Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras has been appointed as a short-term, resident Policy Fellow of Harvard University’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) and The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) during the spring 2025 academic term.
As Daniel Ziblatt, Director of CES and Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard said, “The financial and refugee crises in the first part of this century continue to reverberate in our current moment. Mr. Tsipras’ presence on campus will allow us to learn from his experiences in high-level political negotiations contending with those challenges as well as from his efforts to offer an alternative to austerity and to facilitate the historic Prespa Agreement.”
As a Policy Fellow, the former SYRIZA leader will spend time at both CES on Harvard’s main campus in Cambridge, MA as well as at Harvard’s CHS campus in Washington, DC. He will deliver lectures, engage in discussions with faculty, students, and scholars, and participate in meetings and workshops, the university said.
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies is the oldest and largest university center in the United Stated dedicated to the study of Europe. Founded in 1969, the Center has served as a forum for vibrant discussions on Europe, which nurture the exchange of ideas across disciplines, sectors, generations, and across the Atlantic.
We are pleased to announce that Alexis Tsipras, former Greek PM, who was elected on an anti-austerity platform during the #Eurocrisis, will serve as a CES Policy Fellow this spring. @atsipras @ATsiprasInst
— Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (@EuropeAtHarvard) February 11, 2025
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