Dimitris Michalopoulos

Dimitris Michalopoulos (born in Athens, 1952) studied at the Italian School of Athens (1964-70), at the National University of Athens (1970-4), at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris (1974-5) and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he was proclaimed Doctor in History (1978). He was the curator of the archives of the President of the Hellenic Republic (1980-2), lecturer and assistant professor at the University of Salonika (1982-94), professor at the Naval War College of Greece (1990-7) and the Naval Academy of Greece (1994-7), and director of the Museum of the City of Athens (1990-2000). In heavy disagreement with the left-wing government in Greece, he lost all his jobs and was unemployed from 2000 to 2004 and 2011 to 2015. Further, he was denied the professorship at the University of Athens, notwithstanding the judgement of Greece's Supreme Court.

In 2000 he was awarded the "Anassilaos Nostos" prize (Italy). Now he is a titular member of the Académie des arts & sciences de la mer (France).