Alexis Tsipras will give a series of lectures to Harvard students, and will also participate in seminars. Specifically, and according to the university’s announcement, the former prime minister will give a series of lectures and will participate in discussions and workshops with teachers, students and researchers, and will also hold meetings with major academics at the University Campus, in Boston and Boston. Washington.

“We have the honor of hosting Alexis Tsipras, who, as prime minister, participated and experienced some of the most decisive moments in 21st century Europe history“, Said Daniel Ziblatt, Director of CES and Eaton Professor of Government at Harvard, on the occasion of Alexis Tsipras’ invitation as a Policy Fellow at the top American university. Al. Tsipras will give a series of lectures and participate in policy seminars at the Minta de Gunzburg European Studies Center at Harvard University and the Hellenic Studies Center (CHS) during the spring academic semester.

As noted in the University’s announcement, released by Alexis Tsipras’ office, “the prime minister of Greece came to power with a political platform against austerity during a harsh moment for the European crisis.”

THE Director of CES, Daniel Ziblattstresses that ”The economic and refugee crises in the first part of this century continue to resonate today. Mr Tsipras will allow us to learn from his experience in high -level political negotiations on these challenges, as well as his efforts to provide an alternative to austerity and to secure the Prespa Agreement.“

Alexis Tsipras’ biography quoted in the University Press Release, describes his entire political journey from student mobilizations to the assumption of SYRIZA leadership in 2008, as “the newest party leader in the country’s history”.

“The youngest prime minister of Greece”

Subsequently, the former prime minister’s biography states: “After winning 36% of the vote in the January 2015 elections, at the age of 40, Tsipras became the youngest and first left -wing prime minister of Greece. He was elected with an ideological platform against austerity and in favor of renegotiation of the rescue agreement imposed in Greece by the Troika of the European Union (EU), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). After several months of stormy negotiations and a referendum in the September 2015 parliamentary elections, Tsipras won a second consecutive election victory with 35% of the vote. “

The Minda de Gunzburg European Studies Center is the oldest and largest university center in the United States, dedicated to Europe’s study. The Center for Greek Studies is the leading Harvard Foundation, dedicated to Greek culture in its broader sense.