Athanasios Moulakis ( el, Αθανάσιος Μουλάκης; July 11, 1945 – July 18, 2015) was President Emeritus of the American University of Iraq - Sulaimani (AUI-S) and a former Acting President and Chief Academic Officer, Professor of Government at the

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Life

Born in

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, Greece in 1945, he taught political theory and the history of political thought at German universities, the

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and the

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of Florence where he was Head of the department of political and social sciences. After engagements at

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, and St. John's College he was named Herbst Professor of Humanities at the

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, Boulder. He was professor of public communication at the

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in Lugano before moving on to the

. His "Beyond Utility Liberal Education for a Technological Age" received the AAC&U's prize for best book on liberal education in 1995. Moulakis died in July 2015.

Academic career

Moulakis joined the

at the beginning of 2008. Previously, he was director of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the

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. Over an 11-year period Moulakis was Herbst Professor of Humanities and Professor of Political Science at the

, where he was also founding Director of the Herbst Program of Humanities. 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

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, 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

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br>and the Politics of Self-Denial
Athanasios Moulakis, Translated from German by Ruth Hein, Publisher: University of Missouri Press Pub. Date: February 1998 * History of Political Ideas: Hellenism, Rome, and

Early Christianity Early Christianity (up to the First Council of Nicaea in 325) spread from the Levant, across the Roman Empire, and beyond. Originally, this progression was closely connected to already established Jewish centers in the Holy Land and the Jewish ...

, Vol. 1 by Athanasios Moulakis (Editor), Eric Voegelin, Athanasios Moulakis Publisher: University of Missouri Press Pub. Date: June 1997 * Promise of History: Essays in Political Philosophy by Athanasios Moulakis (Editor) Publisher:

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, Inc. Pub. Date: December 1985 * Republican Realism in Renaissance Florence: Francesco Guicciardini's "Discorso di Logrogno" by Athanasios Moulakis,

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Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: May 1998 * Beyond Utility: Liberal Education for a Technological Age by Athanasios Moulakis Publisher:

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Pub. Date: December 1993 * 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:

Inc Date Published: 1986-07 * Homonoia: Eintracht und Entwicklung eines politischen Bewusstseins Publisher: List Verlag, Pub.Date: Muenchen 1973

References

External links

Order and History Vol 2 by Athanasios Moulakis

The American University of Afghanistan - Official website

USAID/Afghanistan: Education Website
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Life

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