Athanasios Moulakis
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Athanasios Moulakis is the current Provost of the American University of Iraq - Sulaimani (AUI-S) and a former Professor and Acting President and Chief Academic Officer, Professor of Government at the American University of Afghanistan
.
, Greece in 1945, he taught political theory and the history of political thought at German universities, the London School of Economics
and the European University Institute
of Florence where he was Head of the department of political and social sciences. After engagements at UCSD
, Harvard
, and St. John's College he was named Herbst Professor of Humanities at the University of Colorado
, Boulder. He was the professor of public communication at the University of Italian Switzerland
in Lugano before moving on to the American University of Afghanistan
, which he left in 2009. His "Beyond Utility Liberal Education for a Technological Age" received the AAC&U's prize for best book on liberal education in 1995.
at the beginning of 2008 after serving as a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
in Washington, DC, and as Onassis Foundation Fellow in Athens, Greece. Previously, he was director of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the University of Lugano. Over an 11-year period Dr. Moulakis was Herbst Professor of Humanities and Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado
, where he was also founding Director of the Herbst Program of Humanities.
Dr. Moulakis has held other academic and administrative assignments at European and North American colleges, institutes, and universities. A partial list includes the European University Institute in Florence, where he served as head of the Department of Political and Social Sciences; a Fulbright professorship at the University of Jena, Germany; the London School of Economics; St. John’s College, Annapolis; Harvard University; and the University of California, San Diego.
His publication list includes a large number of books and articles on topics in the humanities, political theory, public policy, higher education, international relations, and other scholarly fields. With a Dr.Phil. (magna cum laude) degree from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Dr. Moulakis has published and lectured in five languages. He has received numerous academic honors and awards, including the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ prize for best book on liberal education.
American University of Afghanistan
The American University of Afghanistan is Afghanistan’s first private, not-for-profit institution of higher education. Chartered in 2004, AUAF offers undergraduate degree programs as well as intensive English-language college preparatory courses and continuing education and professional...
.
Life
Born in AthensAthens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece in 1945, he taught political theory and the history of political thought at German universities, the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
and the European University Institute
European University Institute
The European University Institute ' in Florence is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute established by European Union member states to contribute to cultural and scientific development in the social sciences, in a European perspective...
of Florence where he was Head of the department of political and social sciences. After engagements at UCSD
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
, Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, and St. John's College he was named Herbst Professor of Humanities at the University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
, Boulder. He was the professor of public communication at the University of Italian Switzerland
Università della Svizzera italiana
Università della Svizzera italiana is a public university located in Lugano, Switzerland, founded in 1996...
in Lugano before moving on to the American University of Afghanistan
American University of Afghanistan
The American University of Afghanistan is Afghanistan’s first private, not-for-profit institution of higher education. Chartered in 2004, AUAF offers undergraduate degree programs as well as intensive English-language college preparatory courses and continuing education and professional...
, which he left in 2009. His "Beyond Utility Liberal Education for a Technological Age" received the AAC&U's prize for best book on liberal education in 1995.
Academic career
Dr. Moulakis joined the American University of AfghanistanAmerican University of Afghanistan
The American University of Afghanistan is Afghanistan’s first private, not-for-profit institution of higher education. Chartered in 2004, AUAF offers undergraduate degree programs as well as intensive English-language college preparatory courses and continuing education and professional...
at the beginning of 2008 after serving as a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars , located in Washington, D.C., is a United States Presidential Memorial that was established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by an act of Congress in 1968...
in Washington, DC, and as Onassis Foundation Fellow in Athens, Greece. Previously, he was director of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the University of Lugano. Over an 11-year period Dr. Moulakis was Herbst Professor of Humanities and Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
, where he was also founding Director of the Herbst Program of Humanities.
Dr. Moulakis has held other academic and administrative assignments at European and North American colleges, institutes, and universities. A partial list includes the European University Institute in Florence, where he served as head of the Department of Political and Social Sciences; a Fulbright professorship at the University of Jena, Germany; the London School of Economics; St. John’s College, Annapolis; Harvard University; and the University of California, San Diego.
His publication list includes a large number of books and articles on topics in the humanities, political theory, public policy, higher education, international relations, and other scholarly fields. With a Dr.Phil. (magna cum laude) degree from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Dr. Moulakis has published and lectured in five languages. He has received numerous academic honors and awards, including the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ prize for best book on liberal education.
Published works
- Simone WeilSimone WeilSimone Weil , was a French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist.-Biography:Weil was born in Paris to Alsatian agnostic Jewish parents who fled the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. She grew up in comfortable circumstances, and her father was a doctor. Her only sibling was...
and the Politics of Self-Denial, Athanasios Moulakis, Translated from German by Ruth Hein, Publisher: University of Missouri Press Pub. Date: February 1998 ISBN 9780826211620
- History of Political Ideas: Hellenism, Rome, and Early ChristianityEarly ChristianityEarly Christianity is generally considered as Christianity before 325. The New Testament's Book of Acts and Epistle to the Galatians records that the first Christian community was centered in Jerusalem and its leaders included James, Peter and John....
, Vol. 1 by Athanasios Moulakis (Editor), Eric Voegelin, Athanasios Moulakis Publisher: University of Missouri Press Pub. Date: June 1997 ISBN 9780826211262
- Promise of History: Essays in Political Philosophy by Athanasios Moulakis (Editor) Publisher: Walter de GruyterWalter de GruyterWalter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG is a scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. Its origins date back to 1749 when it was given the right to print books by King Frederick II of Prussia. -De Gruyter Mouton:...
, Inc. Pub. Date: December 1985 ISBN 9783110100433
- Republican Realism in Renaissance Florence: Francesco Guicciardini's "Discorso di Logrogno" by Athanasios Moulakis, Francesco GuicciardiniFrancesco GuicciardiniFrancesco Guicciardini was an Italian historian and statesman. A friend and critic of Niccolò Machiavelli, he is considered one of the major political writers of the Italian Renaissance...
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: May 1998 ISBN 9780847689934
- Beyond Utility: Liberal Education for a Technological Age by Athanasios Moulakis Publisher: University of Missouri PressUniversity of Missouri PressThe University of Missouri Press is a university press founded in 1958 at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.-External links:*...
Pub. Date: December 1993 ISBN 9780826209290
- Legitimacy/Legitimate: Proceedings of the Conference Held in Florence, June 3–4, 1982 (Publications of the European Univ Inst, Series C: Political) by Editor-Athanasios Moulakis Publisher: Walter de GruyterWalter de GruyterWalter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG is a scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. Its origins date back to 1749 when it was given the right to print books by King Frederick II of Prussia. -De Gruyter Mouton:...
Inc Date Published: 1986-07 ISBN 9780899251066
- Homonoia: Eintracht und Entwicklung eines politischen Bewusstseins Publisher: List Verlag, Pub.Date: Muenchen 1973 ISBN 3-417-87135-8
See also
- Eric VoegelinEric VoegelinEric Voegelin, born Erich Hermann Wilhelm Vögelin, was a German-born American political philosopher. He was born in Cologne, then Imperial Germany, and educated in political science at the University of Vienna. He became a teacher and then an associate professor of political science at the...
- Ellis SandozEllis SandozEllis Sandoz is the Hermann Moyse Jr. Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of the Eric Voegelin Institute for American Renaissance Studies...
- Eugene WebbEugene WebbEugene Webb is Professor Emeritus in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. Webb holds a Ph.D., in Comparative Literature from Columbia University , an M.A. in English Literature from Columbia University and also a B.A., in Philosophy from the...
- American philosophyAmerican philosophyAmerican philosophy is the philosophical activity or output of Americans, both within the United States and abroad. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy notes that while American philosophy lacks a "core of defining features, American Philosophy can nevertheless be seen as both reflecting and...
- List of American philosophers