The Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy, as part of the “Special Tributes” series, is organising an event on the life and work of Theodoros Kouloubis on Wednesday, 5 June 2024 at 19:00 in the Senate Chamber of the Hellenic Parliament.

Theodoros Kouloubis was the founder of the science of International Relations in Greece. He was born in Thessaloniki in 1935 as a child of refugees from Asia Minor. His father, an artillery officer, fought in Albania and was killed in the Battle of Crete in 1941. He emigrated to the USA to study, completing his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Connecticut and his doctorate at American University in Washington (1964). From 1965 to 1983 he was Professor of International Relations at the School of International Service at American University. From 1983 to 1989 he served as a professor at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and from 1990 until his retirement (2002) he served at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He was President of the Society for International Law and International Relations (1985-87) and President of the Foundation for Studies of the Aegean Peninsula (1988-90). He co-founded the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), serving as its President (1993-5) and Director General (1998-2006). His work decisively determined the development of International Relations in Greece, while his public interventions contributed to the modernization of the public sphere. A model of democratic citizenship, his testimony to Congress in 1971 led to his being declared persona non grata by the junta.

The following will speak about Theodoros Kouloubis at the event:

Kostas Yfantis, Professor, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences / Chairman of the Board, Institute of International Relations (IDIS) / Chairman, Scientific Committee, Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy

“A liberal realist: Theoretical eclecticism in the work of Theodoros Kouloubis”

Konstantinos Chatzikonstantinou,Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

“War and Peace in the teaching of Thodoris Kouloubis”

Loukas Tsoukalis,Professor Emeritus, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens / Chairman of the Board, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) / Professor, School of International Affairs (SciencesPo), Paris

“The Europeanism of Theodoros Kouloubis”

Evanhtis Chatzivasileiou, Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens/ Secretary General, Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy.

“The historical thought of Theodoros Kouloubis”

Alexis Papachelas, journalist/director, newspaper KATHIMERINI

“The public speech of Theodoros Kouloubis”

The event will be moderated by Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, Professor at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Director of the Konstantinos Karamanlis Foundation and former Minister.

Entrance is free for the public upon presentation of an identity card.For more Information: https://foundation.parliament.gr/