#  Diachronic approaches to Greek language conference program 

 



##  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](https://www.arsakeio.gr/en/), 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



 

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