My name is Yorgos Giannakopoulos, though friends and colleagues usually call me George, and the formal rendition of my name is Georgios. I grew up in Greece and studied Political Science and History at Panteion University in Athens (BA, MA), before completing a PhD in Modern History at Queen Mary University of London.

I am Associate Professor in Modern History in the Department of International Politics at City St George’s, University of London, where I also serve as Associate Dean for Employability, Engagement and Enterprise in the School of Policy and Global Affairs. I am also affiliated with the London School of Economics and King’s College London.

My research explores the intersections of empire, international order and intervention, with a particular focus on Britain, Greece and Southeastern Europe since the nineteenth century. I am interested in how sovereignty and international authority have been negotiated in practice: through diplomacy and consular networks, military and humanitarian intervention, financial control, the collapse of empires and the drawing of new borders.

My current work ranges from a history of international intervention in modern Greece to research on consular worlds, the global history of partition and displacement, and the past and present of liberal internationalism.

I am Associate Editor for the Social Sciences at the Journal of Modern Greek Studies and serve on the executive committees of the Society for Modern Greek Studies and the Greek Politics Specialist Group. I have previously held research and teaching positions at institutions including Queen Mary University of London, Durham University, New York University, the Academy of Athens and the University of the Peloponnese.