Modern Greek to Greek high school students: a hitherto missed opportunity,” Evangelos Katsinavakis, Teacher of Greek Language, Arsakeio High School (‘Classiko’) at Psychiko
14.15-14.45: “Travel in space and time using the words as a vehicle,” Ioanna Nikitopoulou and Sila Klidi, Teachers of Greek Language, B΄ Arsakeio Junior High School at Psychiko
14.45-15.15: “From Hellenistic Koine to Modern Greek: Using everyday expressions originated from the Bible as means for teaching linguistic change,” Laskaris Iatropoulos, Teacher of Religion, A΄ Arsakeio-Tositseio Junior High School at Ekali and Valia Kokinia, Teacher of Greek Language, B΄ Arsakeio-Tositseio High School at Ekali
15.15-16.00: Discussion and closing remarks
