Courses Taught
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
Divided Societies: Cyprus
European Union as a Peace Building System
International Peace Studies: Theories and Practice
Ethics of Peace and International Conflict
Peace, Conflict and Globalization
Conflict and Dialogue
Neighbors/Enemies: Greeks and Turks
Conflict, Peace and Globalization
Study abroad course:
Cyprus in Transition (The course is taught annually in Cyprus over a
two-week period).
Academic Career
Harry Anastasiou holds a Ph.D. in the Political Sociology of Peace and
Conflict from the Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Ohio, and
a Doctorandus Degree in Social Science from the Free University of
Amsterdam, Holland. He is a long-standing academic in inter-ethnic and
international Peace and Conflict Studies, and an experienced
practitioner of conflict-resolution. He is a core faculty member of
the Conflict Resolution Graduate Program and an affiliate of the
International Studies Program at Portland State University. For over a
decade, he has been playing a leading role in the development and
growth of a citizen-based peace movement in the ethnically divided
island of Cyprus and in Greek-Turkish relations. He has also been a
participating member of "The Harvard Study Group," a bi-communal
think-tank comprised of policy leaders and academics working on ideas
and approaches for the peaceful resolution of the Cyprus problem. As
an academic, he has published numerous works on peace and conflict
issues, focusing on Cyprus, Nationalism, Peace Building and the
European Union.
Personal Statement
"In relationships of violence life becomes a stranger and truth a paradox. In relationships of peace life fulfills and truth
liberates."
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