Academic Year 2002-3 Seminars

The Cyprus problem and the European Union - The role of the Cypriot Vouli
Speaker: Dr Stelios Stavridis, University of Reading and Honorary Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Date: Wednesday, 16 October 2002

Political Corruption: lessons from ancient Greece, medieval England and Mary Douglas
Speaker: Dr Peter Bratsis, CUNY and Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory Date: Tuesday, 22 October 2002

A voiding a 'Cyprus of the Balkans': What Macedonia today should learn from the Cyprus of the 1960s
Speaker: Claude Nicolet, Specialist on Civil Society and Regional Security in the Balkans, Zurich
Date: Tuesday, 19 November 2002

Everything you ever wanted to know about national identity, but were afraid to ask the Greek-Americans
Speaker: Dr Peter Bratsis, CUNY and Research Fellow, The Hellenic Observatory
Date: Tuesday, 26 November 2002

The Changing Dilemmas of Greek Security
Speaker: Dr Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Date: Wednesday, 4 December 2002

Unholy Alliance: Greece and Miloševic's Serbia
Speaker: Takis Michas, Eleftherotypia, Athens
Date: Wednesday, 11 December 2002

Cyprus and the European Union: Before and After Copenhagen
Speaker: Dr Thomas Diez, University of Birmingham
Date: Tuesday, 21 January 2003

FYR Macedonia's Economic Arrangements with International Institutions: Gains and Losses. The first in a series of the Balkan Reconstruction Network Seminars organised jointly by the Hellenic Observatory and the Centre for the Study of Global Governance
Speaker: Silvana Mojsovska, Institute of Economics, University "Sts Cyril and Methodius"
Date: Tuesday, 28 January 2003

Religion and Politics in Contemporary Greece
Speaker: Dr Yannis Stavrakakis, University of Nottingham
Date: Tuesday, 4 February 2003

Democratization and administrative reform in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain: Is there a distinct ideal-type of South European bureaucracies?
Speaker: Dr Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Senior Research Officer, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Date: Tuesday, 18 February 2003

The Greek EU Presidency and the Convention on the Future of Europe
Speakers: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory, LSE; Dr Kirsty Hughes, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies Brussels & Associate Fellow, European Institute, LSE
Date: Tuesday, 25 February 2003

The Greek EU Presidency
Speaker: Mr Christos Protopapas, Hellenic Minister of Press and Information & Government Spokesman
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE
Date: Friday, 7 March 2003

Issues on Greek Migration Trends and Policy Considerations
Speaker: Dr Gregory T. Papanikos, Secretary General, Economic and Social Committee of Greece (OKE)
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE
Date: Tuesday, 11 March 2003

The Modernisation Experiment: The Greek Socialists in Power 1996-2002
Speaker: Dr Dimitris Papadimitriou, Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE
Date: Tuesday, 18 March 2003

Formal Weakness and Informal Strength: Civil Society in Contemporary Greece
Speaker: Dr Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Senior Research Officer, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Date: Tuesday 20 May 2003

Greece between Old and New Europe: Strategic Challenges in a Changing European and International Security Environment
Speaker: Dr Lou Klarevas, Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Date: Tuesday 27 May 2003