Searching for Andreas: Political Leadership in Times of Crisis

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<p>The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies, in collaboration with the Department of Political Science and the Edward McWhinney Professor in International Relations, is pleased to present a free screening of the documentary &quot;<a href="https://searchingforandreas.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Searching for Andreas: Political Leadership in the Times of Crisis</a>,&quot; an independent film by George Washington University associate professor, Harris Mylonas, and an official selection of the Thessaloniki 2018 Doc Festival. The screening will be followed by a brief discussion and an opportunity to ask questions of the writer and director, Dr. Mylonas.</p><p>This rescheduled event will now be held online. Please be sure to register by Tuesday, October 20th to receive a link for the webinar. Links will be distributed the morning of the event. Send an email to hscomm@sfu.ca if you would like to request a ticket after sales end.</p><h2>Film synopsis</h2><h3>&quot;Searching for Andreas: Political Leadership in Times of Crisis&quot; a film by Harris Mylonas</h3><p>The documentary Searching for Andreas is an independent production about the pitfalls of charismatic leadership and the limits of democratic politics under the pressures of economic globalization. Charismatic leaders often build personalistic parties and undermine political institutions, while their succession is fraught with difficulties. Searching for Andreas explores peoples’ reliance on such leaders. It examines the life and legacy of one of Europe’s most controversial leaders, Andreas Papandreou. Was he a socialist reformer or a populist manipulator? Regardless of what one believes about Andreas’ politics, Greece won’t emerge from the crisis until it confronts his legacy.</p><h2>Speaker bio</h2><p>Harris Mylonas is associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. He is the editor-in-chief of <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nationalities-papers" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nationalities Papers</a> published by Cambridge University Press for the Association for the Study of Nationalities. After completing his PhD in political science at Yale University in 2008, Mylonas was an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies at Harvard University (2008-09 &amp; 2011-12). He recently served as associate dean for research at the Elliott School of International Affairs (2017-18). He is the chair of the Council for European Studies’ Historical Study of States and Regimes Research Network since 2019.</p><p>Mylonas’ work contributes to our understanding of states’ management of diversity that may originate from national minorities, immigrants, diasporas, or refugees. He is particularly interested in the role of decision makers’ perceptions about foreign involvement in their domestic affairs and the impact these perceptions have on the planning and implementation of state policies. He is the author of The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities (Cambridge University Press, 2013), for which he won the 2014 <a href="https://www.isanet.org/users/www.isanet.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=https%3a%2f%2fcouncilforeuropeanstudies.org%2fgrants-and-awards%2fbook-award%2fpast-awardees&amp;tabid=62&amp;portalid=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">European Studies Book Award</a> by the Council for European Studies, as well as <a href="https://www.isanet.org/users/www.isanet.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=http%3a%2f%2fgovernment.cornell.edu%2fpeter-katzenstein-book-prize&amp;tabid=62&amp;portalid=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Peter Katzenstein Book Prize</a>  in 2013. Mylonas’ work has also been published in <a href="https://www.isanet.org/users/www.isanet.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=doi%3a+https%3a%2f%2fdoi.org%2f10.1017%2fS1537592714000942&amp;tabid=62&amp;portalid=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Perspectives on Politics</a>, <a href="https://www.isanet.org/users/www.isanet.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=http%3a%2f%2fjournals.sagepub.com%2fdoi%2fabs%2f10.1177%2f0010414015606735&amp;tabid=62&amp;portalid=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Comparative Political Studies</a>, <a href="https://www.isanet.org/users/www.isanet.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=http%3a%2f%2fdx.doi.org%2f10.1080%2f09636412.2014.964996&amp;tabid=62&amp;portalid=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Security Studies</a>, <a href="https://www.isanet.org/users/www.isanet.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=http%3a%2f%2fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2fjournal%2f10.1111%2f(ISSN)2047-8852%2fhomepage%2fgreece.htm&amp;tabid=62&amp;portalid=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">European Journal of Political Research</a>, <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1409160" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies</a>, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12499" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nations and Nationalism</a>, <a href="https://www.isanet.org/users/www.isanet.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=http%3a%2f%2fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2fdoi%2f10.1111%2fssqu.12189%2fabstract&amp;tabid=62&amp;portalid=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Social Science Quarterly</a>, <a href="https://www.isanet.org/users/www.isanet.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=http%3a%2f%2fwww.tandfonline.com%2fdoi%2fabs%2f10.1080%2f00905992.2016.1146242%23.V1Vu0JN96lM&amp;tabid=62&amp;portalid=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nationalities Papers</a>, <a href="https://www.isanet.org/users/www.isanet.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=http%3a%2f%2fwww.tandfonline.com%2fdoi%2fabs%2f10.1080%2f17449057.2011.596127&amp;tabid=62&amp;portalid=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ethnopolitics</a>, and various edited volumes. He is currently working on his next book tentatively titled Diaspora Management Logics where he analyzes various governmental decisions vis-à-vis different diaspora segments.  </p><p>The recent political and financial crisis in Europe, with Greece at its epicenter, occupied much of his attention in the past ten years. He published a series of op-eds in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy.com, CNN.com, the Guardian, Newsweek Japan, among others as well as more analytical pieces, academic articles, and chapters in edited volumes. Since 2010, he writes the annual report on developments in Greece for the European Journal of Political Research; since 2018, he contributes to the Freedom House reports on Greece and Cyprus. His documentary film <a href="https://searchingforandreas.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Searching for Andreas: Political Leadership in Times of Crisis</a>, which also deals with the deep causes of the recent financial and political crisis in Greece, premiered at the 2018 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival and won two awards at the 2019 International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra. </p>

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