Tag: Greece

Life is a Gift and We are Here to Create Magic (Greece)

“Book NotesKefalaki, Margarita (Ed.). (2025). Life is a Gift and We Are Here to Create Magic. Athens, Greece: Communication Institute of Greece.

 

Life is a gift and we are here to make magic - cover

From the Preface by Margarita Kefalaki: “As educators and professionals, we hold the power to promote the values of communication, collaboration, and education. This book itself is a testament to that spirit. It stands as an example of what can be achieved through collective effort—through sharing, trust, and love.

We can also act through small, everyday gestures that spread positivity: smile at a stranger passing by, compliment a colleague on their new haircut, bring a piece of homemade cake to share with friends, students, or coworkers. Every day, we influence those around us, creating ripples that may shape future generations.

Even if just one student, one colleague, one relative is touched and inspired by our actions—that counts. We all have the power to make a difference, to nurture a culture of kindness, positivity, and love. Let us not forget: this is why we are here…

This book aspires to be a symbol of love and hope—an example of intercultural communication, a multilingual and multicultural co-creation, a unifying voice that brings us all together.”

In addition to Margarita Kefalaki, Founder and President of the Communication Institute of Greece, the authors are: Michael A. Altamirano, Robert J. Bonk, Ailson J. De Moraes, Fotini Diamantidaki, Sophia Karanicolas, Carolin Rekar Munro, Karl-Heinz Pogner, Jürgen Rudolph, and Christian Schnee.

This is a revision of an earlier version of the book, published digitally in 2020, under the title Why is it worth waking up every morning? Impressions and reflections on inspiration, motivation, and collaboration. The new version is available both in printed copy and as an ebook.

Note: Follow the link provided to download a free copy of the ebook.

CFP Communication Institute of Greece: 2 Conferences 2025 (Greece)

Conferences

Call for papers: Two overlapping conferences, Communication Institute of Greece (COMinG), Athens, Greece. Deadline: 11 February 2025.

9th International Conference on Communication and Management by Communication Institute of GreeceThe 9th International Conference on Communication and Management (ICCM2025), Reimagining Leadership: Exploring Innovative Pathways For Business and Communication, 30 June – 4 July 2025,  in Athens, Greece.

 

5th International Conference on Education - COMING EDU2025The 5th International Conference on Education (EDU2025), Reimagining Education and Nurturing Learner Wellbeing, 30 June – 04 July 2025, in Athens, Greece.

CFP Communication Institute of Greece Conferences 2025 (Greece)

Conferences

Call for papers: Two overlapping conferences, Communication Institute of Greece (COMinG), Athens, Greece. Deadline: 29 October 2024.

9th International Conference on Communication and Management by Communication Institute of GreeceThe 9th International Conference on Communication and Management (ICCM2025), Reimagining Leadership: Exploring Innovative Pathways For Business and Communication, 30 June – 4 July 2025,  in Athens, Greece.

 

5th International Conference on Education - COMING EDU2025The 5th International Conference on Education (EDU2025), Reimagining Education and Nurturing Learner Wellbeing, 30 June – 04 July 2025, in Athens, Greece.

CFP Communication Institute of Greece Conferences 2023 (Greece)

Conferences

Call for papers: Two overlapping conferences, Communication Institute of Greece (COMinG), Athens, Greece. Deadline: 14 March 2023 (may be extended – will be revised on this post if so).

The 8th Annual International Conference on Communication and Management: What will Communication be like? Future directions on global challenges and tensions (ICCM2023) will be held 4-7 December 2023.

 

 

 

The 4th International Conference on Education: ‘What will education be like?’ Future directions on global challenges and tensions on education (EDU2023) will be held 4-7 December 2023.

CFP GLOCAL COMELA 2022 (Greece)

ConferencesCall for papers: The Global Council on Anthropological Linguistics (GLOCAL) Conference on Europe and Mediterranean Linguistic Anthropology (COMELA) 2022, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 19-23 July 2022. Deadline:  20 June 2022.

The (SCOPUS/ISI) GLOCAL COMELA 2022 theme, ‘Bounded Languages … Unbounded,’ encapsulates the ongoing struggle throughout Mediterranean and European regions. As tensions between demarcation and legitimization of languages, language ideologies, and language identities, enter a new era, flexible citizenship now operates well within, and not only across, language communities, to unbind languages, and to create new boundaries, unlike those ever seen throughout history.

The (SCOPUS/ISI) GLOCAL COMELA 2022 invites work which addresses the shifting boundedness of Language Communities of The Mediterranean and Europe. Papers and posters should acknowledge and describe processes of language shape, change, and ideology, pertinent to social, cultural, and political histories and futures, of Mediterranean and European regions.

Presenters must register before July 13, 2022 to guarantee a place in the program.

 

CFP Communication Institute of Greece Conferences 2022 (Greece but Online)

Conferences

Call for papers: Two overlapping conferences, Communication Institute of Greece (COMinG), 2022, Greece but online. Deadline for both has been revised: 1 August 2022.

 

ICCM2022_posterThe 7th Annual International Conference on Communication and Management: Communicate to Innovate and Innovate to Communicate (ICCM2022) will be held 26-29 September 2022.

 

 

ECU2022_posterThe 3rd International Conference on Education: Communicating in Education and Educating in Communication (EDU2022) will be held 26-29 September 2022.

Teaching Literature in the Language Classroom (Greece but Online)

EventsTeaching literature in the language classroom: The basis of establishing an intercultural dialogue and students redefining their own identity, Communication Institute of Greece, February 25, 2022, 15:00 – 16:00 EET time, Online via zoom.

This workshop will demonstrate how teaching literature in the foreign language classroom can provide a platform for students to start a dialogue over a contentious subject that they would not approach otherwise. Examples will be presented from francophone literature alongside their translations. The workshop will run in English.

Led by the Vice-president of Research and Academic Affairs of the Communication Institute of Greece and Associate Professor in Education UCL Institute of Education University of London, UK,
Dr. Fotini Diamantidaki.

CFP GLOCAL COMELA 2021 (Greece)

ConferencesCall For Abstracts: The Global Council on Anthropological Linguistics (GLOCAL) Conference on Europe and Mediterranean Linguistic Anthropology (COMELA) 2021, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece July 21-24, 2021. Deadline:  March 10, 2021.

Theme – Bounded Languages … Unbounded / Περιορισμένες Γλώσσες … Απεριόριστες, a theme highly pertinent to Europe and Mediterranean at the current time, encapsulates the ongoing struggle throughout Mediterranean and European regions. As the continuous tension between demarcation, and the concurrent legitimization, of languages, language ideologies, and language identities, enters an era where new modes of interactivity require language communities to take on roles superordinate to the past, flexible citizenship now operates within, and not only across, language communities, to unbind languages, and to create new boundaries, unlike those ever seen throughout history.

Over 450 scholars globally will gather to present papers and to engage in progressive discussion on the Linguistic Anthropology, Language and Society, Sociolinguistics, and related fields of Europe and Mediterranean. The GLOCAL COMELA is fully Non-Profit, assisting scholars in impeded economic positions, who require funding to access the COMELA Conference, and who display strong ability in their work. GLOCAL COMELA proceedings are SCOPUS / ISI (AHCI / SSCI / CPCi) indexed and contribute to ranked and cited publications for all those accepted to present. The GLOCAL COMELA publishes papers presented at the GLOCAL COMELA 2021 in Top Tier Journal Publication Special Issues.

 

CFP Communication Institute of Greece Conferences 2021 (Greece & Online)

ConferencesCall for papers: Three conferences, Communication Institute of Greece (COMinG), August 2021, both online and face-to-face in Athens, Greece. Deadline for all: 16 March 2021.

ICCM2021_1-5 August

 

The 6th Annual International Conference on Communication and Management (ICCM2021) will be held 1-5 August 2021.

 

HEPO2021_1-5 August

 

The 2nd International Hellenic Conference on Political Sciences: Communicating in Politics? (HEPO2021) will be held 1-5 August 2021.

 

EDU2021_August 8-12

 

The 2nd International Conference on Education (EDU2021) will be held 8-12 August 2021 (https://coming.gr/edu2021-call-for-papers/)

 

Update: In October, updated programs complete with links to videos from these events were made available: 

International Conference on Multilingualism (Greece)

Conferences

Call for speakers, International Conference on Multilingualism, 29 March 2020, Athens, Greece.

The International Conference on Multilingualism officially launches the first annual meeting of professionals and the general public, with an interest in both bilingualism and multilingualism. It aims to bring together leading authors, influencers, scientists, academics, and educators who focus on research and methods, as well as the benefits and the pitfalls of raising bilingual and multilingual children.