Skip to main content

The COMELA

The American College of Greece Deree College, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Faculty Member

Followers

387

Following

2,944

Co-author

1

Public Views

The COMELA, The Annual Conference on Mediterranean and European Linguistic Anthropology, has emerged to reinvigorate the fundamental roots and principles of Linguistic Anthropology, and to re-localize the field, thus marrying the focus on Mediterranean and European regions and work by Global academics.

The COMELA 2020, at The American College in Greece, September 2-5, 2020, arrives as a highly symbolic juncture in Mediterranean and European cum Global Linguistic Anthropology. The COMELA 2020, themed Bounded Languages … Unbounded, exposes the current Linguistic and Anthropological climate in Europe and the Mediterranean. Borders are constantly contested, and ethnicity and nation alike shift yet re legitimize their communities and heritages, thus reigniting a dedicated scholarship and praxis in the field of Language and Society.
The CALA is subsumed under the GLOCAL, The Global Council on Anthropological Linguistics, https://independent.academia.edu/GLOCALSOAS

less

InterestsView All (18)

Uploads

COMELA 2020 by The COMELA

COMELA 2020 CFP COVID-19 Extended Call

Due to the COVID-19, the deadline for the Call for Papers/Abstracts has been extended to June 1, ... more

COMELA 2020 / Taylor and Francis COVID-19 CFP Extension

COMELA 2020, 2020

The COMELA 2020 (September 2-5, 2020) Call for Abstracts / Papers deadline has been extended, due... more

COMELA 2020 / Taylor and Francis - Second and Final Call for Abstracts

The COMELA 2020 theme, “Bounded languages … Unbounded,” encapsulates the ongoing struggle through... more The COMELA 2020 theme, “Bounded languages … Unbounded,” encapsulates the ongoing struggle throughout Mediterranean and European regions. The tension between demarcation and legitimization of languages, language ideologies, and language identities, is entering an era where new modes of interactivity require language communities with roles superordinate to the past. Flexible citizenship now operates within, and not only across, language communities, to unbind languages, yet to create new boundaries never seen throughout history. The COMELA 2020 invites work on shifting boundedness of Language Communities of the Mediterranean and Europe. Submissions should acknowledge and describe processes of language shape, change, and ideology, pertinent to social, cultural, and political histories and futures, of Mediterranean and European regions, or work by those working in Mediterranean and European regions.
We thus welcome you to the COMELA 2020, the Annual Conference on Mediterranean and European Linguistic Anthropology in Athens, Greece, September 2-5, 2020, and to the COMELA in whole.

The Linguistic Landscapes and Contested Spaces of Greece – Part 1

by The COMELA and SOAS GLOCAL

Accommodating to a multitude of global ethnicities has altered the dynamics of Greece’s cultural ... more Accommodating to a multitude of global ethnicities has altered the dynamics of Greece’s cultural and economic resources. Couple this with EU tensions, the Mediterranean issues to the South, and East and West factors calling for resolution, Greece has found itself in a recessive bind, culminating in significant linguistic change.

COMELA LIAISE Alan Baxter interview: Part 1

Professor Alan Baxter has had an illustrious career, working at institutions such as La Trobe Uni... more Professor Alan Baxter has had an illustrious career, working at institutions such as La Trobe University in Australia, The University of Lisbon in Portugal, The University of Macau, at The Flinders University of South Australia, in Adelaide, Australia, and at the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil.

The COMELA 2020 Keynote Speakers

What will Britain say, after Brexit?: The Linguistic Landscapes of Britain, after its Intended Separation with The EU – Part 1

by The COMELA and SOAS GLOCAL

What will Britain say, after Brexit?: The Linguistic Landscapes of Britain, after its Intended Se... more

Sibling Associations by The COMELA

Upcoming Conferences by The COMELA

COMELA 2021 Keynote - Professor Jan Blommaert

Renowned Linguistic Anthropologist Professor Jan Blommaert, Keynote Speaker at The COMELA 2021, M... more

COMELA 2021 Keynote - Professor Georgakopoulou

COMELA 2021 will be held from May 19 - 22, 2021 in Athens. In the keynote, Professor Georgakopoul... more COMELA 2021 will be held from May 19 - 22, 2021 in Athens. In the keynote, Professor Georgakopoulou will critically interrogate the designing spree of stories as specific features on social media platforms. She will present these directives and discuss their implications for how young people globally, the so-called Generation Z, are socialized into narrating their lives and into making sense of themselves. To register the COMELA conference, go to https://comela2020.acg.edu/reg/

COMELA 2021 Keynote - Professor Dimitris Dalakoglou

Professor Dimitris Dalakoglou, Keynote Speaker at The COMELA 2021, May 19 - 22, 2021 in Athens.

COMELA 2020 CFP COVID-19 Extended Call

Due to the COVID-19, the deadline for the Call for Papers/Abstracts has been extended to June 1, ... more

COMELA 2020 / Taylor and Francis COVID-19 CFP Extension

COMELA 2020, 2020

The COMELA 2020 (September 2-5, 2020) Call for Abstracts / Papers deadline has been extended, due... more

COMELA 2020 / Taylor and Francis - Second and Final Call for Abstracts

The COMELA 2020 theme, “Bounded languages … Unbounded,” encapsulates the ongoing struggle through... more The COMELA 2020 theme, “Bounded languages … Unbounded,” encapsulates the ongoing struggle throughout Mediterranean and European regions. The tension between demarcation and legitimization of languages, language ideologies, and language identities, is entering an era where new modes of interactivity require language communities with roles superordinate to the past. Flexible citizenship now operates within, and not only across, language communities, to unbind languages, yet to create new boundaries never seen throughout history. The COMELA 2020 invites work on shifting boundedness of Language Communities of the Mediterranean and Europe. Submissions should acknowledge and describe processes of language shape, change, and ideology, pertinent to social, cultural, and political histories and futures, of Mediterranean and European regions, or work by those working in Mediterranean and European regions.
We thus welcome you to the COMELA 2020, the Annual Conference on Mediterranean and European Linguistic Anthropology in Athens, Greece, September 2-5, 2020, and to the COMELA in whole.

The Linguistic Landscapes and Contested Spaces of Greece – Part 1

by The COMELA and SOAS GLOCAL

Accommodating to a multitude of global ethnicities has altered the dynamics of Greece’s cultural ... more Accommodating to a multitude of global ethnicities has altered the dynamics of Greece’s cultural and economic resources. Couple this with EU tensions, the Mediterranean issues to the South, and East and West factors calling for resolution, Greece has found itself in a recessive bind, culminating in significant linguistic change.

COMELA LIAISE Alan Baxter interview: Part 1

Professor Alan Baxter has had an illustrious career, working at institutions such as La Trobe Uni... more Professor Alan Baxter has had an illustrious career, working at institutions such as La Trobe University in Australia, The University of Lisbon in Portugal, The University of Macau, at The Flinders University of South Australia, in Adelaide, Australia, and at the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil.

The COMELA 2020 Keynote Speakers

What will Britain say, after Brexit?: The Linguistic Landscapes of Britain, after its Intended Separation with The EU – Part 1

by The COMELA and SOAS GLOCAL

What will Britain say, after Brexit?: The Linguistic Landscapes of Britain, after its Intended Se... more

COMELA 2021 Keynote - Professor Jan Blommaert

Renowned Linguistic Anthropologist Professor Jan Blommaert, Keynote Speaker at The COMELA 2021, M... more

COMELA 2021 Keynote - Professor Georgakopoulou

COMELA 2021 will be held from May 19 - 22, 2021 in Athens. In the keynote, Professor Georgakopoul... more COMELA 2021 will be held from May 19 - 22, 2021 in Athens. In the keynote, Professor Georgakopoulou will critically interrogate the designing spree of stories as specific features on social media platforms. She will present these directives and discuss their implications for how young people globally, the so-called Generation Z, are socialized into narrating their lives and into making sense of themselves. To register the COMELA conference, go to https://comela2020.acg.edu/reg/

COMELA 2021 Keynote - Professor Dimitris Dalakoglou

Professor Dimitris Dalakoglou, Keynote Speaker at The COMELA 2021, May 19 - 22, 2021 in Athens.