Welcome to the 2nd Intl Conference

Assoc. Prof. Aristotle Spiro welcomes the participants to the 2nd Intl Conference of Greek-Albanian / Albanian-Greek Studies. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Confirming the importance

A confirmation of this important scientific event was the participation of many renowned researchers, linguists, philologists, ethnologues, historians etc. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Minister of Education and Sports

Minister of Education and Sports of Albania Mrs. Lindita Nikolla addressing the Conference. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Minister Lindita Nikolla

Minister Lindita Nikolla addressing the audience. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

From the Opening Session.

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The panel of the Opening Session

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A warm welcome by Aristotle Spiro

A warm welcome by Aristotle Spiro, President of the Albanian-Greek Association (A.G.A.PH.). (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Prof. Dr. Seit Mansaku

Prof. Dr. Seit Mansaku presenting his paper "On the position of Albanian between Greek and Latin on a prehistoric level". (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Prof.Dr. Kolec Topalli, Academician

The Academician Kolec Topalli presenting his paper "The Greek religious loanwords in Albanian". (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Prof.Dr. Kolec Topalli, Academician

The Academician Kolec Topalli presenting his paper "The Greek religious loanwords in Albanian". (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Distinguished Professor B. D. Joseph

Distinguished Professor Brian D. Joseph presenting the paper "On Hybrid Forms in Language Contact - Some evidence from the Greek of Southern Albania" with co-author Christopher G. Brown. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Distinguished Professor B. D. Joseph

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Distinguished Professor B. D. Joseph

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Dr. Nikos Liosis

Dr. Nikos Liosis presenting his paper "Comparative remarks on the Arvanitika dialects: phonological, morphological and syntactic features". (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Assoc. Prof. Albert Riska

Assoc. Prof. Albert Riska (Aleksander Xhuvani University of Elbasan) presenting his paper Etymological remarks on a word mentioned in ancient authors (σπεῖρα).

Elena Haimeli & Dimitra Serakioti

Intensity in the Greek and the Albanian language: A comparative study.

Dr. Daniela Müller

Dr. Daniela Müller LMU Research Fellow Institut für Phonetik und Sprachverarbeitung Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München CUE WEIGHTING IN THE PERCEPTION OF PHONEMIC AND ALLOPHONIC LATERALS ALONG THE DARKNESS CONTINUUM: EVIDENCE FROM GREEK AND ALBANIAN

Enkeleida Kapia

Enkeleida Kapia (Center for Albanian Studies, Tirana), Clitics as a measure of language delay in bilinguals.

Nikos Liosis & Daniela Müller

Nikos Liosis & Daniela Müller moderators of the 2nd session.

Frideriki Tsiamouri

Frideriki Tsiamouri (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki): On the acquisition of Greek Discourse Markers in written texts of the Albanian speaking pupils of Greece.

Frideriki Tsiamouri

Eva Kane

Eva Kane (University of Tirana ): Semantics of idiomatic expressions in Albanian and Greek: the case of the parallel idioms having as semantic focuses the words zemër (heart) and kokë (head).

Eda Shehu

Eda Shehu (University of Tirana): Using features of scientific technical terminology in Albanian and Greek (with Alma Kallari as co-author).

Ambassador Leonidas Rokanas

The Ambassador of Greece Leonidas Rokanas looks on the Albanian-Greek editions during the break. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Aspasia Chatzidaki & Enkeleida Kapia

Aspasia Chatzidaki & Enkeleida Kapia moderating the session.

Vertha Cano

Vertha Cano (Athens): Language errors in writing of the Albanian speaking pupils in learning Greek.

Paraskevi Delikari

Paraskevi Delikari (Cyclades): Video-stories from the life of the immigrants in Crete: boundaries and paradoxes of a social boosting intervention.

Prof. Dr. Shaban Sinani

Prof. Dr. Shaban Sinani presenting his paper "Two homerists of the XXth century in a novel by I. Kadare: Milman Parry and Albert Lord as protagonists and characters"

Prof. Dr. Shaban Sinani

Two homerists of the XXth century in a novel by I. Kadare: Milman Parry and Albert Lord as protagonists and characters.

Keti Shehu

Keti Shehu (University of Tirana): Onuphrius: a painter between two worlds. Cultural artistic interactions in the Albanian, Greek, Italian communities of post-Byzantine period (XVth-XVIth centuries).

A warm meeting in the break

A warm meeting in the break between Nikos Liosis and Konstantinos Giakoumis, in the presence of the Ambassador of Greece in Albania Mr. Leonidas Rokanas. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

V. Aarbakke & K. Giakoumis

Vemund Aarbakke & Konstantinos Giakoumis moderating the session. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Dr. Nikos Liosis

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Prof. Maria Theodoropoulou

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At the "backstage"

Looking on the editions of the Albanian-Greek Association of Philology. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

During a break

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V. Aarbakke & K. Giakoumis

V. Aarbakke presenting his paper. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Enkeleida Kapia & Kostas Giakoumis

Enkeleida Kapia & Kostas Giakoumis talking during a break. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Andi Rembeci

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Prof. Maria Theodoropoulou

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Prof. Seit Mansaku

Prof. Seit Mansaku presenting his paper "On the position of Albanian between Greek and Latin on a prehistoric level". (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Eva Kane

Watching the ICGAS II

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Watching the ICGAS II

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Kolec Topalli & Doris Kyriazis

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Prof. Alexander Novik

Prof. Alexander Novik presenting the paper "Ethnolinguistic researches in Himarë and in Vurg region (2014 expedition materials)" with co-author Prof. Andrey Sobolev. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

Majlinda with Mesila & Meglena Ndoji

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Souvenir Photo with Isida & Mirela

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Talking with participants

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Prof. Alexander Novik

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Dr. Nikos Liosis

Dr. Nikos Liosis presenting his paper "Comparative remarks on the Arvanitika dialects: phonological, morphological and syntactic features". (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

With Professor Kolec Topalli

Aristotle Spiro talking with Professor Kolec Topalli during a break. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

With Professor Kolec Topalli

Aristotle Spiro talking with Professor Kolec Topalli during a break. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

With Vemund Aarbake

Aristotle Spiro talking with Professor Vemund Aarbake during a break. (Photo courtesy of Kledi Xhumri)

The panel of the fisrt session.

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Prof. Maria Theodoropoulou

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Watching the ICGAS II

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Souvenir Photo

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