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1 , 6, Themistokleous St. (2nd floor - Office 7), GR-10678, Athens STUDENT GUIDE ACADEMIC YEAR POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME IN SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE MASTER S PROGRAMME: INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION DIARY DATES USEFUL INFORMATION FOR NEWCOMERS CURRICULUM - IN DETAIL - REQUIREMENTS (COURSEWORK ATTENDANCE-DISSERTATION) - PROGRAMME DIRECTION - ACADEMIC STAFF (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) - REGULAR TEACHING STAFF - GUEST LECTURERS/SPECIAL GUESTS - TUTORS - ADMINISTRATION STUDYING IN ATHENS - TEACHING FACILITIES (LOCATION AND TRANSPORT) - FACULTY LIBRARY - COMPUTER LABORATORY - OTHER ACADEMIC RESOURCES AND FACILITIES IN ATHENS - ELECTRONIC SERVICES - HEALTH CARE/MEDICAL TREATMENT - STUDENT RESTAURANT - SPORTS FACILITIES - EXTRA-CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES - TRANSPORTATION - ENTERTAINMENT SEE ALUMNI NETWORK - - 2

3 ORIGIN: The Postgraduate Programme in Southeast European Studies was originally founded in 1999 as part of a broader project ( U/SEE Project ), under the auspices of the European Union s Royaumont Process. The Universities which participated in the U/SEE Project were the following: University of Tirana, University of Sarajevo, Sofia University, University of Zagreb, University of Belgrade, Sts Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, University of Bucharest, University of Maribor, University of Ankara and University of Athens. Since its foundation, the Programme has been organised and run by the Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The Programme was founded at a time of violent upheaval in Southeastern Europe, with the goal of contributing to the promotion of peace, democracy and reconciliation in the region. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES: The Programme aims to stimulate discussion and promote awareness of the region, to facilitate cross-border academic and scientific cooperation, and to bring together students from all over the region and beyond in order to promote mutual understanding and good neighbourly relations. Among the Programme s strong assets is its multinational and interdisciplinary character. Many of the courses taught are interdisciplinary involving different departments, whereas others remain mainly related to a specific field of research. BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The one-year full-time English-speaking Postgraduate programme includes coursework and research. Classes run from the end of September of to the end of May. ACCREDITATION: Master of Arts in Southeast European Studies, similar to the oneyear long Master s Degrees offered by U.K. Universities (75 ECTS Credits). CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: The Programme s graduates could follow a career in the Diplomatic Corps, in international and regional organizations specially involved in Southeastern Europe, as well as in the EU institutions. Alternatively, they could work as SEE specialists/consultants in their respective countries national authorities, in research institutes, NGO s and private companies and in the Press and Media contributing analyses of the political developments in the Balkans. In parallel, the SEE Postgraduate Programme s graduates could also continue their academic studies at a PhD level in SEErelated topics of scientific research. 3

4 o ORIENTATION MEETING: 26 September 2012 o INTRODUCTORY TEST: 27 September 2012 o BEGINNING OF THE 1 st SEMESTER: 1 October 2012 o DEADLINE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE TUITION FEES ( 1500): 1 October 2012 o REGISTRATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL STUDIES AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: Beginning of October 2012 o END OF THE 1ST SEMESTER: 21 December 2012 o DAYS TO MAKE UP MISSED CLASSES: 7-9 January 2013 o STUDENTS READING WEEK: January 2012 o 1 st SEMESTER EXAMINATION PERIOD: January 2013 o SEMESTER BREAK: 28 January 1 February 2013 o BEGINNING OF THE 2 nd SEMESTER: 4 February 2013 o EASTER HOLIDAYS: 29 April 10 May 2013 o END OF THE 2ND SEMESTER: 11 May 2013 o DAYS TO MAKE UP MISSED CLASSES: May 2013 o STUDENTS READING WEEK: May 2013 o 2 nd SEMESTER EXAMINATION PERIOD: May 2013 o STAFF-STUDENT FAREWELL PARTY: 31 May 2013 o SUBMISSION OF THE DISSERTATION THESIS: 30 September

5 PRIOR TO ARRIVAL PRE-REGISTRATION FORM: Once selected, all successful applicants will be asked to fill in a Pre-Registration form which will be sent to them electronically and in which they will declare their wish to reserve the place offered to them at the Postgraduate Programme. VISAS: For information on the visa issuance, renewal and extension requirements regarding foreigners coming to Greece, students may refer to the Citizens Information Office at 3 Akadimias Street, Stoa Davaki (Tel.: , 46, 48, cio@mfa.gr), as well as the following visa web link of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs: SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GREEK AND NON-GREEK CITIZENS: For Greek Citizens The site of the Career Office of the University of Athens includes scholarships provided by state and non-state foundations and endowments to Greek students for graduate studies. Please refer to metaptyxiaka-ypotrofies (in Greek) at the home page of the career office: For Non-Greek Citizens Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (home page-refer to Public Benefit Foundation and then Scholarships ) (link to Programmes of Scholarships for Foreigners ) State Scholarship Foundation (ΙΚΥ) (home page refer to Scholarships ) (link to Scholarships for Foreigners ). Ministry for Foreign Affairs: Due to the economic crisis, MFA will not give any scholarships for the academic year The E1 Directorate for Educational and Cultural Affairs, including undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Greece, is located at 3, Akadimias Str., 5 th floor (Office 504), Working hours: Monday-Wednesday-Friday from Tel: Further information is available from the Greek Embassies. - Hellenic Aid grants approximately 100 scholarships each year to foreign and expatriate students from developing countries for graduate and postgraduate studies at Greek universities and technological education institutes. Tel.: Further information is available from the Greek Embassies. 5

6 For US Citizens US citizens may seek financial assistance through the Fulbright Foundation in Greece. For more information please refer to Scholarships for American Citizens at ACCOMMODATION Students find useful information for seeking accommodation in Athens by visiting the following helpful web links: PREPARATION FOR THE RECOGNITION OF YOUR FIRST DEGREE BY THE HELLENIC NARIC: Documents required for the Recognition of Degrees from Foreign Institutions: - Application form (can be provided by the DOATAP secretariat or downloaded from the website which is - Certified copy of passport / identity card. (For non E.U. citizens): a validated copy of residence or work permit. (For scholarship holders): a verified certificate from IKY (National Scholarship Foundation) (For postgraduate students in Greek universities): acceptance certificate from the university for participation in a postgraduate program. - An official statement of law (N. 1599/86) stating: All submitted documents are original. There has been no other application for accreditation to DOATAP or any other Public Authority. The place of study (for all the years of study) - A certified copy of High School Diploma. For non E.U. countries, the U.S.A., the former U.S.S.R. and Canada, one must also submit a certificate issued by a qualified authority of the country (i.e. cultural Attaché of the relative Embassy in Greece) stating that the holder of the specific High School diploma has the right to enter higher education. - A certified copy of the degree to be recognised. The degree must also be verified for authenticity reasons according to the Hague Convention (APOSTILLE). For countries not participating in the Hague Convention, both the degrees and the official transcript should be certified by the Consular Authorities of Greece at the country in which the degree has obtained. Alternatively, if the degree is not verified as described above, then the official transcript must be sent directly from the University to DOATAP. - An official transcript (grades from all subjects and from all the years of study, signed and stamped by the University, stating the date of award). If the transcript is not stamped according to the Hague Convention or verified by the Consular Authorities of Greece (for countries not participating in Hague Convention), it must be forwarded directly from the University to DOATAP. 6

7 - A certificate for the location of studies (either stamped according to the Hague Convention or sent directly to DOATAP) verifying that all applicant s studies, from.. to.., took place and were completed in (Country, city, campus) and nowhere else. - A Syllabus / Bulletin of the Institution if either the Institution or the faculty has not been accredited by DOATAP. To check if your Institution has already been accredited by DOATAP, you may the visit the DOATAP website at - Dissertation (for postgraduate degrees) along with a Greek summary in the case of a doctorate dissertation (returned at the end of the recognition procedure). Clarifications: - If documents are submitted not by the student but by someone else, an authorization or a validation of the applicant s signature by the Police is required. - All documents must be officially translated if they are not in English or French. Translation should be made at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs / the Greek Consular Authorities in Greece or by an authorized lawyer. - If there are intermediate titles before a degree is issued, these must be submitted as well. - For doctorate titles from Albania, Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia, more documents are needed (information at the Information Department in DOATAP). - In the case of co-examination of titles to become one basic degree corresponding to Greek faculty, only one fee of 150 є is necessary. - Payment of the fee of 150 (undergraduate titles) or 120 (postgraduate titles) payable to the Bank of Greece (Acc. No: ). Contact Office in Athens: Hellenic National Academic Recognition and Information Centre (NARIC) 54, Ag. Konstantinou Street, Metro Station Omonoia Athens Tel: (+30) (210) Fax: (+30) (210) information_dep@doatap.gr Information: 09:00 am 14:00 pm Monday to Thursday 09:00 am 14:00 pm every 1 st and 3 rd Friday of each month. Field Advisors can be contacted: Every Wednesday am pm Contact Office in Thessaloniki: Address: Dioikotirio (Ministry Makedonias Thrakis) Postal Code: Thessaloniki Tel.: (+30) , (+30) & Fax: (+30) UPON ARRIVAL ORIENTATION MEETING: All students will receive a welcome package upon arrival. The Orientation Meeting includes a formal welcome and an information session on the programme s curriculum and academic resources provided to the postgraduate students. Students will also have the opportunity to meet with current teaching staff members of the programme. 7

8 INTRODUCTORY TEST: At the end of September, during their Orientation Week, students will be required to take an Introductory Test based both on a short reading list already sent to them in the summer preceding the Programme s start, as well as on their general knowledge of current affairs in the EU and Southeast Europe. PREPARATION FOR REGISTRATION: Students will be required to register with the Secretariat for Postgraduate Affairs of the Department of Political Science (6, Themistocleous Street 2 nd floor, Office no.2). This Secretariat is responsible for registration in the Department, issuing transcripts and certificates (in Greek), and for Student Services (health booklets etc.). Contact: Ms Georgia Astraka Phone Number: Visiting hours: a.m p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays In order to register, you should submit: a. A copy of your passport (or identity card for Greek students). b. Two (2) passport-type photographs (one for the student ID and one for the health insurance booklet, if you wish to obtain it). c. Official translations into Greek of the Degree Certificate and the Transcript when the original documents are in a language other than Greek. d. Prospective students who hold a first degree from a non-greek university will be required, upon acceptance by the programme, to submit their qualifications for recognition by Hellenic NARIC, the official Greek certificating institution for foreign degrees (See previous page). e. The bank receipt for your tuition fees. The tuition fees ( 1,500) must be paid in full before registration. Tuition Fees: Students from the following countries who are not in receipt of a scholarship or financial assistance from any other source may apply to the Programme Coordinating Committee for a full waiver of the tuition fees: o Albania o Bosnia and Herzegovina o Bulgaria o Croatia o Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244 o Montenegro o Romania o Serbia o The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Greek citizens and citizens of other countries: The tuition fees are 1500, payable in one non-refundable instalment at the time of registration. f. Only for Greek students requiring health insurance coverage: Greek students who do not have health insurance coverage and wish to obtain a health insurance booklet form the University should submit a Statement of Law N. 1599/86 (former Law 105), stating that «δεν είµαι ασφαλισµένος/η σε άλλο ασφαλιστικό φορέα». Official Translation of Documents by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs: 8

9 The institution that officially does translations is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Translation Service). The address of the Translation office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is 10, Arionos Street (Psyrri area-monastiraki metro station), (phone numbers: / ). In order for documents issued by foreign Directorates to be translated, they should be certified. Translation Cost: The price per target language page costs between 8.50 to Euros depending on the type of the document and the timeline required (simple or urgent procedure). Hellenic NARIC: - Submission of all documents mentioned above (section PREPARATION FOR THE RECOGNITION OF YOUR FIRST DEGREE AT THE HELLENIC NARIC/Documents required for Recognition of Degrees from Foreign Institutions ) to the Hellenic NARIC. Contact Office in Athens: Hellenic National Academic Recognition and Information Centre (NARIC) 54, Ag. Konstantinou Street, Metro Station Omonoia Athens Tel: (+30) (210) Fax: (+30) (210) information_dep@doatap.gr Application submission / Receipt of recognized titles: 09:00 am 14:00 pm Monday to Thursday Information: 09:00 am 14:00 pm Monday to Thursday 09:00 am 14:00 pm every 1st and 3rd Friday of each month Field Advisors can be contacted: Every Wednesday am pm Contact Office in Thessaloniki: Address: Dioikotirio (Ministry Makedonias Thrakis) Postal Code: Thessaloniki Tel.: (+30) , (+30) Fax: (+30) UNIVERSITY RESTAURANT: The University may provide free meals for foreign and Greek students upon application to the ( Tmima Sitisis tou Panepistimiou Athinon ) Mess Service (15, Ippokratous Str., 4th floor every day from 9:00-12:00). When applying for free meals, students will need: -Two passport-type photographs. -The application stamped and signed by the Departmental Secretariat. - A certificate that they have registered at the University of Athens (upon registration at the department). You should submit the documents mentioned above along with two passport-type photographs to the Meals Department of the University Club ( Tmima Sitisis tou Panepistimiou Athinon ), which is located at 15, Ippokratous Str., 4 th floor every day from 9.00 to Ippokratous Street, 4 th floor, Tel.: (+30) , (+30) and (+30) ). The University restaurant is located at 44, Arahovis Str. in the Exarhia area and is open every day (including Sunday) but is closed during the Christmas and Easter holidays, as well as during the summer months of July and August. Opening hours: When using the restaurant, students should bear in mind they must always carry with them their student ID card, which will be given to them upon registration to the Department 9

10 RESIDENCE PERMIT: Students who are neither Greek nor EU citizens should acquire an one-year Residence Permit for Studies. They should apply to the Aliens Department of the municipality of their residence area. In the case of the Municipality of Athens, the office is located at 45 Mezonos Street (corner of Psarron Str.), Metro Station Metaxourgeion. To submit their application, students will be required to provide the following documents: Completed application form for a residence permit for studies Complete photocopy of a valid passport Photocopy of a currently valid visa Three coloured (passport-type) photos Certificate (in Greek) that will certify the student s registration in the Department Proof that the student has health insurance coverage A health certificate from a public hospital (the health examinations are arranged by the University for free, after registration) Evidence of financial means: a. For students that receive a scholarship (tuition fees waiver) from the University of Athens: A Certificate (in Greek), provided by the Secretariat, mentioning that the student receives a scholarship (tuition fees waiver). b. For students receiving a scholarship from another source: A Certificate in Greek provided by the scholarship funding body certifying that the student is in receipt of a scholarship for the current academic year. c. For students not receiving a scholarship: According to the information given by the Athens Municipality, students will be required to pay a fee of (payable at the Municipality). In the case of the Municipality of Athens, the relevant office is located at 22, Liossion Street (corner with Sourmeli Street, close to Omonoia square). Declaration of the student s home address in Athens. COURSEWORK SCHEDULE:: The curriculum is designed around six core courses taught over two semesters (Autumn and Spring, running from the end of September to end of May). Winter Semester: (103) European Integration and Southeastern Europe (111) Politics and Society in Contemporary Southeastern Europe (110) Modern and Contemporary History of Southeastern Europe Spring Semester: (108) The Political Economy of Transition: The Case of Southeastern Europe (105) Nationalism in Southeastern Europe (112) Sources of Conflict in Southeastern Europe 10

11 IN DETAIL: All courses are core courses. There is no provision for students to replace any of the Programme modules with classes from other Postgraduate Programmes. As its title implies, the Postgraduate Programme in Southeast European Studies offers a specialised education in the study of a region of strong significance for both the historical past and political future of Europe. The Programme adopts an interdisciplinary approach, combining history, political science, international relations and political economy. The three Autumn courses provide an overview of the modern and contemporary history of the region, and the role which it has played, an introduction to European integration as the basic framework and reference point for the post-conflict era and on contemporary political structures and economic developments. The three courses of the Spring semester give emphasis on the political and economic transition which the region has passed through, on understanding the sources both of past conflicts and current tensions and on examining the crucial theme of nationalism. WINTER SEMESTER: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE Course Description: This course is designed to introduce students to the history of Southeastern Europe in the modern and contemporary eras. The main objective is to understand the broad historical trends that have shaped the distinct historical developments in the region from the late 18 th century until the end of the 20 th century, while special attention will be given to a discussion of the history of the region within the context of general European history. What is specifically Balkan in Balkan developments is an essential part of the questions under examination. The specific conditions and processes of nation formation and nation-state building in this predominantly agrarian yet geopolitically strategic region will be discussed in the twofold context of empire disintegration and great power rivalry. Further, the course examines the ways in which the South East European newly consolidated states dealt with a wide range of problems related to political institutions and economic development, regional cooperation, integration of ethnic minorities and power alliances, during a period characterized by abrupt changes and upheavals directly impacting SE Europe. It examines these developments from the interwar period to World War II, the advent of communism and the establishment of state socialist systems to the collapse of the Soviet bloc. POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE Course Description: This course investigates major aspects of the contemporary political, economic and social developments in South-Eastern Europe (SEE), covering roughly the era from the end of the Second World War until today, but with special emphasis on the post-communist period. Its central thematic focus is on the process of post-communist democratization, viewed both in the light of the theoretical literature and in comparative perspective. The course aims to promote an understanding of the principal issues of the region s current political, economic and social conditions. EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND SOUTH-EAST EUROPE Course Description: The course sites the evolution of EU-SEE relations in the context of the broader problematic of EU Enlargement. The region currently presents a mosaic of differentiated integration, including full EU members, candidates and applicants for membership, and potential candidates \ Stabilisation and Association partners. The implications of these different relationships will be explained and their future prospects assessed. A central theme of the course concerns the role of Southeastern Europe as a laboratory for the study for Europeanisation. Particular attention will be paid to the impact of EU conditionality and to the nature of the region as a strong test of the Union s capability of living up to its image as a peace and democratization project. The course will also address the potential impact of Enlargement to Southeastern Europe on the future of European integration. 11

12 SPRING SEMESTER: NATIONALISM Course Description: The course aims at the historical and theoretical understanding of Balkan nationalisms. It examines the history of nationalism in the region by focusing on particular countries and their political development since the nineteenth century, and then attempts to put such cases in a broader explanatory context by discussing the main theories of nationalism currently in use. SOURCES OF CONFLICT IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE Course Description: The aim of the course is to provide an overview of diverse social and political trends pointing towards cooperation or conflict in contemporary South East Europe (SEE). Based on the historical specificities of the region and set against the backdrop of the traumatic first post- Communist decade the course will elaborate on trends and events at the local, national and regional level. Analysing both the elite and the grass root levels and particularly interested in their interplay, the course will employ multiple teaching methodologies and approaches. Spanning disciplinary fields from political science, sociology and international relations to conflict studies, anthropology and cultural studies, the course will avoid providing students with a set of fixed disciplinary knowledge. Rather the course is intended to provide plentiful food for thought on actors, structures and processes in contemporary SEE. It will encourage students to seek their own understanding of contemporary SEE and to think creatively about the Balkan societies, their characteristics, strengths, weaknesses and prospects. While the main focus of the course will be on SEE reference will be made to similarities and differences to Central and Eastern Europe and the students are encouraged to think in comparative terms both within the post-communist Europe and beyond. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TRANSITION: THE CASE OF SEE Course Description: This course intends to review, analyze, and critically assess the transition process of South East European economies and societies from 1989 to the present. During the first part of the course students will get the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the organization, operation, and performance of the command economy system which prevailed in the economies of eastern Europe from the 1940s to It will be argued that the means and methods used by the system to solve production and distribution problems gave rise to serious dysfunctions that eventually led to its collapse. During the second part of the course students will focus on the logic, magnitude, scope and nature of the transition process which has led South East European economies from a command to a market model. Policies such as privatization, price liberalization, democratization, as well as the reform of state institutions and their functions will be studied in depth. Given the fact, however, that the transition process is neither uniform nor homogeneous, the historic specificity of each country s experience will be given special attention. The current global crisis will be also addressed in relation to the growth prospects and economic viability of these countries. Finally, the course will address in a rather general way, the aspects of regional cooperation and integration as well as the efforts of all South East European transition economies to complete their European Union trajectory and to comply fully with all conditions that EU accession requires. 12

13 REQUIREMENTS COURSEWORK REQUIREMENTS: During the two semesters, students are required to make oral presentations, take mid-term tests and submit written essays, according to the organization of each course. ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS: - Students are required to be present throughout the teaching terms. Attendance is compulsory at all classes, seminars, guest lectures and all other official Programme activities. - A student who exceeds two (2) unjustified absences in one course will be deemed to have failed the course. - A student who misses a significant part of a class will be deemed to be absent for the whole day. - Auditing by individuals not registered on the Programme is not permitted. - A student who fails a course has the right to be re-examined once. The re-examination period for all courses takes place after the end of the final teaching term. A student who fails more than one course in a semester or who does not fulfill all his\her obligations for the class (participation in all tests and examinations, submitting all written assignments by the set deadlines) does not have the right to be reexamined and will be de-registered from the Programme. Re-examination and/or reassessment for the improvement of passing grades (5 and above) is not permitted. DISSERTATION REQUIREMENTS: - Upon completion of the coursework, students pursue further research leading to the submission of a dissertation on a topic of their choice after the approval of the Coordinating Committee. - The length of the thesis should be 12,000 15,000 words (not including bibliography) on a topic relevant to Southeastern Europe. It is necessary to pass the thesis in order to graduate from the Programme. The grading scale for the thesis is from 0 to 10. A minimum grade of 5 is required to pass. - The thesis is supervised by one of the regular instructors on the Programme or by one of the faculty members of the Department of Political Science of the University of Athens. - The thesis topic should be approved in writing by the supervisor and by the Coordinating Committee by a set deadline. Changes to approved thesis topics require the written agreement of the supervisor and the Coordinating Committee. - A student who is found to have committed plagiarism will be deregistered from the Programme. - The thesis should be submitted in four hard copies to the Secretariat of the Postgraduate Programme before the final deadline set by the Coordinating Committee. Theses may not be submitted electronically. Late submissions will not be accepted. - The thesis is evaluated by a three-person Committee appointed by decision of the General Assembly, following a proposal by the Coordinating Committee. - A student who does not submit the thesis by the deadline does not have the right to submit the thesis the following year. - Resubmission or re-grading of a thesis which has already received a pass mark is not permitted. 13

14 PEOPLE INVOLVED PROGRAMME DIRECTION Coordinating Committee: The Coordinating Committee supervises and coordinates all aspects of the functioning of the Postgraduate Programme. The new Coordinating Committee for the academic year consists of: 1) Christos Lyrintzis (Professor and Programme Director), 2) Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos (Associate Professor) and 3) Susannah Verney (Assistant Professor). ACADEMIC STAFF (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) REGULAR TEACHING STAFF: The teaching staff comes primarily from the Faculty of Political Science & Public Administration of the University of Athens. Academics from other institutions in Greece and abroad may also be invited to teach on the Programme. Ioannis Armakolas (Lecturer, University of Macedonia, Greece) Ioannis Armakolas is Lecturer in the Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. Between January 2009 and June 2010 he was ESRC Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, and between January 2009 and December 2009 Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. He holds a B.A. in International Studies and Political Science from Panteion University (1994), an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Kent (1998) and a PhD from Cambridge University (2007). Ioannis Armakolas is currently Director of Research in a joint policy project on Transforming the Balkans of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS-Washington) and the Hellenic Centre for European Studies (EKEM-Athens). He has taught at the Universities of Peloponnese, Aegean, and Panteion in Greece. He was a Cambridge European Trust Fellow; has received scholarships from the Greek State Scholarships Foundation, the Alexander Onassis Public Benefit Foundation and Fitzwilliam College (Cambridge); and was awarded the 1998 John Burton Prize. He was previously EKEM s Programme Manager for Southeast Europe and the Tip O Neil Fellow in Peace and Conflict Studies at the Initiative on Conflict Resolution & Ethnicity (United Nations University) in Northern Ireland. He has also been Region Head for South East Europe at Oxford Analytica and has worked for several years as a consultant for projects of UK s Department for International Development and the United States Agency for International Development in Bosnia. He speaks Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian. His publications have focused on issues of political competition during political crisis and war, transitional justice and reconciliation, cultural heritage and conflict, identity and place in conflict, doing field work in violent societies, humanitarian aid and war, and minorities and political stability. His main area of research is the former Yugoslavia. Pantelis Lekkas (Associate Professor, University of Athens) Pantelis Lekkas, Member of the Coordinating Committee of the Postgraduate Programme in Southeast European Studies, is Associate Professor of Political Sociology in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Athens. He holds a B.A. in Sociology from Sussex University (1982) and a PhD from Cambridge University (1986). He is the author of three books: Marx on Classical Antiquity: Problems of Historical Methodology (1988), The Nationalist Ideology: Five Working Hypotheses in Historical Sociology (in Greek, 1992, 1996, 2006), Playing With Time: Nationalism and Modernity 14

15 (in Greek, 2001). His research interests include political sociology, historical sociology, classical and modern social theory, and theories of nationalism. Selected Recent Publications: - (2005) Nation and People: The Plasticity of a Relationship, in: F. Birder & T. Dragonas (eds.), Citizenship and the Nation-State in Greece and Turkey, London & New York: Routledge. - (2005) The Greek War of Independence from the Perspective of Historical Sociology, The Historical Review, II. Christos Lyrintzis (Professor, University of Athens) Christos Lyrintzis, Programme Director and Member of the Coordinating Committee of the Postgraduate Programme in Southeast European Studies, is Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Athens. He studied Political Science and Law at the University of Athens and Political Science at the University of London (London School of Economics), where he completed his doctoral thesis. From June 2003 to May 2005 he served as Director and Chairman of the Board of the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE). In , he was Chairman of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens. He has published on political parties, Greek politics, political communication and comparative politics. His current research interests include the comparative study of democracy with special emphasis on SE countries and contemporary political theory. Selected Recent Publications: (2005) The Changing Party System: Stable Democracy, Contested Modernisation, West European Politics, Volume 28, Issue 2. Dimitri Sotiropoulos (Associate Professor, University of Athens) Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos is Associate Professor of Political Science with emphasis on Eastern and Southeastern Europe in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Athens. He holds a Ph.D. from Yale University (1991). He was Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics in January-August He is the author of three books on the contemporary Greek state and public administration and co-editor of three volumes on the post-authoritarian Greek democracy, political institutions and civil society and of one volume on South-East European politics. He has published articles in the following journals: West European Politics, Journal of European Social Policy, British Journal of Sociology, Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, and South European Society and Politics. He is former coordinating editor of the journal Greek Review of Political Science, published by the Hellenic Political Science Association. He is also a regular contributor of book reviews to a Greek Sunday newspaper (To Vima tis Kyriakis). He was Convener of the Work Package, Civil Society and Social Capital, of the EU funded programme Integrating the Balkans in the European Union in In , he was Visiting Fellow in Southeast European Studies at the European Studies Centre, St. Anthony s College, University of Oxford. Selected Publications: - (2006) Democracy and the State in the New Southern Europe (co-edited with Richard Gunther and P. Nikiforos Diamandouros), Oxford: Oxford University Press. - (2002) Is South Eastern Europe Doomed to Instability? (co-edited with Thanos Veremis), London: Frank Cass. George Stubos (Researcher, Bank of Greece) George Stubos was born in Athens in He received his education in Canada (York University BA 1981, MA 1983, University of Toronto, PhD 1988) and taught as a political economy professor at York University in Toronto. His research and teaching interests have focused on the transformation of Eastern European economies and societies after Since 1998, Dr. Stubos has been working for the Bank of Greece as an economic advisor. In this capacity he has travelled extensively in the Balkan region and has participated in many conferences, meetings and seminars focusing on the transition experience. Selected Recent Publications: - (2010) Greek banks investments in the Balkans: Implications for their profitability and financial stability. 15

16 - (2005) Regional integration challenges in Southeast Europe: Banking sector trends. - (2002) Balkan Transition ( ): Turbulent Past, Promising Future. - (1999) The Economic Reconstruction Effort in Post Dayton Bosnia: the First Two Years. - (1998) Economic Restructuring and Integration in the Balkans: Dilemmas, Hopes and Rational Expectations. - (1996) Consent and Consensus in Emerging Democracies: the Case of Eastern Europe. Susannah Verney (Assistant Professor, University of Athens) Susannah Verney is Assistant Professor\Senior Lecturer of European Integration in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Athens. She holds a BA (First Class Honours) from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London and a PhD from King s College London. She formerly worked as a Senior Investigator in the Office of the Greek Ombudsman ( ) and has held Visiting Research Fellowships at the Universities of Bristol, Bradford and the London School of Economics in the UK. Susannah Verney is one of the Editors of the academic journal South European Society & Politics (since 1999) and former Associate Editor of The Journal of Modern Greek Studies ( ). She sits on the Editorial Board of The European Political Science Review and the International Advisory Board of The Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. She is Convenor of the Standing Group on Southern European Politics of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). Selected Recent Publications: - (2011) Euroscepticism in Southern Europe: A Diachronic Perspective, London and New York: Routledge (edited). - (2009) Southern Europe and the Financial Earthquake: Coping with the First Phase of the International Financial Crisis (co-edited with Anna Bosco and Marina Costa Lobo), special issue of the journal South European Society & Politics, vol. 14, no (2009) From Consensus to Conflict: Changing Perceptions of the Cyprus Question in the European Parliament, in T. Diez and N. Tocci (eds.) Cyprus: A Conflict at the Crossroads, Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp (2008) Turkey s Road to European Union Membership: National Identity and Political Change (co-edited with Kostas Ifantis), London and New York: Routledge. - (2007) The Dynamics of EU Accession: Turkish Travails in Comparative Perspective, Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, vol. 9, no. 3, pp Nassia Yakovaki (Assistant Professor, University of Athens) Nassia Yakovaki is Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Social and Political History in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Athens. A graduate of both Athens and Ioannina Universities, she pursued postgraduate studies at the Universities of Essex and Thessaloniki; she holds a PhD from the History Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2001). She has worked in secondary education ( ) as well as in the General State Archives of Greece ( ) and in the Medieval and Modern Hellenism Research Centre of the Academy of Athens ( ). From 2001 until 2009 she taught courses on Modern European History in the Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology of the University of Thessaly in Volos. She is the author of one book and she has published studies and articles in collective volumes and academic journals. Selected Recent Publications: - (2010) «Adamantios Korais The Greek Library ( ): An Ingenious Publisher and the Making of a Nation» in John Spiers and Warwick Gould (Eds), The Culture of the Publisher s Series, , London: Palgrave/ Mcmillan. - (2007) «Ancient and Modern Greeks in the Late 18 th Century: A Comparative Approach from a European Perspective», in Ausdrucksformen und Internationalen Philhellenismus vom Jahrhundert, in the series Philhellenische Studien, vol. 13, Frankfurt/ New York: Peter Lang Verlag. - (2006) Europe via Greece. A Turning-point in European Self-consciousness, 17 th -18 th centuries (in Greek), Athens: Hestia Publishers. 16

17 GUEST LECTURERS/SPECIAL GUESTS: The Postgraduate Programme in Southeast European Studies also includes a series of regular guest lectures on topics relevant to Southeast European studies TUTORS: Each student is assigned a tutor, whose role is to act as a studies advisor. The academic progress of each student will be monitored by their tutor and the Coordinating Committee. ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMME SECRETARIAT: The Secretariat of the Postgraduate Programme in Southeast European Studies is situated in the administration building of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, located in the centre of Athens, just a few minutes walk from Omonoia Square at 6, Themistokleous Street (Metro station: Omonoia), 2 nd Floor, Office no.7. Contact: Dr Anna Vallianatou (Programme Administrator) Telephone: & (&fax) postgrad_see@pspa.uoa.gr Visiting hours: a.m p.m., Monday to Friday. FACULTY S POSTGRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAMMES SECRETARIAT: The Secretariat of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration handling matters related to all the Postgraduate Programmes of the Department is also situated at 6, Themistokleous Street, 2 nd floor, Office no.2. This Secretariat is responsible for registration in the Department, issuing transcripts and certificates (in Greek), and for Student Services (health booklets etc.). Contact: Ms Georgia Astraka Phone number: Visiting hours: a.m p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays. STUDENT RESOURCES/FACILITIES TEACHING FACILITIES (LOCATION AND TRANSPORT): The Teaching Facilities of the Postgraduate Programme in Southeast European Studies are located at 42-44, Aiolou Street on the corner with Kolokotronis Street (Metro station: Monastiraki). The classroom reserved for the exclusive use of our Programme is located on the 2 nd floor. 17

18 FACULTY LIBRARY: The Library of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration is situated at Aiolou Street (5 th and 6 th floor). Following their registration in the Department, all registered students may go to the Library and apply for their individual library card. All postgraduate students registered in the Department are entitled to borrow four books for a period of three days (weekends are included in the lending period). The lending period can be extended once. There are two photocopy machines in the Library. Students may buy photocopy cards from the library staff (from 9.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.). Phone numbers: & , Fax: Working hours (from 15 of September till 14 of June): Monday to Thursday and Friday The Library s working hours are modified during Christmas, Easter and Summer holidays. COMPUTER LABORATORY: The Computer Laboratory of the faculty, located on the 4 th floor of 42-44, Aiolou Str. Building, is open for the postgraduate students of the faculty for free use of its computer facilities. The working hours of the Lab are as follows: Monday & Thursday: and Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday: Computers are accessed using a common account; thus, requiring no username or password entry for the users. No personal space for permanent data storage is provided. Therefore, users should transfer all their files to a portable storage media (USB memory stick, for example) before leaving the Lab. The postgraduate students of the faculty have the right to print up to 50 pages per month for free on the Lab s printer. To acquire a personal access account for the Print Server as well as for any other issue concerning the Computer Lab, users should refer to the Lab Administrator, Mr. Tilemahos Koungouleris, who is available during the Lab s working hours ( tkoungou@pspa.uoa.gr, tel.: ). OTHER ACADEMIC RESOURCES AND FACILITIES IN ATHENS: University Libraries Library of Private International and Comparative Law / Faculty of Law/ University of Athens Address: 33, Ippokratous Str. (2 nd floor, office 9) Working hours: Monday to Friday ( ) Tel: eniavi[at]law.uoa[dot]gr Material: Private international Law, Comparative Law (books and magazines) Library of European Law / Faculty of Law/ University of Athens Address: 47, Akadimias Str. 18

19 Working hours: Monday to Friday ( ) Tel: , dbouloug[at]lib.uoa[dot]gr Material: European Law (books and magazines) Library of the Faculty of Economics/ University of Athens Address: 13A, Navarinou Str. Working hours: Monday to Friday (9: ) Tel: , , oikonepist[at]lib.uoa[dot]gr Material: Economic sciences (books& magazines) Central Library of the Economic University Of Athens Address: 76, Patission Ave. (1 st floor) Working hours: Monday to Thursday ( ), Friday ( ) Tel: (books), (magazines), (European Documentation Center). Material: Economics, Finance, Statistics, Human Resources, European Union Main Library of the University of Piraeus Address: 80, Karaoli & Dimitriou Str., Piraeus (2 nd basement) Working hours: Monday to Friday ( ) Tel: Material: Economics, Computers science, Statistics, Shipping, Finance, European Union Library of Panteion University Address: 136, Syggrou Ave. Working hours: Monday to Thursday ( ), Friday ( ) Tel: libp[at]panteion[dot]gr Material: Social Sciences, Sociology, Political Sciences, European Affairs, International Relations, Contemporary History, Security, Economics Research Institutes Bank of Greece Library Address: 21, El. Venizelos (Panepistimiou) Ave. (3 rd floor) Working hours: Monday to Friday ( ) Tel: , , library[at]bankofgreece[dot]gr Material: Economics Hellenic Institute of European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) Address: 49, Vassilisis Sofias Ave. Working hours: Monday to Friday ( ), only after making an appointment Tel: library[at]eliamep[dot]gr, Website: Material: South East European studies, Greek-Turkish relations, European Union Institute of International Relations Address: 3-5, Hill St., Working hours: Currently closed due to renovation works Tel: , , deca[at]idis[dot]gr 19

20 Material: Social Sciences, Greek-Turkish Relations, Balkans and Europe Maragopoulou Institute on Human Rights Address: 1, Lecabitou St. Working hours: Monday to Wednesday ( ), Friday ( ) Tel: , info[at]mfhr[dot]gr Material: International Law, Human Rights, Democratic Institutions National Research Institute Address: 48, Vas. Konstantinou St. Working hours: Monday to Friday ( ) Tel: , ELECTRONIC SERVICES: The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens provides all postgraduate students with a personal account for access to the electronic services of the University. This account includes: Dialup connection to the university network to use Internet and university member services from home. Users are connected to the network by calling the Uniform Regional Call Number of the University or a local Athens telephone number. V.P.N. (Virtual Private Network) connection to the University network to access university member services from home, while using a fast internet connection. Users are connected to the network through a lightweight, free, open-source programme that establishes a virtual private network to the University network through the existing fast internet connection. Access to the University service. To gain access to the above services after your registration (since the student number is required for the process) fill in the on-line application form for a new account at webadm.uoa.gr (available only in Greek), note the activation code (PIN), print your application and forward it to the Programme Administrator (Dr. Anna Vallianatou). Alternatively, consult your Programme Administrator and fill it in together. Following the submission of your application, the Network Operations Center of the University will create your personal access account as soon as possible. Please consult a Guide for the VPN Services, written by Mr. Vasileios Lykoudis on behalf of the Postgraduate Programme in Southeast European Studies. The Guide is available at the Postgraduate Programme s website (section Studying in Athens/UoA s Electronic Services ) following the link below: For more information on the electronic services of the University please refer to the Network Operations Center (N.O.C.) of the University (tel , fax , helpdesk@noc.uoa.gr, website: from 9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. 20

21 STUDENT SERVICES HEALTH CARE/MEDICAL TREATMENT: All postgraduate students registered in the Department are entitled to free health care services provided/guaranteed by the University until completion of their studies. Student health care includes: Medical and hospital examination, medical care, paraclinical examinations, delivery, physiotherapy, dental care and orthopaedic items. For more information, students may refer to the University Club Health Services at the centre of Athens (University Club building: 15, Ippokratous Str.). The Health Services of the University Club provide the following surgeries: - Pathological and Influenza surgeries Tel. (+30) and (+30) Gynecological surgery: Tel. (+30) Dermatological surgery: Tel. (+30) Radiological laboratory: Tel. (+30) Dental clinic: Tel. (+30) Psychosocial Intervention Unit for University Students and Employees: Tel. (+30) Eye-clinic: Tel. (+30) The Secretariat of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration handling matters related to all the Department s Postgraduate Programmes (6, Themistokleous Street, 2 nd floor, Office no.2) is responsible for the issuance of the students health booklets. Contact: Ms Georgia Astraka Phone number: Visiting hours: a.m p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays. SPORTS FACILITIES: The University Sports Centre and its sports installations are situated at the University Campus in Ano Ilisia and they are at the disposal of all the students of Athens University. Interested students can select any of the following activities: Tennis, Basketball, Volleyball, Football, Swimming, Shooting, Traditional dancing, Classical Sports, Table Tennis, Gymnastics Physical conditioning, Aerobics, Chess, Badminton. Registration takes place daily. Students who are interested in registering have to bring their student identity card and one recent photograph. The Sports Centre operates only on weekdays. Contact numbers: (+30) , (+30) , (+30) , (+30) and (+30) STUDENT LIFE Athens is simultaneously a city with a rich historical past and a vibrant modern European capital. Modern Athens offers many possibilities for entertainment and cultural activities, such as drama festivals and music concerts. You can either choose to visit the various ancient sights, monuments and museums located in the city centre or you may also decide to organize a short excursion to close destinations not very far from the city by using a variety of transportation means. (See below section Entertainment ). 21

22 EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Visit to the Acropolis Museum: Since September 2009, the visit to the Acropolis Museum is planned to form a regular feature of the Postgraduate Programme s Orientation Week from now on. In addition, since the academic year , an optional day trip to Hydra Island (one hour and fifty minutes by hydrofoil from Athens) was organised by Dr Nassia Yakovaki. The participating students discovered at first hand how Hydra offers a fascinating case study of the interrelationship between the international, the national and the local. The group visited the Historical Archive of Hydra and learned about the impact of the Balkan Question and national movements on the development of this island town. Dr Yakovaki relaunched this day trip to Hydra along with the new students of the Postgraduate Programme. During the academic year , Dr. Yakovaki and the students launched the Ottoman Walk, a visit to Ottoman Athens in the framework of a class of Modern and Contemporary History Of Southeastern Europe (November 2011). 22

23 The welcome party takes place between students and staff after the Orientation meeting, at the SEE Programme classroom. The farewell party for the students and staff takes place after the end of the examination period at the Athens University Museum in Plaka. In the shadow of Acropolis, students and academic staff have the chance to drink a glass of wine and have a chat after a hardworking academic year. LIVING IN ATHENS - TRANSPORTATION: Foreign students living in Athens may choose among a range of transport means for their movements in the centre of Athens as well as in the suburbs. -Buses - trolleybuses: Athens is served by several bus and trolleybus lines. For more information students may refer to the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) website at -Athens Metro: The network consists of three lines - Line 1 (the old Athens-Piraeus electric rail service known as ISAP), Line 2 (underground) and Line 3 (underground) - covering a considerable part of the Attica region. For more information visit the Athens Metro website at and the Piraeus electric rail (ISAP) website at -Tram: The tram network connects the centre of Athens (Syntagma Square) to the southern (coastal) suburbs. For more information visit the Tram website at -Suburban Railway (or Proastiakos): It accommodates travel to/from Athens and the Eleftherios Venizelos Athens International Airport, as well as neighbouring cities Corinth, Kiato and Chalkida. For more information visit the Trainose website at -Larissis Railway Station: It serves railway lines to central and northern Greece. For more information visit the Hellenic Railways Organization (O.S.E.) at -Taxis: All taxis are yellow and equipped with a meter displaying the fare. The driver is obliged to activate the meter upon hire. From 05:00-24:00hrs Tariff 1 applies, while from 24:00-05: 00 hrs Tariff 2 (which means additional cost) comes into effect. After registering with the Programme, students are entitled to issue student passes for the Athens Public Transportation. Student tickets for the Athens Mass Transit System range between euros and are valid for up to 90 minutes after their validation. 24-hour tickets are available for 4 euros and one-month student cards for 23 euros. 23

24 - ENTERTAINMENT: During your stay in Athens, do not miss the opportunity to watch an ancient Greek drama at the Odeion of Herodes Atticus (Roman theatre) or a concert on various open theatres. There are also many modern theatres and concert venues with activities going on all the time, such as the National Theatre of Greece (near Omonoia Square), the Athens Concert Hall (at Vassilissis Sofias Street), the Athens Festival (held every summer from June to September at the open air Roman Herodus Atticus Odeon and at range of other venues in Athens), the National Opera House (the oldest opera theatre in Greece) and the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus (at Piraeus). The most notable sights and monuments in Athens include the Acropolis and the New Acropolis Museum, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Ancient Theatre of Dionysos, the Philopappou Hill, the Ancient Agora, Kerameikos, Plato s Academy (Akademia Platonos) and many Byzantine churches. Out of a wide variety of museums located in Athens the National Archaeological Museum, the National Gallery-Alexandros Soutzos Museum, the Benaki Museum, the Byzantine Museum, the Goulandris Museum of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art, the Goulandris Natural History Museum ( Gaia Centre) are among those definitely worth visiting. In addition, you can enjoy walking along the Dionysiou Aeropaghitou Street and around the stone-paved narrow streets of the Plaka district, the pedestrian precinct at the foot of the Acropolis, with its wonderful view of the rock of the Acropolis and the Parthenon. You can relax in the coffee shops, restaurants and bars as well as go shopping in the numerous squares in the city centre (Syntagma, Kolonaki, Psyrri, Thisseion, Monastiraki, Gazi) or you can visit the Northern suburbs (Psihiko, Filothei, Maroussi, Kifissia, with their sumptuous 19th century villas and tree-lined streets), or Southern coastal suburbs (Faliro, Glyhada, Voula, Vouliagmeni), ideal for walks by the sea. Alternatively, you can enjoy your walk at the National Garden located in the city centre right next to the Parliament (Syntagma Square). For a day trip escape from the Athens city centre, you may choose to visit Mount Parnitha (a place/space of natural beauty), the sanctuary of Sounion (with the famous Temple of Poseidon), the archaeological site of Elefsina (or Elefsis, where the Great Elefsinian Mysteries used to take place) and Marathon (well-known for the historic battle that took place there), all of them located in the broader area of Attica. A short trip away by bus or Metro is the port of Piraeus, the starting point for boats leaving for the numerous Greek islands. In particular, tourist offices organize daily cruises to the splendid islands of the Saronic (Saronikos) Gulf; that is, Salamina, Aegina, Angistri, Hydra, Poros and Spetses. For more detailed information, the electronic version of an Athens tourist guide is available at the Postgraduate Programme s website at 24

25 The Alumnus Network was created to help our 362 former students from 30 countries to stay in touch with each other and with the Programme. ALUMNI NEWSLETTER:: In the academic year , the Postgraduate Programme in SEE studies launched SEE Alumnus, a special newsletter for the Programme s alumni in order to mark its tenth anniversary. SEE Alumnus was given a warm welcome by alumni and staff. Until now three issues of the SEE Alumnus newsletter have been published and the fourth will soon be available. ALUMNI EVENTS:: Within the context of the Postgraduate Programme in SEE studies, an annual event has also been launched, which allows our Alumni to maintain contact with the Programme and to meet current students. The first alumnus event was a lecture on Europe in the Balkans or the Balkans in Europe? Some British Reflections, given by the Ambassador of the United Kingdom, Dr David Landsman, OBE in April The second alumnus event was the lecture by the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina Professor Boron Bronza on Bosnia and Herzegovina and Europe - Centuries of Belonging in May During the academic year , Professor Jan Zelonka s (Oxford Univeristy) lecture on the European Union as Empire was the Alumnus event of the year (March 2011). During the academic year , Christos Papazoglou, Associate Professor at Panteion University and Consultant at the Bank of Greece, gave an Alumni lecture on The euro area sovereign debt crisis and the economies of SEE (April 2012). The class of