Première rencontre des universités grecques sur la francophonie en Grèce – La francophonie, pont d’éducation, de recherche et d’internationalisation

Date

May 22 2026

Time

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Labels

Satellite Event

Location

Alexandros Papanastasiou Ceremony Hall - Faculty of Philosophy Old Building
Faculty of Philosophy - Old Building - University Campus

Πρώτη Συνάντηση των Ελληνικών ΑΕΙ για τη Γαλλοφωνία στην Ελλάδα

Η Γαλλοφωνία, γέφυρα Παιδείας, Έρευνας και Διεθνοποίησης

Παρασκευή 22 Μαΐου 2026, ώρα 10:00’ – 14:00’

Αίθουσα Τελετών Παλαιάς Φιλοσοφικής του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης

 

Première rencontre des universités grecques sur la francophonie en Grèce

La francophonie, pont d’éducation, de recherche et d’internationalisation

Vendredi 22 mai 2026, de 10 h à 14 h

 

Salle des cérémonies de l’ancienne Faculté

de philosophie de l’Université Aristote de Thessalonique

 

The event aspires to constitute the first systematic gathering of Greek Higher Education Institutions dedicated to examining the position, role, and prospects of Francophonie within Greek higher education. Its aim is not merely to offer a ceremonial tribute to the French language, but rather to shape a shared university framework for cooperation, linking Francophonie with internationalisation, research, mobility, joint study programmes, cultural diplomacy, and the positioning of Greek universities within the European academic space and their wider geographical environment in the Mediterranean and the Western Balkans.

 

Η εκδήλωση φιλοδοξεί να αποτελέσει την πρώτη συστηματική συνάντηση των ελληνικών ΑΕΙ γύρω από τη θέση, τον ρόλο και τις προοπτικές της Γαλλοφωνίας στην ελληνική ανώτατη εκπαίδευση. Στόχος δεν είναι απλώς μια εθιμοτυπική εκδήλωση για τη γαλλική γλώσσα, αλλά η διαμόρφωση ενός κοινού πανεπιστημιακού πλαισίου συνεργασίας, που θα συνδέει τη Γαλλοφωνία με τη διεθνοποίηση, την έρευνα, την κινητικότητα, τις κοινές σπουδές, την πολιτιστική διπλωματία και τη θέση των ελληνικών πανεπιστημίων στον ευρωπαϊκό χώρο και τον γεωγραφικό τους περίγυρο στη Μεσόγειο και τα Δυτικά Βαλκάνια.

 

Cet événement a pour ambition d’être la première rencontre systématique des universités grecques autour de la place, du rôle et des perspectives de la francophonie dans l’enseignement supérieur grec. L’objectif n’est pas simplement d’organiser un événement protocolaire autour de la langue française, mais de mettre en place un cadre universitaire commun de coopération, qui reliera la francophonie à l’internationalisation, à la recherche, à la mobilité, les études communes, la diplomatie culturelle et la place des universités grecques dans l’espace européen, méditerranéen et balkanique.

 

Coordinator Panayotis Glavinis, Professor of International Economic Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Coordinateur : Panayotis Glavinis, professeur de droit économique international et doyen de la Faculté de droit de l’Université Aristote de Thessalonique.

See more at: Agenda

Who the
Speakers are:

Speakers

  • Panayotis Glavinis
    Panayotis Glavinis
    Professor of International Economic Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

    Panayotis Glavinis is Professor of International Economic Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He graduated in 1986 from the same Faculty before studying in France, at Paris 2 University, where he completed his PhD and received his habilitation à diriger des recherches. He teaches International Trade Law, Foreign Investment Law, Energy Law, Finance Law and International Business Transactions. His most recent book on “Power Redistribution Mechanisms in the International Economic System”, published by Papazisis Publications, was awarded the prize of the Academy of Athens on 19.12.2019. From 2004 to 2018, he was a member of the Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (Paris). From 1.10.2011 to 19.6.2012, he served as Legal Adviser to the Prime Minister of Greece at the peak of the Greek debt crisis. From 2019 to 2021, he served as Chairman of the Legal Committee of the University of Thessaloniki and from 2020 to 2024, as Vice President of the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY). Since Sept. 2021, he is the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

  • Panagiotis Arvanitis
    Panagiotis Arvanitis
    Professor of Digital Technologies in Education and Language Teaching/Learning and Head of the School of French Language and Literature, Faculty of Philosophy, at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

    Panagiotis Arvanitis is Professor of Digital Technologies in Education and Language Teaching/Learning and Head of the School of French Language and Literature, Faculty of Philosophy, at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His research and publications focus on multimedia databases, multilingual dictionaries, digital text corpora, multimedia web-based environments and their applications in language education. His work also extends to mobile language learning, digital game-based learning, virtual and augmented reality, Artificial Intelligence and conversational agents.
    He has presented his work at national and international conferences, published articles in greek and international peer-reviewed journals and contributed chapters to edited volumes. He has authored four books; his most recent, “Digital Technologies in Education and Language Teaching”, co-authored with P. Krystalli, is a key reference work in the field of digital technologies in language teaching. He has participated in national and European research programs and has served as a trainer and organizer of professional development seminars for language educators, focused on the integration of new technologies in language education.