Petros Vamvakas Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., Suffolk University; M.A., Northeastern University; Ph.D., Boston University
Office hours: MWF 9:30-10:30 am
Other times by appointment
Office: Cardinal Cushing Library Room 301
Phone:617-975-9366
Email:vamvakpe@emmanuel.edu
I like to think of myself primarily as a teacher, because "he who teaches learns and he who learns teaches." I teach all of the comparative politics courses as well as courses in political theory and the introductory courses in international relations. I am also the advisor to the Emmanuel College Model United Nations club.
Courses
POLSC 1301 Intro to Comparative Government
POLSC 1401 Intro to International Relations
POLSC 1501 Political Theory and Analysis
POLSC 2301 Latin American Politics
POLSC 2409 The Politics of International Economic Relations
POLSC 2413 International Law and Institutions
POLSC 2503 Revolution and Nationalism
POLSC 3301 Comparative Politics of Developing States
POLSC 3305 Street Democracy
Recent Publications & Professional Activity
Conference Paper, “The Babel of European Identity ” New England Political Science Association, April 2007.
NATO Briefing Organized by the Public Diplomacy Division NATO countries, NATO HQ, Brussels Belgium, January 15, 2007
Conference Paper, “Back to the Future: The Resurgence of National Identity in Unified Europe” 4th Annual History Conference sponsored by ATINER, Athens Greece, December 2006.
Chair/Discussant, “Bullets into Ballots: Electoral Politics and Political Conflict”
Conference Paper, Neoliberalism and Street Democracy: A counter-democratic Process,” NPSA, Boston, MA, November 2006.
Conference Paper, “Alliance Membership and the Threats to Democracy post- September 11, 2001,” MPSA, Chicago, IL, April 2006.
Chair Discussant, “Crisis, Instability and Democratic Breakdown,” MPSA, Chicago, IL, April 2006
Conference Paper, “Street Democracy and Neoliberalism in Latin America,” MPSA, Chicago, IL, April 2006.
Conference Paper, “Alliance Membership and the Threats to Democracy post- September 11, 2001,” MPSA, Chicago, IL, April 2006.
Discussant, “Crisis, Instability and Democratic Breakdown,” MPSA, Chicago, IL, April 2006
Conference Paper, “Lessons from the Cold War, and Democratizationin the Era of International Terrorism: The Undertow of the Third Wave” NPSA, Philadelphia, PA, November 2005.
Conference Paper, “What Price Membership: NATO Membership and Small States After September 11,” APSA, Chicago, IL, September 2004.
Conference Paper, “What Price Membership: NATO Membership and Small States After September 11,” ISSS/ISAC, Carlisle, PA, October 2003.
Conference Paper, “States in Transition and Defensive Alliances: Greece and Turkey in NATO,” APSA, San Francisco, CA, September 2001.
Feature Article, Emphasis, April 1995: "Minority Rights and Self-Determination in the Post-Cold War Balkans" I have also written numerous published editorial pieces for local newspapers on the Balkan crisis.