NICOLAS PREVELAKIS
Curriculum Vitae October 2009
CURRENT ADDRESS
Work: Committee on Degrees in Social Home: 318 Highland Avenue, Apt.5 Studies, Harvard University Somerville MA 02144 59 Shepard Street Tel. 617 513‐0744 Cambridge, MA 02144 Tel. 617 495‐5152 [email protected]
PERSONAL
Born January 14th, 1976, in Athens, Greece; educated (high school and university) in Paris, France; in the United States since 2000; single.
CURRENT POSITION
o Lecturer, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University, and Assistant Course Head for Social Studies 10 (main concentration course for sophomores).
o Senior Fellow, Institute for the Advancement of the Social Sciences, The University Professors Program, Boston University.
o Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Boston University.
EDUCATION
o Ph.D., Political Sociology, Boston University, June 2006.
o Ph.D., Moral and Political Philosophy, University of Paris‐Sorbonne, December 2001.
o D.E.A., History of Philosophy, University of Pantheon‐Sorbonne, June 1998.
o Maîtrise, Moral and Political Philosophy, University of Paris‐Sorbonne, June 1997.
1 TEACHING & OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
HARVARD UNIVERSITY (2006present)
o Lecturer on Social Studies (Courses: Nationalism; Nationalism and Religion; Globalization and the NationState; Introduction to Social Theory).
o Assistant Course Head, Social Studies 10 (main concentration course for sophomores)
o Senior thesis advisor (Theses themes: Brazilian Immigration in the US, Norwegian Nationalism and European Integration, Secularization Theory).
o Faculty member of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies. Co‐responsible for the Center’s summer academic program in Nafplion, Greece.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY (2001‐2010)
o Teaching Assistant for the following courses: Political Economy (2001); Nationalism in Comparative Perspective (2002, 2004); Modern Passions (2003); Hellenism and Modernity (2003, 2005); Racism and AntiSemitism (2005); Culture and Society (2004, 2005); Sociology of Culture (2005).
o Associate Director, Institute for the Advancement of the Social Sciences, Boston University:
• Responsible for the Institute’s Hellenism and Modernity Program (fund raising, course development, organization of a student conference and a bi‐weekly lecture series).
• Founding member of the Boston School of Nationalism Studies and co‐ organizer of its first meeting in October 2004.
• Organizing Committee, Boston University Conference on the State of the Social Sciences, 5‐6 December 2002.
o Fall 2009: Lecturer on International Relations (Course: The Politics of Ethnicity, Nationalism and Religion in International Relations).
HELLENIC COLLEGE (20062007)
o Instructor in Sociology (Courses: Sociology, Research Methodology).
2 HONORS
AWARDS
o Certificate of Distinction in Teaching for Social Studies 10 (Spring 2009), Derek Bok Center for Teaching & Learning, Harvard University.
o Certificate of Distinction in Teaching for Social Studies 10 (Fall 2008), Derek Bok Center for Teaching & Learning, Harvard University.
o Certificate of Distinction in Teaching for Social Studies 10 (Spring 2008), Derek Bok Center for Teaching & Learning, Harvard University.
o Certificate of Distinction in Teaching for Nationalism (Fall 2007), Derek Bok Center for Teaching & Learning, Harvard University.
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
o “Hellenism and Modernity” Program Grant for the Institute for the Advancement of the Social Sciences, Greek Ministry of Culture (2003‐2006).
o Graduate Fellowship, The University Professors Program, Boston University (2001‐ 2003).
o Doctoral Fellowship, The Leventis Foundation, Paris (1999‐2000).
o Graduate Studies Scholarship, The French Ministry of Education (1998 ‐1999).
PUBLICATIONS
MONOGRAPHS
o Personne et nature humaines. La fondation d’une anthropologie à Byzance: IVème XIVème siecles (Personhood and Human Nature. The Foundation of an Anthropology in Byzantium: 4th‐14th centuries), éditions du CNRS, Paris, forthcoming.
ARTICLES & CHAPTERS
o “Nationalism, Anti‐Westernism, and Neo‐Orthodoxy” prepared for submission at the Greek Orthodox Theological Review, Hellenic College Press, Brookline MA.
o “The Notion of Status‐Inconsistency and Its Relevance in Greek Political History,” prepared for submission at the ASN (Association for the Study of Nationalities) Nationalities Papers, Routledge. 3
o “Nationalism, Religion, and Secularization: An Opportune Moment for Research” (with Jonathan Eastwood), accepted for publication at the Review or Religious Research.
o “Politics and Religion,” in Wade Clark Room and Mark Juergensmeyer (eds.), Encyclopedia of Global Religion, SAGE, forthcoming.
o “The Formation of Ethnic and National Identities” (with Liah Greenfeld), Compendium of the International Studies Association, Blackwell Publishing, forthcoming.
o “The Fourth Crusade in Sociological Perspective,” Echoes of the Fourth Crusade, Hellenic College Press, Brookline MA, forthcoming.
o “L’Eglise Orthodoxe et la diaspora grecque” (The Greek Orthodox Church and the Greek Diaspora), Proceedings of the conference: Arméniens et Grecs en diaspora: approches comparatives (Armenians and Greeks in Diaspora, Comparative Approaches), Euroconference organized by the Ecole Française d’Athènes, 2007.
o “The Historical, Philosophical, and Theological Background of Jean Gottman’s Concept of Iconography,” Ekistics, Spring 2005.
OPEDS
o “The Greek Riots. An Interpretation,” Harvard International Review, January 2009.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
o “Neo‐Orthodoxy as Religious Reform in Modern Greece,” Association for the Study of Eastern Christianity (ASEC), bi‐annual meeting, Columbus, Ohio, October 1‐4, 2009.
o ”A World of Nations: Applying the Theories of Liah Greenfeld to Comparative Politics” (panel participant), Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), Columbia, April 25th, 2009.
o “Nationalism and Religious Transformation in 19th Century Greece,” Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies in Nafplion, Greece, 23 June 2008.
o “Nationalism and Religion. The Greek Case,” Occasional Lectures on the Sociology of Culture, Boston University, 6 November 2007.
o “Political Theologies”, panel chair, Modern Greek Studies Association Symposium,
4 Yale, 18 October 2007.
o “Nationalism and the Secularization Hypothesis” (with Jonathan Eastwood), Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Meeting, Tampa, Florida, 2 November 2007.
o “Nationalism and Status Inconsistency: the Greek Case”, Social Science History Association Meeting, Chicago Illinois, 18 November 2004.
o “The Fourth Crusade in Sociological Perspective,” International Conference on the Fourth Crusade, Hellenic College, Brookline MA, 23 October 2004.
o “Religion and Nationalism in Modern Greece;” 1rst Meeting of the Boston School of Nationalism Studies, Boston University, 8 December 2003.
o “The Spirit of Greek Nationalism: an Examination of the Greek Case in Light of Greenfeld’s Conceptual Framework”, 1rst Ph.D. Symposium on Modern Greece, London School of Economics, 21 June 2003.
o “The Nature of Science: Introductory Remarks”, Boston University International Conference on the State of the Social Sciences, Boston University, 5‐6 December 2002. o “The Political Philosophy of the Eastern Roman Empire”, in Religion and Politics, organized by Rémi Brague, Department of Philosophy, University of Pantheon‐ Sorbonne, November 1999.
o “Different Visions of Human Nature. The Original Sin in Eastern and Western Christianity,” in Cultures of the European East, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, October 1999.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
o Member of the American Political Science Association (APSA)
o Member of the American Sociological Association (ASA)
o Member of the Association for the Study of Eastern Christianity (ASEC)
o Member of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
o Member of the Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA)
o Member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR)
LANGUAGES
5 o French (fluent reading, writing, speaking)
o Modern Greek (fluent)
o Ancient Greek (proficient)
o German (working knowledge)
REFERENCES
Richard Tuck, Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government, Harvard University, 1737 Cambridge Street, CGIS, Knafel Building 404, Cambridge MA 02138. Email. [email protected] Tel. 617 496‐0967.
Liah Greenfeld, University Professor & Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Boston University, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02144. Email. [email protected]
Anya Bernstein, Senior Lecturer and Director of Studies, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University. Tel. 617 495‐2163. Email. [email protected].
Lily Macrakis, Professor of History and Dean, Hellenic College, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline MA 02245. Tel. 617 850‐1200. Email. [email protected].
Silia Nikolaidou, Professor of Sociology, University of Thessaly, Argonafton & Fillelinon, 38221, Volos, Greece. Tel. +30242074794, Email. [email protected].
Michel Bruneau, Director of Research Emeritus, C.N.R.S., MSHA, 10 Esplanade des Antilles, 33607 PESSAC, Tel. +33556844578, Email. [email protected].
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