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The Spring 2023 Dukakis Lecture

Alex Papadopoulos, Professor of Urban and Political Geography, DePaul University
“On Hellenic Statecraft and the Geopolitics of Difference”
with special guest Triantafyllos Petridis

May 24, 2023
7-9 PM

Location: Ypsilon (Edessis 5), Thessaloniki

The lecture is open to the general public and will be in English with Greek synopsis and bilingual discussion.

Register here for free

Lecture Description

On Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at 19:00, at Ypsilon (Edessis 5), the Dukakis Center at ACT  – The American College of Thessaloniki hosts Alex Papadopoulos, Professor of Urban and Political Geography, DePaul University, Chicago. Triantafyllos Petridis, Director at the 3rd Secondary School in Athens, also participates in the event. 

The lecture is organized by the ACT Dukakis Center with the support of SAAK/ Anatolia Alumni Association.

The lecture will be delivered in English with commentary in Greek by Triantafyllos Petridis, followed by a discussion with the audience in both languages.

Alex Papadopoulos, Professor of Urban and Political Geography at DePaul University in Chicago, has produced a number of innovative and thought-provoking studies on the implications of what he calls the “changing character of state power.”

How did Greece become a modern state? What role has Greece played in the development of regional affairs in the Balkans and along the Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean? The bicentennial of the Greek Revolution of 1821 and the centennials of the liberation of Thessaloniki (1912), and of the exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey (1922) have brought renewed interest in these questions.

Professor Papadopoulos’ most recent book, Hellenic Statecraft and the Geopolitics of Difference (2021), written in collaboration with Triantafyllos Petridis, sheds new light on the historical and geopolitical processes by which a modern Greece emerged during the course of the twentieth century, following the Balkan Wars, the First World War, and the Great Catastrophe, with their concomitant redrawing of borders and inventions of minorities and minority politics. 

Papadopoulos and Petridis ask what Hellenism is, how contemporary century actors have created or contested the boundaries of Hellenicity, and how one is to understand “difference” in these contexts. The story they unravel is one of state-building, urbanization, and national identity, with a key role played in the North, in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, and Thrace.

Speaker Bios

Alex G. Papadopoulos is Professor of Urban and Political Geography at DePaul University. He studies the contestation of urban space in Europe and the United States. His urban work includes studies on Brussels, Saint Petersburg, Istanbul, and Chicago, and his political geographic research entangles “the urban” in works on SE European geopolitics. 

Professor Papadopoulos is currently a Senior Fulbright Scholar at Ionian University, where he is teaching and carrying out collaborative research on Anthropocene threats to tangible and intangible cultural heritage(s). The project contributes to Ionian’s partnership with UNESCO. His work includes curriculum design, the development and teaching of coursework on spatial methods of threat assessment, research on a threats/risk mitigation spatial model and rubric, and scientific expertise to standing committees that manage the Ionian University - UNESCO ‘threats’ project.

Triantafyllos G. Petridis, Director at the 3rd Secondary School in Athens, Greece, is an educator and independent researcher with degrees in history, archaeology, and political science. He has worked extensively on minority education in Greece, the critical teaching of history, and inter-communal reconciliation based on new pedagogies and curricula.

About the Dukakis Center

The Dukakis Center is an independent, non-profit unit of ACT -- the American College of Thessaloniki. The mission of the Dukakis Center is to inspire youth from both sides of the Atlantic to take an active interest and role in public affairs. Named after three-term Governor of Massachusetts Michael S. Dukakis, the Center has hosted scores of public events dedicated to sharing Governor Dukakis’ public service ethos with a new generation of citizens. In 2023-24 the Dukakis Center will celebrate its 25 season of public service initiatives in Thessaloniki.

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Thessaloniki Concert Hall provided the most beautiful and cinematic setting for the awarded British novelist Jonathan Coe to meet with his Greek readers.

Coe, one of the best-selling writers in Greece, came to Thessaloniki on Wednesday, 26th of April, for an open discussion on his new book Bournville (Bournville: το Διαιρεμένο Βασίλειο, εκδ. Πόλις) which tells the story of four generations of a British family starting in Bournville, a suburb of Birmingham and the setting of Cadbury's chocolate factory, in the backdrop of 75 years of recent British history, from war to the royal family, to Brexit and the coronavirus.

Christos Galilaias, the Artistic Director of Thessaloniki Concert Hall, welcomed Jonathan Coe and 250 devoted fans. 

Eleni Godi, Coordinator of the BA in English at ACT, and Yannis Kotsifos, journalist, joined the writer and led the discussion with their insightful questions and remarks, creating a relaxed atmosphere that helped the audience to understand Coe's work and himself better. The popularity of Coe's work abroad (Greece, together with Italy and France, are top fan countries), the interface of politics with everyday life, the implications of the classification of his work as "state-of-the-nation" novels, and the use of satire as social critique were among the topics discussed.

Jonathan Coe has familiarized the audience with modern British history and his country's political and societal changes, using that as a background to unfold stories and characters, many of whom return to his books. Impressed by the warm reception, he reacted with a witty sense of humor and sincere humility. For example, when a reader at the end told him, "Thank you for being here and for being you," he replied, "Thank you for thanking me for being me… but I had no choice. But I had a choice to be here." 

As for his new book, he said that Bournville was where his mother was born and lived for the first twenty years of her life. "I wanted to go back to the Second World War. I had been planning it for the last months of 2020, and in June, my mom passed away from coronavirus complications. I was angry when it happened and thought the book would bring me closer to my mother just a few months after her death." 

Some of the surprise highlights were when Jonathan Coe took his phone and captured the moment, admitting that this was the best book launch setting and the view one of the most enchanting he had ever seen.

Another one was when he played on his phone a composition of his own - he is also a published musician, with music being a noted motif in his books - causing the audience to burst into applause.

Congratulations to Thessaloniki Concert Hall for the series "Writers of the World travel to the Megaron" and the full house event, which was co-organized with Κωνσταντινιδης Bookstore/ Evripidis Konstantinidis.

Entry passes were sold out in ten minutes on Monday morning, forcing organizers to add more seats to satisfy the public.

On May 7, 2-3 PM, in the Φιλολογικό καφενείο, Περίπτερο 13, Thessaloniki International Fair grounds, Dukakis Center Director David Wisner will moderate a book presentation by Dr. Spyros Katsoulas of Deree College in Athens of The Guardian's Dilemma: The Role of the US in Greek-Turkish Relations (Routledge, 2022), newly translated into Greek by Dioptra Publications as Διλήμματα στο Τρίγωνο.

Dr. Katsoulas' book theorizes the role of the United States in Greek–Turkish relations through what he dubs the "Guardian's Dilemma," exploring how the US responded to a series of crises between NATO allies Greece and Turkey in an effort to maintain effective control of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean basins in the second half of the twentieth century. Building on the seminal writings of Monteagle Stearns and Theodore Couloumbis and on more recent work on alliance theory, the book retraces six critical moments in Greek-Turkish relations following the end of the Cold War.

With degrees from Panteion University, King's College London, and the University of Reading, Spyros Katsoulas calls himself a strategic historian. His research interests extend to geopolitics, alliances, strategic culture, and diplomatic history. The recipient of support from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) and the Fulbright Foundation, Dr. Katsouas teaches international relations at the University of Piraeus, the American College of Greece, and the Hellenic National Defense College, and is a research associate at the Institute of International Relations in Athens.

The book presentation is being organized by Dioptra Publications at the 19th Thessaloniki International Book Fair.

On May 7, 2-3 PM, in the Φιλολογικό καφενείο, Περίπτερο 13, Thessaloniki International Fair grounds, Dukakis Center Director David Wisner will moderate a book presentation by Dr. Spyros Katsoulas of Deree College in Athens of The Guardian's Dilemma: The Role of the US in Greek-Turkish Relations (Routledge, 2022), newly translated into Greek by Dioptra Publications as Διλήμματα στο Τρίγωνο.

Dr. Katsoulas' book theorizes the role of the United States in Greek–Turkish relations through what he dubs the "Guardian's Dilemma," exploring how the US responded to a series of crises between NATO allies Greece and Turkey in an effort to maintain effective control of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean basins in the second half of the twentieth century. Building on the seminal writings of Monteagle Stearns and Theodore Couloumbis and on more recent work on alliance theory, the book retraces six critical moments in Greek-Turkish relations following the end of the Cold War.

With degrees from Panteion University, King's College London, and the University of Reading, Spyros Katsoulas calls himself a strategic historian. His research interests extend to geopolitics, alliances, strategic culture, and diplomatic history. The recipient of support from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) and the Fulbright Foundation, Dr. Katsouas teaches international relations at the University of Piraeus, the American College of Greece, and the Hellenic National Defense College, and is a research associate at the Institute of International Relations in Athens.

The book presentation is being organized by Dioptra Publications at the 19th Thessaloniki International Book Fair.

Ανοιχτή Εκδήλωση από το Τμήμα Ψυχολογίας του ACT

Τετάρτη 31 Μαΐου 2023, ώρα 17:00

Χώρος Διεξαγωγής: Bissell Library, ACT

Δηλωστε συμμετοχη

Προσκεκλημένη Ομιλήτρια

Δρ Λίζα Βάρβογλη
Ψυχολόγος-Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια-Συγγραφέας (Εκδόσεις Mamaya)

H Δρ. Λίζα Βάρβογλη είναι ψυχολόγος και ψυχοθεραπεύτρια με μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές στα πανεπιστήμια Tufts, Northeastern και Harvard των ΗΠΑ. Ολοκλήρωσε διδακτορική και μεταδιδακτορική εκπαίδευση στο πανεπιστήμιο Harvard των ΗΠΑ. Έχει εργαστεί για δέκα χρόνια στο Children’s Hospital, το πανεπιστημιακό παιδιατρικό νοσοκομείο του Harvard που θεωρείται το καλύτερο νοσοκομείο για παιδιά στον κόσμο. Έχει περισσότερες από 30.000 ώρες κλινικής εμπειρίας με χιλιάδες παιδιά, εφήβους, οικογένειες και ενήλικες. Τα τελευταία 14 χρόνια διδάσκει στην Ιατρική Σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών στο μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα «Επιστήμη του Στρες και Προαγωγή της Υγείας», συμμετέχοντας σε έρευνες και επιστημονικά συνέδρια. Πρόσφατα ολοκλήρωσε το πρόγραμμα Life Coaching του Harvard. H Δρ. Λίζα Βάρβογλη έχει πλούσιο συγγραφικό έργο με περισσότερα από 80 επιστημονικά άρθρα δημοσιευμένα σε παγκόσμιες έγκυρα επιστημονικά περιοδικά και 30+ ευπώλητα βιβλία για ανατροφή παιδιών και αυτοβελτίωση ενηλίκων.

Πρόγραμμα

17.00-17.15 Χαιρετισμοί
17.15-17.30 Παρουσίαση/short videos φοιτητών και απόφοιτων Ψυχολογίας
17.30-18.15 Ομιλία
18.15-18.45 Q & A, ερωτήσεις από το κοινό

Συντονίζει
Δρ. Αιμιλίζα Στεφανίδου, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια και Ακαδημαϊκή Υπεύθυνη των προγραμμάτων Ψυχολογίας του ACT- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF THESSALONIKI

Στην εκδήλωση θα υπάρχουν εκπρόσωποι από τις δομές πρακτικής άσκησης.

Με την υποστήριξη

Δωρεάν workshop στην Αλεξανδρούπολη

Σάββατο 13 Μαΐου 2023 στις 10πμ

Χώρος διεξαγωγής: Επιμελητήριο Έβρου
Διεύθυνση: Λεωφ. Δημοκρατίας 307, Αλεξανδρούπολη

Διάρκεια: 3 ώρες

Δηλωστε συμμετοχη

Σύντομη περιγραφή

Μια από τις μεγαλύτερες προκλήσεις που αντιμετωπίζουν οι ιδιοκτήτες μικρών επιχειρήσεων είναι το Marketing, καθώς στις περισσότερες των περιπτώσεων δεν έχουν την πολυτέλεια να στελεχωθούν επαρκώς για να αντιμετωπίσουν τις καθημερινές προκλήσεις της αγοράς.

Στο συγκεκριμένο 3ωρο workshop οι συμμετέχοντες θα αντιληφθούν τις βασικές αρχές του Marketing και της Διαφήμισης στη σύγχρονη πραγματικότητα της ψηφιακής εποχής, και θα λάβουν καθοδήγηση για την αποτελεσματικότερη αντιμετώπιση των προκλήσεων που θα συναντήσουν.

Θεματολογία

• Τι είναι το Marketing και γιατί είναι σημαντικό για την επιχείρησή μας;
• Ποιες οι διαφορές του παραδοσιακού Marketing από το Ψηφιακό;
• Τι θα πρέπει να προσέξουμε στη δημιουργία ενός brand;
• Πώς θα προχωρήσουμε στη σωστή τοποθέτηση ενός προϊόντος ή μιας υπηρεσίας στην αγορά;
• Πώς αναζητούμε την πληροφορία;
• Πώς μπορούμε να πετύχουμε μια αποτελεσματική στόχευση δυνητικών πελατών;
• Ποια στρατηγική τιμολόγησης θα πρέπει να ακολουθήσουμε;
• Τι ακριβώς θα πρέπει να γνωρίζουμε για το Digital & Social Media Marketing;

Εισηγητής 

Θοδωρής Παπανέστορος I Executive Director of Institutional Marketing & PK-12 Enrollment, Anatolia College

Ξεκίνησε την καριέρα του ως Product Manager στο τμήμα μάρκετινγκ της NEOSET ΑΕΒΕ στα τέλη της δεκαετίας του '90 κι εργάστηκε στη βιομηχανία επίπλων για σχεδόν τρία χρόνια.
Το 2000 μπήκε στον “καθαρόαιμο” χώρο της επικοινωνίας, όταν του δόθηκε η ευκαιρία να δουλέψει σε ορισμένες από τις κορυφαίες διαφημιστικές εταιρείες του κλάδου: TBWA, UpSet!, και MullenLowe, εκ των οποίων οι δύο ήταν και πολυεθνικές. Στις εταιρείες αυτές εργάστηκε για περισσότερα από 7 χρόνια, και είχε την ευκαιρία να χειριστεί σημαντικούς Ελληνικούς και διεθνείς λογαριασμούς όπως: Citroën, SEAT, Chrysler-Jeep, Dodge , TOYOTOMI, Factory Outlet, Michelin, Oxford Company, Ράδιο Κορασίδη, ΔΕΠΑ κ.α.
Το 2007 έκανε μια νέα αλλαγή σταδιοδρομίας και προσχώρησε στο Anatolia College, όπου σήμερα κατέχει τη θέση του Executive Director of Institutional Marketing & PK-12 Enrollment, ενώ παράλληλα διδάσκει Marketing, Digital Marketing, καθώς και Advertising στο ΑCT School of Business του οργανισμού.
Είναι επίσης συνιδρυτής και Πρόεδρος του ΔΣ της Blender SkG ΑΕ, ενός boutique Ad Agency με έδρα τη Θεσσαλονίκη.
Κατέχει πτυχίο Bachelor of Science στη Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων με κατεύθυνση στο Marketing από το Deree College, Μεταπτυχιακό τίτλο Master of Arts στο Marketing από το Πανεπιστήμιο Middlesex της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας και PG Diploma in Digital Business από το Emeritus, σε συνεργασία με το MIT Sloan & το Columbia Business School ExecEd.

Σε συνεργασία με

On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at 19:00, the Thessaloniki Concert Hall hosts the renowned and awarded British novelist and writer Jonathan Coe. The author will be joined on stage by Eleni Godi, Coordinator, BA in English, at ACT, and Yiannis Kotsifos, journalist, for a special evening where the readers will have the opportunity to discuss with the author his work, life, and projects. The event is co-organized with the support of the 'Konstantinidis" Bookstore.

The famous English novelist was born in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on August 19, 1961. He has taught at the University of Warwick, where he completed his postgraduate and doctoral studies in English Literature. In 1994 his fourth novel, What a Carve Up!, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in France. It was followed by The House of Sleep, which won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Best Novel award and, in France, the Prix Médicis. As of 2022, Coe has published fourteen novels.

This year he returns with Bournville: The Divided Kingdom, Polis Publications, which tells the story of a British family living in Bourneville, a suburb of Birmingham, experiencing seventy-five years of drastic social change, from war to Brexit and the coronavirus. 

Free entrance with entrance cards will be distributed electronically from www. tch. gr on Monday, 24/4 (at 10:00).

On March 23rd, Ms. Christiana Smirli, the first ACT Psychology graduate who received ATEEN (an Independent Department for the Implementation of European Legislation at the Greek Ministry of Education) recognitionof professional rights to work as a Licensed Psychologist, was a guest speaker at Psychology 303: Educational Psychology in the undergraduate program of psychology. The presentation was tied to the curriculum but also involved classroom learning activities.

Nothing is more motivating to a student than seeing a glimpse of their future after graduation. Therefore, we are pleased to welcome alums into our psychology classes and events to meet with and speak to our current students. 

You can express your interest as a Psychology Alumni Guest Speaker by contacting Dr. Stefanidou Aimiliza, Coordinator of Psychology, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 Four ACT Psychology students supported as volunteers the Easter Egg Hunt event that ELEPAP, the oldest non-profit organization in Greece providing rehabilitation services to children, organized on April 5th at the Grand HotelPalace, Thessaloniki. 

Our volunteers were needed to continuously hide the Easter eggs for all attending children and operate the games. Ms. Eva Sarigiannidou,Director of ELEPAP, coordinated the egg hunt with the counselors of ELEPAP and students. Parents and caregivers also enjoyed the creative and fun egg-hunting ideas.

Lena Samantzopoulou, Smaragda Mammi, Eirini Maniati, Marianna Rasidaki-Kyriakidou, Ms. Eva Sarigiannidou, Director of ELEPAP