Category: Rethinking Greece

#interview🎤

🔎𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬, Professor Emeritus in Geopolitics and twice Ambassador of Greece to the OECD, spoke to Rethinking Greece on of #geopolitics and its rising impact on international organizations, the growing importance of seas and #oceans, and on #population geography as significant long-term factor influencing the evolution of humankind.

🌊He advocates for a “new Western doctrine” and proposes that Europe embrace an “archipelago” model of interconnected entities linked by sea, in which Greece could play a leading role.

📌Finally, he argues that smaller nations like Greece can leverage multilateral organizations through bold strategies, an example of which is the establishment of the 𝐎𝐄𝐂𝐃 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞.

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#interview🎤| Greek Language Day

On the occasion of Greek Language Day, Rethinking Greece interviewed Dimitrios Koutosgiannis, Professor Emeriturs of Educational Linguistics and associate president of the 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 (CGL/ Κέντρο Ελληνικής Γλώσσας).

📌 Prof. Koutsogiannis speaks on the CGLs initiatives and digital tools, the profile of people interested in learning Greek in the Diaspora and beyond, and finally, on the need for comprehensive policy for teaching Greek outside Greece.

🥇Among the CGL's most successful programs is the certificate of attainment in Greek: 🎓Since 1999, the program has grown to 160 centers around the globe (even reaching places like Japan, Congo, and Tanzania!), with nearly 9,000 candidates in 2024 alone!

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#greeklanguage #moderngreek

#interview with 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬, George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies & Comparative Literature at Harvard University 🎤

Prof. Roilos spoke to Rethinking Greece on issues as varied as the formation of modern Greek identity, #Cavafy’s idiosyncratic discourse, Nazis’ appropriation of Greek antiquity, the unprecedented impact AI will have on political institutions, language as a bastion against hegemonizing tendencies, and finally, on his plans for the Ευρωπαϊκό Πολιτιστικό Κέντρο Δελφών / European Cultural Centre of Delphi.

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