Past OSAs - Olympia Summer Academy

Character & Benefits

During these years, the program has acquired a stellar reputation not only for its high academic standards, but also for its distinct identity that blends effectively the scholarly exchange with the friendly atmosphere, thus providing participants with the opportunity of a multicultural and holistic academic experience.

We are, thus, particularly proud for:

having established a hub of research and educational excellence;

cultivating a program with a tremendous social dynamic, where the intellectual bonds and relationships formed during its course continue long after its conclusion;

the multicultural and geographically diverse group of talented students (more than 30 countries) that OSA brings together every year;

our alumni most of whom excel in academia, business, and politics worldwide.

Olympia Summer Academy 2024

This year’s Olympia Summer Academy will run in three parallel course-cycles. (Geo)Political Risk Analysis, Terrorism and Counterterrorism and The Rise of China: Domestic and Global Perspectives

Olympia Summer Academy 2023

This year’s Olympia Summer Academy run in three parallel course-cycles of Global Discord and Cooperation, Terrorism and Counterterrorism and The Rise of China: Domestic and Global Perspectives.

Olympia Summer Academy 2022

This year’s Olympia Summer Academy main topic was Global Discord and Cooperation. In total, 46 students from 7 countries participated, attending 9 sessions, totaling 16 hours of class over four days, taught by 6 professors, three of whom travelled from abroad to teach.

Olympia Summer Academy 2021

2021 marked the 20th consecutive year of the Olympia Summer Academy, which has managed to thrive, despite the restrictions associated with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Our main topic was Leadership and Global Governance Challenges

Olympia Summer Academy 2020

This year’s Olympia Summer Academy main topic was The Butterfly Effect: Systemic Risks in the 21st Century. The butterfly effect has become widely known to signify the sensitive dependence of remote and unconnected systems.

Olympia Summer Academy 2019

The Olympia Summer Academy, an intensive summer school in comparative and international politics for graduate students, young professionals and senior undergraduates, proudly presents its 2019 program. The 18^th Olympia Summer Academy will take place from July 7 until July 16, 2019, in Nafplion in southeastern Greece.

Olympia Summer Academy 2018

The Olympia Summer Academy, an intensive summer school in comparative and international politics for graduate students, young professionals and senior undergraduates, proudly presents its 2018 program. The 17^th Olympia Summer Academy will take place from July 8 until July 18, 2018, in Nafplion in southeastern Greece.

Olympia Summer Academy 2017

The Olympia Summer Academy will take place from July 9 to 19, 2017 in the picturesque seaport town of Nafplio, Greece.

Olympia Summer Academy 2016

The Olympia Summer Academy (OSA) and the European International Studies Association (EISA) are pleased to announce a unique educational opportunity for graduate students, junior researchers and practitioners: the 2016 Olympia Summer Academy in Politics and International Studies.

Olympia Summer Academy 2015

The Olympia Summer Academy and the European International Studies Association are pleased to present their 2015 summer program, offering a wide range of courses in Politics and International Studies.

Olympia Summer Academy 2014

The Academy, which since this year is being co-organized with the European International Studies Association (EISA) was a 9 working days high-level teaching activity where seven carefully defined conflict and international studies related areas are treated in depth.

Olympia Summer Academy 2013

For the 12th consecutive year, the Olympia Summer Academy (OSA) was a resounding success. The Academy was held in Ancient Olympia, at the premises of the International Olympic Academy, from July 4th to the 15th.

Olympia Summer Academy 2012

Due to high demand, the 2012 program offered four cycles of studies. The OSA 2012 provided a 10 working days high-level teaching activity where four carefully defined conflict and political violence related areas were treated in depth and by Professors of international standing.

Olympia Summer Academy 2011

Celebrating the 10th anniversary, the 2011 program will offer three cycles of studies. The application is competitive. Tuition charges cover only part of the total cost of the program since OSA is generously
supported by several sponsors.

Olympia Summer Academy 2010

The 2010 program will offer two options. The first course (Cycle A) runs from July 4th until July 18th, 2010 and the second (Cycle B) from July 11th until July 18th, 2010. The purpose of the seminars is to create a forum for high quality academic work.

Olympia Summer Academy 2009

The 2009 Olympia Summer Seminars are organized by the University of Macedonia and the Program on Order, Conflict and Violence at Yale University with the support of the University of Patras, the Municipality of Ancient Olympia and the Olympia Inter-Cultural Center.

Olympia Summer Academy 2008

The Balkan Studies Seminars 2008 will take place at Olympia (Greece)
between July 4-13 and will provide a concise, yet in-depth, overview of new theoretical and empirical research on a range of topics at the intersection of war, conflict, and identity.

Olympia Summer Academy 2007

The Olympia summer seminars 2007 were organized in collaboration with US universities Yale and Duke, with the University of Macedonia and the University of Patras, as well as with the municipality of ancient Olympia and the Interscientific and Intercultural Center of Olympia.

Olympia Summer Academy 2006

The seminars aim to facilitate an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to the study of current and historical events by bringing together eminent scholars and highly qualified students and professionals from around the world.

Balkan Studies Seminars 2005 in Olympia

The program of the two-week seminars included two thematic units. The first was entitled “Violent Conflict: Past, Present and Future” and was coordinated by Yale professor Stathis Kalyvas. The seminar investigated the causes of political conflict in all its forms, ranging from terrorism, civil conflict and wars.

Balkan Studies Seminars 2004 in Olympia

The 2004 sessions were divided into two, separate thematic programs. Stathis Kalyvas, Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science and Director of the Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence at Yale University, directed the first program, entitled European Transitions from Portugal to the Baltics.

Balkan Studies Seminars 2003 in Olympia

The 2003 Balkan Studies Seminars were composed of two parallel programs. The first was political in content and was entitled Southeastern Europe and the Great Ideologies whereas the second had a cultural focus and was entitled Contemporary Ethnomusicological and Anthropological Issues in Perspective.

The 2002 Harvard Summer School in Olympia

The Kokkalis Foundation, in collaboration with the Harvard Summer School, the University of Patras, the municipality of Ancient Olympia and the Olympic Center for Hellenic Studies, has launched the Harvard Olympia Summer Program for Comparative Cultural Studies.

Past Olympia Summer Academies