Maliotis Cultural Center to Host “Greek Language, Culture, and Mass Media” International Summer University
The Maliotis Cultural Center is honored to announce the 11th International Summer University “Greek Language, Culture, and Mass Media,” with the theme “Diaspora mass media: challenges and prospects for the Greek language and culture.” The program is organized by the Laboratory for the Study of Social Issues, Media, and Education of the Early Childhood Education Department, School of Education, University of Ioannina, in collaboration with the Maliotis Cultural Center. It will be hosted at the Maliotis Center at Hellenic College in Boston from May 24 to May 29, 2025.
Program Themes
The topics to be explored include:
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
Collaborations and Participants
The program, under the auspices of the Hellenic Parliament, will be implemented through the University of Ioannina’s Center for Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning and will include participation from the following organizations:
Ecumenical Patriarchate, Department of Greek Education
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Department of Greek Education
Greek Applied Linguistics Association
Athens and Macedonian News Agency
Study in Greece
Center for Hellenic Studies, University of Chicago
Fondazione Vexillum
Directors and journalists of Greek diaspora media from America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa, as well as university professors, researchers, intellectuals, and artists from Greece and abroad, will participate.
Free Participation
Participation is free and is open to journalists, students (undergraduate and postgraduate), doctoral candidates, educators, and professionals with relevant interests. Certificates of participation and educational materials will be provided.
Media Sponsors
The event is supported by: ERT, ERT2, ERT3, ERT WORLD, the First Program 105.8, and the Voice of Greece, as well as the Parliament Channel. Additional media sponsors include Real FM, Real News, real.gr, and CNN Greece, along with the Greek Service of Deutsche Welle. Diaspora media sponsors include:
Orthodox Observer News (USA)
Ethnikos Kirikas/The National Herald (USA)
Greek Herald and Neos Kosmos (Australia)
Cosmos FM (New York, USA)
WNTN Radio-1550 AM/Grecian Echoes (Boston, USA)
W Media Group (Austria), with the Hephaestus Wien website and Hephaestus Radio station ● Pyramis News (Africa and Arab States)
Kallimera Massalia (Marseille, France)
Hellenic Radio (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Eleftheria Newspaper (London, United Kingdom)
2mm Radio (Sydney, Darwin, Wollongong, Australia)
“Ηχώ” website (Central and Southern Africa)
Broadcast Canadian & International TV Network BCI media (Canada)
NEWSVILLE (Belgium)
Promotion The 2025 program is promoted through a TV and radio advertisement featuring actor and director Mr. Giannis Bezos, produced by Production House, with direction by Mr. Panos Manolitsis and his team. Watch the advertisement here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=852poHqAWkw.
Scientific Director
The program’s founder and scientific director is Professor Nicoletta Tsitsanoudi – Mallidi, Dean of the School of Education at the University of Ioannina and Associate in Linguistics at the Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University. The organizational direction in Boston is managed by the Executive Director of the Maliotis Cultural Center, Ms. Chrysoula Kourkounti.
Contact Information
Professor Nicoletta Tsitsanoudi – Mallidi
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: Laboratory for the Study of Social Issues, Media, and Education
Chrysoula Kourkounti, Executive Director, Maliotis Cultural Center
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: MCCatHCHC
Instagram: maliotisculturalcenter_of_hchc.
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