3rd International Conference on the Koine, koines, and the formation of Standard Modern Greek

November 8th-9th, 2024
Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, A.U.Th., Thessaloniki, and via internet

The Institute of Modern Greek Studies [Manolis Triandaphyllidis Foundation] of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, within the framework of the annual international conferences on the study of the Greek language in its entire historical and geographical range, organizes the “3rd International Conference on the Koine, koines, and the formation of Standard Modern Greek” on November 8-9, 2024, in Thessaloniki. The Conference will be organized in a hybrid way, i.e. both in person and via internet.

The aim of the conference is to examine the problems associated with the emergence of koines in Greece, as well as in the other Balkan countries, giving the opportunity to revisit the theoretical problems in question and re-examine aspects of the Hellenistic Koine. 

The conference will include a thematic session entitled “Tracing the roots of Standard Modern Greek. Phase 1: 16th-17th c.”.

Keynote speakers:

Paul Kerswill (University of York, Great Britain), and
Marina Terkourafi (Leiden University, The Netherlands),

leading scholars on issues related to the conference’s focus areas.