Date: August 27, 2026
Time: 4:00 pm
Speaker: Dr. Georgios Varouxakis
Location: Hamilton School, 5th Floor, Room E581 (CSE Building)
Georgios Varouxakis is Professor of the History of Political Thought at Queen Mary University of London and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of the History of Political Thought. He grew up in Crete and studied History at the University of Athens before pursuing an MA in Legal and Political Theory at UCL, followed by a PhD also at UCL. He is the author of "The West: The History an Idea" (Princeton University Press, 2025). His earlier books include "Liberty Abroad: J.S. Mill on International Relations" (Cambridge University Press – “Ideas in Context” series, 2013); "Victorian Political Thought on France and the French" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002); Mill on Nationality (Routledge, 2002); and "Contemporary France: An Introduction to French Politics and Society" (Arnold, 2003, co-authored).
