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Welcome to the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, one of the leading centers for public affairs and international diplomacy in Greece and Southeast Europe.
The Division provides introductory and advanced instruction in history and politics, communication, the social sciences, and the humanities. Students may major either in Diplomacy and International Relations or in European and Balkan Studies. Or they may opt to do 2+2 degrees in English or Psychology, in which case they pursue the final two years of their degree at a select US university. Students from other divisions at ACT may take one of our many minors (Diplomacy and International Relations, European and Balkan Studies, Communication and Media, Literature and Humanities, Social Studies). Or they can opt to do a special certificate program in Hellenic Studies.
The Division is also home to the Michael S. Dukakis Chair in Public Policy and Service and the Lucy Kulukundis Balkan Study Center. Both provide ample opportunities for students to interact with leading practitioners in public affairs, such as Alvaro de Soto, Nicholas Burns, Nikiforos Diamandouros, Edi Rama, Radmila Sekerinska, Dusan Batakovic, and many others. In select cases students in good standing also have the option of undertaking a formal internship with an organization in Thessaloniki or elsewhere in Northern Greece or the Southern Balkans.
Our graduates have had outstanding success in post-graduate study, studying at such prestigious European and American universities as Cambridge, Oxford, LSE, SOAS, Edinburgh, Leuven, Université libre de Bruxelles, the Sorbonne, HEI Geneva, Texas, and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Their professional success has been even more impressive, with placements in the World Bank, the European Commission, NATO, the International Office of Migration, the East-West Institute, the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe, many ministries in the countries of Southeast Europe, and diverse companies in the private sector.
We welcome you to take a tour of this site and to address inquiries to Dr. David Wisner, Division Chair, at drd@act.edu.
MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to offer students a dynamic contemporary civic education; to train youth for leadership roles in public affairs and international diplomacy in a world progressively become more complex and diverse; and to contribute meaningfully to cooperation and peaceful co-existence in Greece, the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Europe, and the larger Trans-Atlantic community.
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