International Summer School Thessaloniki

Participants in the 40th International Summer School for Greek Language, History and Culture will follow an intensive language teaching programme for four hours daily, six days a week.

Language classes are obligatory; they are offered at many levels and in small groups, so that beginners and advanced students may practise both the written and spoken word more effectively. There is also a special literature class in which students study contemporary Greek prose and poetry.

The Greek language courses take place daily from 8.00 to 11.30 at the Xenia Helios Hotel.

Lectures on Greek history and culture

As well as language classes, the International Summer School offers participants three series of lectures in Greek history and culture:

I	Ancient Greece	Ancient Greek Culture Classical Archaeology
II	Byzantine Greece	Byzantine History and Art Students will visit the most important Byzantine churches in Thessaloniki, where classes will be held.
III	Modern Greece	Contemporary Literature History of the 19th and 20th Centuries Relations between Greece and other Balkan States Folklore, Folk Art

Courses in Greek history and culture take place daily from 12.00 to 13.30 at the Xenia Helios Hotel.

Weekly schedule of lectures

First week
31 July - 4 August 2012

Aspects of Art in Ancient Macedonia

(In English; Room 10)
Dr Despoina Tsiafaki

Literary Production in Macedonia 1930-2000

(In Greek; Room 1)
Professor Georges Freris

Second week

6 - 10 August 2012

Greek Folklore: Narratives and Folk Life

(In English; Room 10)
Dr Aigli Brouskou

Greek Society and Greek Prose-Writing, from the Asia Minor Disaster to the Second World War (1922-1944)

(In Greek; Room 1)
Professor K. A. Dimadis

Third week

13 - 18 August 2012

Ideology and Change in Modern and Contemporary Greece:

Nationalism and the Formation of Greek Foreign Policy (1830-1923

Thessaloniki in the midst of the Balkan Wars (1912-1913)

Refugees from Asia Minor and Pontus: Settlement and

Integration (1922-1930)

The Greek Road to the Second World War (1939-1941)

(In English; Room 10)

Ms Marianna D. Christopoulou

Aspects of Turkish policy towards the Balkans today

(In Greek; Room 1)
Associate Professor Spyridon Sfetas

Fourth week

20 - 24 August 2012

Byzantine Art: The Monuments of Thessaloniki

(In Greek)

Ms Dimitra Giovou

Daily programme

Lectures on Greek history and culture

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