1 Curriculum Vitae Konstantina E. Botsiou
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CURRICULUM VITAE KONSTANTINA E. BOTSIOU Associate Professor of Modern History and International Politics, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of the Peloponnese Director, Centre for Greek and n International History (KEDIS), University of the Peloponnese Research interests Modern and Contemporary Greek and European History, History of European integration, Balkan History, Cold War, Greek Foreign Policy, Transatlantic Relations Contact Email: [email protected], [email protected] https://uop-gr.academia.edu/KBotsiou https://www.linkedin.com/in/konstantina-botsiou-37177b5a/?originalSubdomain=gr Α. STUDIES AND CAREER Konstantina E. Botsiou was born in Athens in 1968. She graduated with honors from the Department of History & Archaeology of the Philosophical School at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and she holds a PhD degree from the University of Tübingen in Germany (1998, magna cum laude). Ι. TEACHING For ten years she taught at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Athens (1998-2008), first as an Adjunct Lecturer (1998-2003), then as Lecturer in Modern European and Greek History (2003-2008). Between 1998 and 2003 she was teaching the undergraduate courses “Defense Policy and Strategy”, “Greek Foreign Policy” and “Modern Diplomatic Practice”, as well as the postgraduate courses “Southeast Europe in International Relations”, “Comparative Diplomatic Practice”. Between 2003 and 2008 she was teaching the undergraduate courses “Modern Greek History”, “Contemporary Greek History”, “World and European History I”, “World and European History II” as well as the postgraduate courses “Special Topics of European History” and “European Integration and Greece”. For nine years (2000-2008) she was instructor and coordinator of the section “Southeast European History and Culture, 19th-20th centuries” of the English-speaking “MA in Southeast European Studies” of the University of Athens and she was also a member of the MA Coordinating Committee (2004-2008). During the same period she was also teaching in the undergraduate programs “European and International Studies” (1998-2003) and “Political Science and Sociology” (2004-2008) of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration. All in all, she offered classes in three out of the four postgraduate programs of the Department. In parallel, she was coordinator of the Department’s Erasmus program and the Library Committee (2004-2008), as well as a member of the Department’s Labs for European Studies and Greek-German Studies. 1 Today she is Associate Professor of Modern History and International Politics at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the University of the Peloponnese. She teaches in all semesters of studies, in particular the undergraduate courses “Modern Greek History”, “Modern World and European History”, “History of European Integration”, “American Politics, “ “Special Issues of Modern History” as well as the postgraduate courses “History of International Relations”, “History of European Governance” and “History of European Integration” of the MA Program “Governance and Public Policies”. Every year she organizes a dynamic simulation of American Presidential Elections in the course “American Politics” together with colleagues from the University of Athens. She also organizes special expert seminars e.g. about the practical diplomacy, the design of historical documentaries, talent build-up in studies and professional life etc. Additionally, she teaches in other MA programs of the University of the Peloponnese and is a frequent visiting speaker in other Greek and international educational institutions. Since 2015 she is Visiting Professor and since 2018 also Honorary Lecturer at the Hellenic National Defense College (HNDC) in the main educational section “Political and Diplomatic History. She is a frequent consultant in crisis management exercises and simulations for national and international security organizations. ΙΙ. RESEARCH – ARCHIVAL WORK Her research work is based on systematic archival research in numerous Greek and international public and private archives (US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium etc.). During her doctoral studies she worked as a researcher at the Jean Monnet Chairs for European Integration at the Universities of Tübingen (1993-1996) and Florence (1993), participating also in the publication of the 3-volume bilingual work (English-German) The United Nations and Its Predecessors, eds. F. Knipping, F., H. von Mangoldt & V. Rittberger, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, while she was also coordinator of the Erasmus Program. She has been academic coordinator in several research projects and she has co-operated as researcher with various organizations from Greece and abroad: e.g. ELIAMEP, IDIS, EKEM, University of Macedonia, Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy, Konstantinos G. Karamanlis Foundation, Konstantinos K. Mitsotakis Foundation, Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy, Free University of the Hellenic Society for the Promotion of Learning, Centre of Culture, Research and Documentation of the Bank of Greece, Konrad-Adenaur- Stiftung, Wilfied Martenscentre for European Studies, Fondation Robert Schuman, Fondation Charles de Gaulle, LSE IDEAS, a.o. Between 2007 and 2009 she cooperated with the National Audiovisual Archive of Greece (NAA), as coordinator for the documentation of the Greek newsreels of the period 1974-1981. This particular section was the first to be concluded by the Archive and is now kept in the Historical Archive of the National Broadcasting Agency (ERT). Between 2013 and 2015 she was a research fellow of the Southeast International Affairs Program at the LSE-IDEAS think tank. Between 2015 and 2017 she was academic coordinator of the research project for the establishment of the Historical Archives of the Hellenic Policy Force at the Ministry of Citizen Protection. 2 ΙΙΙ. ADMINISTRATIVE WORK She has been a board member as well as member of academic councils in various Greek and international organizations: e.g. board member of the National Library of Greece (2005-2008), the Academic Council of the Diplomatic Academy at the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2007- 2008), the Academic Council of the Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy (2001-2010), the Academic Council of the Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy (2008-2010), the Wilfried Martenscentre for European Studies in Brussels (2011-2014), the Maniatakeion Foundation (2019-), The Council (2019-). She has been Deputy Director of the European Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Athens (2006-2008). Between 2001 and 2018 she was an executive at the Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy: as Director for Publications and Research Programs (2001- 2009), General Director (2009-2011) and Vice President (2011-2014). In 2016 she took up again fpr two years the position of General Director (until 2018). In 2017 she became Director of the newly established Historical Archive of the New Democracy party. Since 2017 she is Foreign policy Adviser to the President of the Nea Demokratia party. From 2012 until 2015 she was Vice Rector for Finance and Economic Planning at the University of the Peloponnese and Deputy Rector for Studies, Quality Assurance, Erasmus and International Programs. She was also Head of the University’s Quality Assurance Unit (MODIP). Between 2011 and 2015 she was a member of the Academic Senate. In 2011-2012 she was Deputy President of the Department of Political Science and International Relations. Since 2017 she is Director of the publication series “Modern History” at Papadopoulos Publishers. Since 2018 she is Director of the Centre for Greek and International History (KEDIS) of the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the University of the Peloponnese. Since 2019 she is an executive Board member of the think tank “Greek Council for International Relations”. IV. PUBLICATIONS Her publications include several books, edited volumes, chapters and journal articles in Greece and abroad with a focus on Modern and Contemporary Greek and European History, History of European integration, Balkan History, Cold War, Greek Foreign Policy and Transatlantic Relations. Besides the numerous presentations in academic fora every year, she is also invited by prestigious organizations from the security, banking and business sector for special lectures: e.g. Hellenic National Defence College, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Army, Hellenic National Defense Staff, Diplomatic Academy of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cultural Foundation of the Bank of Piraeus, Historical Archive of Alpha Bank, Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy, American Studies Seminars, Delphi Economic Forum, ΝΑΤΟ, European University Institute, IDEAS/London School of Economics, Institut für Zeitgeschichte at Munich University, Stiftung Wissenschat und Politik, Südoesteuropa-Gesellschaft, Deutsche Gesellschaft für 3 ausländische Politik, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, Politische Akademie der ÖVP a.o. For a decade (2001-2011) she was the chief-editor of the quarterly journal Liberal Emphasis and she was also coordinator of the series Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Yearbook και European and International Affairs by Springer Publishers (2009-2011). She is a frequent writer and peer reviewer in