Stephanos Constantinides (born February 28, 1941, in Cyprus) is a Cypriot-Canadian academic.

Biography

Education

Stephanos Constantinides was educated at the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; , ''Ethnikó kai Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece, with various campuses alo ...

( BA in History and Literature), then in Paris at the Sorbonne. At the Sorbonne he studied

Thucydides Thucydides ( ; ; BC) was an Classical Athens, Athenian historian and general. His ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts Peloponnesian War, the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been d ...

with famous scholar Jacqueline de Romilly, with whom he obtained a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

. In 1974 he obtained a Ph.D. in Political Sociology from the

University of Paris I A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

and in 1976 a Ph.D. in

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

from Panthéon-Assas University.

Career

He taught at

Laval University Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxe ...

, the

University of Montreal A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

and the

University of Quebec at Montreal A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...

. He published several volumes including ''Les Grecs du Québec'' and dozens of articles. He also edited several volumes in the areas of Sociology, History and Political Science. His particular areas of interest include the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

and the

Greek diaspora The Greek diaspora, also known as Omogenia (), are the communities of Greeks living outside of Greece and Cyprus. Such places historically (dating to the ancient period) include, Greeks in Albania, Albania, Greeks in North Macedonia, North Maced ...

. He was appointed Chairman of the Advisory Council on Cultural Communities and Immigration and Member of the Committee on the Implementation of the Action Plan of the

Government of Quebec The Government of Quebec (, ) is the body responsible for the administration of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. The term is typically used to refer to the executive of the day (i.e. Minister of the Crown, mini ...

for Cultural Communities (CIPACC). He was also active in various community organizations. He is the Director of the Centre for Hellenic Studies and Research Canada - KEEK and Academic Journal 'Hellenic Studies' He has published in three languages: French,

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

and English. He wrote poetry in Greek. 'Anthumes', a poetry collection, was translated by Jacques Bouchard, Professor of Modern Greek Studies at the

with an introduction-analysis and explanatory notes. He is currently collaborating with the

University of Crete The University of Crete (UoC; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης) is a multi-disciplinary, research-oriented institution in Crete, Greece, located in the cities of Rethymno (official seat) and Heraklion. There are 16 main undergraduate ...

on an education project on

Greek Language Greek (, ; , ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language, constituting an independent Hellenic languages, Hellenic branch within the Indo-European language family. It is native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), south ...

and Civilization in the Hellenic

Diaspora A diaspora ( ) is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of birth, place of origin. The word is used in reference to people who identify with a specific geographic location, but currently resi ...

. Also he is a columnist in the leading Greek newspaper in Cyprus,

Phileleftheros ''O Phileleftheros'' (, meaning "The Liberal") is the largest newspaper (by circulation) in Cyprus, with about 26,000 copies daily (2002). Established in 1955, it is also the oldest Greek-language daily newspaper in circulation on the island. Othe ...

Bibliography

Edited Volumes

*Stephanos Constantinides and Paris Arnopoulos, The Aegean Dispute, ''Etudes helléniques / Hellenic Studies'', 4 (2), Fall 1996. ISSN 0824-8621 *Stephanos Constantinides and Van Coufoudakis, Greek Foreign Policy since 1974: Theory and Praxis., ''Etudes helléniques / Hellenic Studies'' 5 (2), Fall 1997. ISSN 0824-8621 *Stephanos Constantinides and Athanassios Platia, Thucydides,The Classical Theorist of International Relations, ''Etudes helléniques / Hellenic Studies'' 6 (2), 1998, Fall 1998. ISSN 0824-8621 *Stephanos Constantinides and Jean Catsiapis Cyprus, Greece, Turkey. From The Summit of Helsinki to The Summit of Nice, ''Etudes helléniques / Hellenic Studies'', 9 (2), Spring 2001. ISSN 0824-8621 *Stephanos Constantinides and Kathryn Radford, The Balkans: A Region in Transition, ''Etudes helléniques / Hellenic Studies'', 10 (2), Fall 2002. ISSN 0824-8621 *Stephanos Constantinides and Joseph Joseph, Cyprus and the European Union after Accession, ''Etudes helléniques / Hellenic Studies'' 11 (2), Fall 2003. ISSN 0824-8621 *Stephanos Constantinides (in cooperation with Kathryn Radford and Thalia Tassou), Periphery Literatures : the Greek Case, ''Etudes helléniques / Hellenic Studies'', Vol. 13, No. 1, 2005. ISSN 0824-8621

Publications

*Stephanos Constantinides
Le fait français et la réalité multiculturelle au Québec
in ''Le Québec français et l'école à la clientèle pluriethnique, contributions à une réflexion'', Conseil supérieur de la langue française, 1987. *Stephanos Constantinides, ''Les Grecs du Quebec'', Montreal, Editions O Metoikos - Le Métèque, 1983 (reference book on the subject). *Stephanos Constantnindes, ''Anthumes'', Montréal, Editions O Metoikos - Le Métèque, 1984. *Stephanos Constantinides, ''The Emergence of a New Ottoman Model: A New Foreign Policy in Turkey, in The New Balkans: Disintegration and Reconstruction'', edited by George A. Kourvetaris and alias, Northern Illinois University, New York, East European Monographs, Boulder, 2002. *Stephanos Constantinides, ''Diaspora et construction de l’Etat national grec in Arméniens et Grecs en diaspora, approches comparatives'', sous la direction de Michel Bruneau et Ioannis Hassiotis, Ecole Française d’Athènes, 2005. *"Les Grecs du Québec et les Médias", in ''Etudes helléniques / Hellenic Studies'', Vol. I, No.1, Spring 1983. ISSN 0824-8621 *"Ethnicité et pluralisme culturel", "in ''International Journal of Community action''. Vol. 14/54 (1985). *"De l'ethnicité en tant que construit idéologique "in ''Canadian Ethnic Studies / Ethnic Studies in Canada'', vol.XVIII, No. 2.1986
Turkey: The Emergence of a New Foreign Policy, The Neo-Ottoman Model
" ''Journal of Political and Military Sociology'', Winter 1996 (Northern Illinois University). *"Greek Foreign Policy: Theoretical Directions and Practice", ''Etudes helléniques / Hellenic Studies'', Vol. 4 (1), Spring, 1996. ISSN 0824-8621 *"The Greek-Americans and U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1950" (in Cooperation With Alexander Kitroeff), ''Etudes helléniques / Hellenic Studies'', Vol. 6 (1), Spring, 1998. ISSN 0824-8621

References

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