Stephanos Constantinides (born February 28, 1941 in Cyprus) is a Canadian scholar.
Biography
Education
Stephanos Constantinides was educated at the
University of Athens
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...
(
BA in History and Literature), then in Paris at the
Sorbonne
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* Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities.
*the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970)
*one of its components or linked institution, ...
. At the Sorbonne he studied
Thucydides
Thucydides (; grc, , }; BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His '' History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of " scienti ...
with famous scholar
Jacqueline de Romilly
Jacqueline Worms de Romilly (; née David, Greek: Ζακλίν ντε Ρομιγύ, 26 March 1913 – 18 December 2010) was a French philologist, classical scholar and fiction writer. She was the first woman nominated to the Collège de France, an ...
, with whom he obtained a
master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin ) is an 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 practice. . In 1974 he obtained a
Ph.D.
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...
in Political Sociology from the
University of Paris I
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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, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...
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, Lux ...
, the
University of Montreal
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and the
University of Quebec at Montreal
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. 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 political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
,
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
,
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...
and the
Greek diaspora
The Greek diaspora, also known as Omogenia ( el, Ομογένεια, Omogéneia), are the communities of Greeks living outside of Greece and Cyprus (excluding Northern Cyprus). Such places historically include Albania, North Macedonia, parts of ...
. 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 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:
Greece
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 ...
and
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
. He wrote poetry in Greek. 'Anthumes', a poetry collection, was translated by Jacques Bouchard, Professor of Modern Greek Studies at the
University of Montreal
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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, and one of the country's most aca ...
on an education project on
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label= Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy ( Calabria and Salento), southe ...
and Civilization in the Hellenic
Diaspora. Also he is a columnist in the leading Greek newspaper in Cyprus,
Phileleftheros
''O Phileleftheros'' ( el, Ὁ Φιλελεύθερος, 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 i ...
.
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 Québecin ''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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1941 births
Living people