CAMBRIDGE, MA – GreekNewsUSA
Alexis Tsipras, Greece’s Prime Minister (2015-2019), 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, CES has announced.
“We are privileged to host Alexis Tsipras, who as prime minister participated in and witnessed some of the most decisive moments in Europe’s 21st-century history,” said Daniel Ziblatt, Director of CES and Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard. “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, Tsipras 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 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. CES also invites prominent public leaders to serve as Policy Fellows to enrich the academic research and training it advances with insights from the world of practice, as well as support the university’s commitment to foster student engagement in civic life and public service.
The Center for Hellenic Studies is Harvard’s preeminent institution dedicated to the study of Hellenic civilization in its widest sense. Today, it stands as a premier research facility, cultivating a repository of materials that attracts scholars, researchers, and students from all over the world. The Center has both a campus in Washington, DC and an office in Nafplio, Greece.
