Prof. Dr. Margarita Mathiopoulos


Entrepreneur and
Honorary Professor of US-Foreign Policy and
International Security,
Department of History, University of Potsdam

Prof. Dr. Margarita Mathiopoulos

Teaching & Research


Research fellowships

  • July until December 1989 , Research semester in the US: Visiting scholar at the History Dept. (Chair: Prof. Dr. Gorden A. Craig), Stanford University, supported by the Körber Foundation.
  • January until 15 April 1990 , Visiting scholar at the Institute for East-West-Security-Studies in New York as German-Marshall-Fund-Fellow.

University Appointments 1988 - 2011

Teaching courses for graduates on US-Foreign Policy since 1945; the History of the CSCE-Process; the American Presidency from F.D.R. to Barack Obama; the Altantic Alliance 1949-2010; Theory and Practice of International Relations: the Transatlantic Security-Partnership since 1945:

  • Guest Lecturer at the Political Science Dept. and History Dept. of Free University of Berlin 1988 - 1991
  • DAAD-Guest-Professor of US-Foreign Policy and International Politics at Humboldt University Berlin 1990 - 1992
  • Guest-Professor of American Politics and International Politics at the Technical University of Braunschweig and at the University of Hannover 1993 - 1996
  • 1995 appointment as Honorary-Professor of US-Foreign Policy and International Politics at the Technical University of Braunschweig
  • 2002 appointment as Honorary Professor for US-Foreign Policy and International Security at the University of Potsdam



University Courses
Research