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Angelos Chaniotis was born in Athens and received his undergraduate education at the University of Athens. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Ancient History from the University of Heidelberg in 1984, followed by study of law at the University of Bonn from 1985 to 1986. In 1992, he received his Habilitation in Ancient History from the University of Heidelberg. He has held teaching and research positions at the University of Heidelberg, New York University, the University of Oxford, and the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
Bicycles carrying kilos of fish….rock concerts…. the world’s biggest sandwich…art made out of packaged food, NGO network building……. 2nd hand designer clothing……. online platforms for volunteering solutions……taxis and potatoes…..ethical hairdressing salons…… professional internships….
Youtube playlist? Coffee shop eavesdropping? Twitter madness?
No, all of the above and much more were practical solutions proposed by ACT students to meet the needs of two local non-profit organizations during the event “Big changes start with small solutions”.
On Wednesday, February 20, the Dukakis Center hosted a small delegation of journalists and civil society leaders from Kosovo for an informal round table discussion on the state of Kosovar five years after the declaration of statehood. The speakers included Fliaka Surroi, Ilir Deda, Armend Muja, and Berat Rukiqi, who appeared courtesy of Eliamep and Kipred, leading think tanks in Athens and Pristina, respectively.
Dimitris Katsoudas, former Secretary General of European Affairs, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spoke at ACT on Monday, March 11, under the auspices of the Michael and Kitty Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service, on the topcic of "Phoenix Rising from the Ashes: How Greece can Recover.
The Grundvig grant application deadline is the 30th April 2013 and potential applicants can check with their national agency for the eligibility criteria (see pdf). The grant is for inhabitants of EU member countries (unfortunately not for persons living in Greece).
The Dukakis Center welcomed former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Spyros Kouvelis for the inaugural Dukakis Lecture of the Spring 2013 semester on Monday, February 18, for a talk on Development Perspectives, Reform, and Outward Opening of Greek Entrepreneurship.
On Friday December 21st the Christmas Charity Drive that had been running for a number of weeks was concluded. Boxes of canned and dry food, cleaning products, toiletries, office supplies and stationary which had been gathered in bins on campus and in the study abroad student apartments overflowed. Products donated by Anatolia High-School and ACT students and staff were moved on that day by student volunteers with the Anatolia maintenance truck, to the offices of Desmos on Lagada Street.
Dr. Livingtson Merchant was the featured participant in a round table discussion on the theme «Good students, bad students» on December 17, in the Bissell Library. Dr. Merchant was joined by a group of ACT faculty and a small cohort of Maria Patsarika's freshman honors students.
