35.3316, Calls: The Greek Heritage of Pontus: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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Subject: 35.3316, Calls: The Greek Heritage of Pontus: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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Date: 20-Nov-2024
From: Isabella Greisinger [isabella.greisinger at uni-jena.de]
Subject: The Greek Heritage of Pontus: Interdisciplinary Perspectives


Full Title: The Greek Heritage of Pontus: Interdisciplinary
Perspectives

Date: 19-May-2025 - 19-May-2025
Location: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
Contact Person: Isabella Greisinger
Meeting Email: isabella.greisinger at uni-jena.de

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation;
Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): Pontic (pnt)
Language Family(ies): Hellenic

Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2025

Meeting Description:

The aim of this conference is to provide an interdisciplinary
perspective on Pontic Greek cultural heritage.

Call for Papers:

Since 1922-23, the Greek heritage of Pontus, a region located along
the southern Black Sea coast in present-day northeastern Turkey, has
been predominantly preserved within the Pontic diaspora in Greece and
various parts of the world. At the same time, its roots in the Pontus
region itself are becoming increasingly rare. The year 2025 marks 112
years of the development of Pontic Greek cultural heritage outside of
Asia Minor. The challenges faced by the Greek heritage of Pontus
extend beyond the events of 1916 (persecution of the Pontic Greeks) to
1923 (population exchange and the Lausanne Convention). Recent decades
have presented significant challenges to the survival of Pontic Greek
culture, especially as the Pontic Greek dialect approaches extinction.
UNESCO classifies Pontic Greek as a "definitely endangered" language.

This conference seeks to explore both the diachronic and synchronic
aspects of the Pontic Greek heritage of Asia Minor. Our goal is to
discuss, analyse and compare the characteristics and status of Pontic
Greek culture both before and after 1923 from a multidisciplinary
perspective. The following questions will be addressed:
- What is the linguistic situation of the Pontic Greeks in Greece and
other regions with substantial Pontic diaspora communities, such as
Germany?
- What do we know about the current state of the Pontic Greek dialect
and other cultural expressions of Pontic Hellenism in its place of
origin?
- How has the history of Pontic Hellenism been shaped by 112 years of
development of Pontic heritage outside of the Pontus region?
- What changes have occurred in Pontic music?
- What additional questions can be formulated regarding ethnology,
history, diaspora and genocide studies?

Given the interdisciplinary nature of this conference, we invite
submissions of abstracts no longer than 300 words (excluding
references) from all fields within Greek Studies, including but not
limited to linguistics, ethnology, musicology and diaspora and
genocide studies.

Abstracts should be sent by email both in Word and PDF files to the
conference organizers, Isabella Greisinger
(isabella.greisinger at uni-jena.de), Thede Kahl
(thede.kahl at uni-jena.de), and Vassilios Spyropoulos
(vspyrop at phil.uoa.gr), by 15 February 2025.



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