CONFERENCES
2021
Approaches to Migration, Language & Identity 2021 Conference (AMLI21), University of Sussex, Brighton, 9-11 June 2021. Title of presentation: “#fromGR2UK: New Greek migrant (dis)identifications in social media discourse”.
On 31 January 2023, a recording of this talk was presented to Dr Dima Atanasova's Intercultural Encounters postgraduate course at Lancaster University since her students were studying my article New Greek migrant (dis)identifications in social media: Evidence from a discourse-centred online ethnographic study.
On 31 January 2023, a recording of this talk was presented to Dr Dima Atanasova's Intercultural Encounters postgraduate course at Lancaster University since her students were studying my article New Greek migrant (dis)identifications in social media: Evidence from a discourse-centred online ethnographic study.
2019
14th International Conference on Greek Linguistics (ICGL 14), University of Patras, Patras, 5-8 September 2019. Title of presentation: “Κατασκευές της ελληνικής επιστημονικής μετανάστευσης στα (social) media: Ταυτότητες και Λόγοι” [Constructions of the Greek brain drain on (social) media: Identities and discourses]. In collaboration with Theodora Saltidou and Anastasia Stamou.
Digital Diasporas: Interdisciplinary Perspectives conference, University of Westminster, London, 6-7 June 2019. Title of presentation: “Greek neomigrant identities on social media: A discourse-centred online ethnographic study”. In collaboration with Theodora Saltidou and Eleni Griva (Georgalou 1st name).
Migration, Mobility, Brain Drain: Youth in Times of Crisis one-day conference, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, 14 May 2019. Title of presentation: “'Νέοι, μορφωμένοι και... προδομένοι': Ταυτότητες νεαρών νεομεταναστών/-στριών στον λόγο των ψυχαγωγικών κειμένων της μαζικής κουλτούρας” ['Young, educated and... betrayed': Young neo-immigrant identities in the Greek entertainment discourse]. In collaboration with Theodora Saltidou and Eleni Griva (Georgalou 2nd name).
Migration, Mobility, Brain Drain: Youth in Times of Crisis one-day conference, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, 14 May 2019. Title of presentation: “Μετανάστευση, ταυτότητες και μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης: Η περίπτωση του ελληνικού brain drain” [Migration, identities and social media: The case of the Greek brain drain]. In collaboration with Theodora Saltidou and Eleni Griva (Georgalou 1st name).
Socio-cultural Learning of Youth in Mobile Societies Conference, University of Thessaly, Volos, 9-11 April 2019. Title of presentation: “'Φέρτε τους πίσω (;)': Ταυτότητες νεαρών νεομεταναστών στον ελληνικό ψυχαγωγικό μιντιακό λόγο ['Bring them back! (?)': Young neo-immigrant identities in the Greek entertainment media discourse”]. In collaboration with Theodora Saltidou and Eleni Griva (Georgalou 2nd name).
Digital Diasporas: Interdisciplinary Perspectives conference, University of Westminster, London, 6-7 June 2019. Title of presentation: “Greek neomigrant identities on social media: A discourse-centred online ethnographic study”. In collaboration with Theodora Saltidou and Eleni Griva (Georgalou 1st name).
Migration, Mobility, Brain Drain: Youth in Times of Crisis one-day conference, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, 14 May 2019. Title of presentation: “'Νέοι, μορφωμένοι και... προδομένοι': Ταυτότητες νεαρών νεομεταναστών/-στριών στον λόγο των ψυχαγωγικών κειμένων της μαζικής κουλτούρας” ['Young, educated and... betrayed': Young neo-immigrant identities in the Greek entertainment discourse]. In collaboration with Theodora Saltidou and Eleni Griva (Georgalou 2nd name).
Migration, Mobility, Brain Drain: Youth in Times of Crisis one-day conference, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, 14 May 2019. Title of presentation: “Μετανάστευση, ταυτότητες και μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης: Η περίπτωση του ελληνικού brain drain” [Migration, identities and social media: The case of the Greek brain drain]. In collaboration with Theodora Saltidou and Eleni Griva (Georgalou 1st name).
Socio-cultural Learning of Youth in Mobile Societies Conference, University of Thessaly, Volos, 9-11 April 2019. Title of presentation: “'Φέρτε τους πίσω (;)': Ταυτότητες νεαρών νεομεταναστών στον ελληνικό ψυχαγωγικό μιντιακό λόγο ['Bring them back! (?)': Young neo-immigrant identities in the Greek entertainment media discourse”]. In collaboration with Theodora Saltidou and Eleni Griva (Georgalou 2nd name).
2017
15th International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) Conference, Belfast, Ireland, 16-21 July 2017. Panel “Mediatizing affect in digital stories of global events and crises”. Title of presentation: “Stranger in a strange land: Emotions in Greek neomigrants’ social media discourse”.
2016
XI International Conference on Semiotics, Hellenic Semiotics Society – School of Journalism & Mass Communications of Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, 14-16 October 2016. Title of presentation: “How could I imagine the fuss over the glass!: Memeing the Greek crisis on social media”.
1st International Conference on “Europe in Discourse: Identity, Diversity, Borders, Hellenic American University, Athens, 23-25 September 2016. Title of presentation: “Place identity and social media: The Greek case of brain drain migration”.
37th Annual Meeting of the Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 12-14 May 2016. Title of presentation: “‘I dedicate this to us’: Co-constructing identities on Facebook”.
1st International Conference on “Europe in Discourse: Identity, Diversity, Borders, Hellenic American University, Athens, 23-25 September 2016. Title of presentation: “Place identity and social media: The Greek case of brain drain migration”.
37th Annual Meeting of the Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 12-14 May 2016. Title of presentation: “‘I dedicate this to us’: Co-constructing identities on Facebook”.
2015
5th Annual Conference of the Hellenic Sociological Association: “The Greek society at the crossroads of crisis – six years later”, University of Athens, 10‐12 December 2015. Title of presentation: “Αφηγήσεις της ελληνικής κρίσης στο Facebook” [Narrations of the Greek crisis on Facebook].
1st International Conference: Approaches to Digital Discourse Analysis (ADDA 1), University of Valencia, 18-20 November 2015. Title of presentation: “Multimodal articulations of identity in social media: Empirical evidence from Facebook”.
E-Life Congress, Hellenic Association for the Study of Internet Addiction Disorder, Athens, 6-7 November 2015. Title of presentation: “Λόγος, ιδιωτικότητα και ταυτότητα στο Facebook”.
International Conference on Identities: Language and Literature, Department of Greek, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, 9-11 October 2015. Title of presentation: “Forming educational identities on Facebook”.
3rd Hybrid City International Conference, University Research Institute of Applied Communication, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17-19 September 2015. Title of presentation: “Placemaking and place identity in social media: Snapshots from Facebook”.
9th International Im/Politeness Conference, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1-3 July 2015. Title of presentation: “Networked privacy: Saving face on Facebook”.
Narratives of crisis: Μyths and realities of the contemporary society, International Conference, University of Macedonia, 24-26 June 2015. Title of presentation: “Small stories of the Greek crisis on Facebook”.
22nd International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 24-26 April 2015. Title of presentation: “Identity construction on Facebook: Texts and practices”.
1st International Conference: Approaches to Digital Discourse Analysis (ADDA 1), University of Valencia, 18-20 November 2015. Title of presentation: “Multimodal articulations of identity in social media: Empirical evidence from Facebook”.
E-Life Congress, Hellenic Association for the Study of Internet Addiction Disorder, Athens, 6-7 November 2015. Title of presentation: “Λόγος, ιδιωτικότητα και ταυτότητα στο Facebook”.
International Conference on Identities: Language and Literature, Department of Greek, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, 9-11 October 2015. Title of presentation: “Forming educational identities on Facebook”.
3rd Hybrid City International Conference, University Research Institute of Applied Communication, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17-19 September 2015. Title of presentation: “Placemaking and place identity in social media: Snapshots from Facebook”.
9th International Im/Politeness Conference, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1-3 July 2015. Title of presentation: “Networked privacy: Saving face on Facebook”.
Narratives of crisis: Μyths and realities of the contemporary society, International Conference, University of Macedonia, 24-26 June 2015. Title of presentation: “Small stories of the Greek crisis on Facebook”.
22nd International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 24-26 April 2015. Title of presentation: “Identity construction on Facebook: Texts and practices”.
2014
Sociolinguistics Symposium 20, “Space, time & social media: Communicating (the) here & now” panel. University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 15-18 June 2014. Title of presentation: “‘Mom, I’m growing old’: Time and age-identity marking on Facebook”
3rd Patras International Conference of Graduate Students in Linguistics, University of Patras, Greece, 23-25 May 2014. Title of presentation: “‘Is THAT your PROFESSIONAL opinion?’: Constructing and advancing knowledge on Facebook”.
International Digital Storytelling Conference: Digital Storytelling in Times of Crisis. Laboratory of New Technologies in Communication, Education and the Mass Media, University Research Institute of Applied Communication of the University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 8-10 May 2014. Title of presentation: “‘off to syntagma’: Small stories of the Greek crisis on Facebook”. [video]
Cultural Practices, Literacies and Technological Mediations (CuLT) Conference, Örebro University, Sweden, 3-4 March 2014. Title of presentation: “Communicating about and through place on Facebook”.
2013
7th Athens Postgraduate Conference, Faculty of Philology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 16-18 May 2013. Title of presentation: “‘It’s very awful and none of us had expected it’: Greek crisis and stance-taking on Facebook”.
Private Identities, Private Spaces Conference, Department of History, Lancaster University, UK, 13-14 May 2013. Title of presentation: “‘Don’t wash our dirty linen in public. Let’s go to inbox! ;)’: Securing privacy on Facebook”.
i-mean 3, Identity and Language Conference, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, 18-20 April 2013. Title of presentation: “Networked place identities”.
2012
BAAL 2012, “Social media/social knowledge” colloquium, University of Southampton, UK, 6-8 September 2012. Title of presentation: “Place identities in a time of crisis: Greeks on Facebook”.