Discover Greek Language & Culture This Summer!

Registration is Open! 11th Summer International University May 24 – 29, 2025 Maliotis Cultural Center Brookline, MA The Social Issues, Mass Media and Education Laboratory of the Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, of the University of loannina, and the Maliotis Cultural Center of Hellenic College Holy Cross in Boston, with the participation of: Ecumenical Patriarchate, Greek Education Department, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Department of Greek Education, Greek Applied Linguistics Association Athens – Macedonian News Agency Study in Greece The University of Chicago, Center for Hellenic Studies, and Fondazione Vexillum, Hellenic Association of Political Scientists, organize the 11th International Summer University “Greek Language, Culture, and Mass Media.” The project is scheduled to take place in Boston, on May 24 – 29 2025, at the Maliotis Cultural Center (campus of Hellenic College at 50 Goddard Avenue) in Brookline. It will be conducted through the Center for Lifelong Learning of the University of loannina. The program enjoys the auspices of the Hellenic Parliament and will be held under the auspices and with the support of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is underlined that the program has been included in the strategic plan of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Hellenism Abroad (2024-2027). The 11th International Summer University has the special title: Diaspora mass media: challenges and prospects for the Greek language and culture. Indicative topics: The international presence of diaspora mass media and their contribution to the modern Greek culture The contribution of the diaspora mass media towards spreading and preserving the Greek language Depictions and representations of Greece in diaspora mass media Diaspora mass media, identity, and multicultural horizons Diaspora mass media and modern crises (memoranda, refugees, climate, war, energy). Language representations and symbols The teaching role of diaspora mass media Possibilities for cooperation and synergies, in the framework of a global forum for Greek diaspora mass media The program will follow and will be shared on the University of loannina Website and Maliotis website. Participation Directors and journalists of diaspora mass media in America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa will participate in the program. Moreover, academics and researchers, intellectuals and artists from Greek and foreign universities and research centers will join the program.