Nikolas Prevelakis Associate Director, IASS Lecturer in Social Studies, Harvard University Ph.D., University of Paris-Sorbonne Ph.D., University Professors Program, Boston University

Nikolas Prevelakis was born in Athens , Greece in 1976, and moved to Paris in 1985. He studied philosophy at the University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) where he completed a Ph.D. in Moral and Political Philosophy in 2001, on the notion of the self in Eastern Christianity (Orthodoxy). He then came to the United States and received a second Ph.D. in Political Sociology from the University Professors' Program of Boston University, under the direction of Professor Liah Greenfeld. His dissertation dealt with the emergence and nature of Modern Greek national consciousness . His research interests include philosophy of science, theory of nationalism, and sociology of religion. Dr. Prevelakis is currently a lecturer in Social Studies at Harvard University.