Applications are open for the workshop "Revisiting Thucydides" until March 29

Workshop dates: May 16-17, 2026, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Location: CHS Greece, Nafplio

Harvard University's Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece organizes the workshop "Revisiting Thucydides: How Small States Survive in a World of Great Powers," which will be coordinated by Dr. Agis Papageorgiou, Guest Teacher at the Department of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science.

This workshop revisits Thucydides as a strategic analyst of power politics and uses his work to examine how small states preserve autonomy, security, and political stability great power competition settings. The workshop treats asymmetry as a recurring feature of international order and focuses on how coercion, credibility, misperception, and escalation dynamics shape the decision space of middle and small powers alike. Participants will engage directly with selected Thucydidean episodes to identify enduring patterns in bargaining under duress, alliance behavior, and the limits of moral and legal argument when vital interests are at stake.

Learn more about the workshop on "Revisiting Thucydides."