BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Nikos Zaikos Present function E-mail Assistant Professor of International Law, Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki nzaikos@uom.edu.gr Degrees and Education 1997 Doctor of Laws Degree (with honors), Department of Law, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1993 Academy of International Law, The Hague (The Netherlands) 1993 Institute of International Relations, Panteion University, International Seminar on Conflict Resolution, Corfu (Scholarship and Diploma) 1993 Centre of International and European Economic Law, Thessaloniki, Training project on European Law financed by the European Union 1990 European Institute, Ghent (Belgium), Erasmus Intensive Study Programme: The political and legal framework of trade relations between the European Economic Community and Eastern European Countries (European Union Scholarship) 1991 Postgraduate Diploma in International Law (with honors), Department of Law, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1989 Bachelor of Laws Degree, Department of Law, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1987-1997 Annual Sessions, Institute of International Public Law and International Relations, Thessaloniki 1984 Certificate of Lyceum Studies (with honours) Academic and professional career 2013- Assistant Professor in International Law, Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki 2011 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy 2007-2013 Assistant Professor in International Law, Department of Balkan Studies, University of Western Macedonia, Florina
2009-2011 Academic Coordinator, University of Western Macedonia, CLIOH World, Erasmus European History Network Project 2002-2007 Lecturer in International Law, Department of Balkan Studies, University of Western Macedonia, Florina 2002,2004, 2007 Faculty member under contract, Department of International, European, Economic and Political Sciences, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki 2006-2008 Academic Coordinator of the University of Western Macedonia, CLIOHnet 2, Network of Excellence, European Commission, 6 th Framework Programme (A Programme of the Directorate General for Research) 2002-2006 Alternate Member, United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Geneva (Switzerland) 2004 Lecturer, Supreme Interdisciplinary War School, Thessaloniki 2001-2002 Faculty member under contract (Lecturer), Department of Balkan Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Florina 2001-2003 Lecturer, National School of Public Administration 2000-2002 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of History and International Relations, The American College of Thessaloniki (ACT) 2000-2001 Lecturer (Enseignant), Department of the Faculty of Law (Filière), University of Paris I/ Panthéon-Sorbonne, French Institute of Thessaloniki (Institut Français de Thessalonique) 1997-1999 Researcher, Institute of International Public Law and International Relations, Thessaloniki 1992-2012 Attorney, Thessaloniki 1991-1993 Researcher, Institute for Balkan Studies, Thessaloniki Main publications I. In Greek A. Monographs Books (1) The Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and international organizations or between international organizations, Thessaloniki: Sakkoulas Publications/ Institute of International Public Law and International Relations (Contemporary Studies in International Law and International Relations 1, Series Director: Professor K. Koufa), 1998, pp. 265 [Doctoral thesis] (2) The International Law Commission of the United Nations. A Contribution to the Study of the Codification and the Progressive Development of International Law, Athens-
Thessaloniki: Sakkoulas Publications/ Institute of International Public Law and International Relations (Contemporary Studies in International Law and International Relations 3, Series Director: Professor K. Koufa), 2002, pp. 248 (3) Introduction to the Law of Diplomatic and Consular Relations. Theory and Practice (in cooperation with Professor P. Naskou-Perraki), Athens-Komotini: Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publications, 2003, pp. 426 (4) International Law and Wartime Collaboration. The Legal Nature of Puppet Governments during the Second World War from the Perspective of International Law, Thessaloniki: Stamoulis Publishers, 2006, pp. 148 B. Articles/ Book chapters (1) The views of the European Parliament in relation to the financial and commercial Community policy in the Balkans, in P. N. Stangos, The financial and commercial policy of the European Economic Community in the Balkans The Legal Dimensions, Thessaloniki: Sakkoulas Publications, 1993, p. 229-261 (2) International uniform law: A point of contact between international and domestic law. Some reflections, Hellenic Review of European Law 22/3 (July-September 2002), p. 561-591 (3) The Interim Accord between the Hellenic Republic and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1995-2002). Prospects and developments in accordance with International Law, in E. Kofos V. Vlasidis (Dir.), Athens-Skopje (1995-2002): The seven year symbiosis, Athens: Papazisis Publications/ Research Centre of the Macedonian History and Documentation, 2003, p. 21-67 (4) International law and wartime collaboration. The case of puppet governments in World War II, in Ι. Mihailidis E. Nikolakopoulos H. Fleischer (Ed.), The Enemy within Aspects of collaboration in occupied Greece, Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2006, p. 123-145 (5) International law and civil wars. The Greek Question, in I. Mourelos I. D. Mihailidis,The Greek Civil War: An evaluation. Political, ideological, historiography aspects, Thessaloniki: Ellinika Grammata/ Institute for Balkan Studies, 2007, p. 33-56 (6) Florina Prefecture Institutional infrastructure with emphasis on the protection of the environment according to international law, in Florina: Gate of the Balkans, Thessaloniki: Society for Macedonian Studies, 2007, p. 17-45 (7) The crime of genocide and the collective memory of international society, in K. Koufa Ph. Pazartzis (Eds.), International criminal justice as an enforcement mechanism of international law, Athens-Thessaloniki: Sakkoulas Publishers (Institute of International Public Law and International Relations Greek Branch of the International Law Association), 2006, p. 271-303 (8) The Aegean sea and international law. Remarks on the international legal status of Samothraki, in S. Dordanas Th. Malkidis (Eds.) Samothraki: History Archaeology Culture, Thessaloniki: Epikentro, 2008, p. 213-228
(9) The relations between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from the perspective of international law, in I. Koliopoulos K. Hatzikonstantinou V. Gounaris (Ed.), Transboundary cooperation between Greece and FYROM, Thessaloniki: Epikentro, 2009, p. 245-299 (10) The law-creating contribution of international organizations in the field of international migration, S. Perrakis (Ed.), Current views on legal and political aspects of international organization, Athens: A.N. Sakkoulas/ Hellenic Society of International Law and International Relations, 2009, p. 79-97 (11) Name changes of states in international law, in S. Perrakis (Ed.), Views on the current landscape of western Balkans, Athens: I. Sideris/ Hellenic Society of International Law and International Relations, 2009, p. 45-77 (12) The refugee problem in Greece. An international legal perspective, I.S. Koliopoulos I. D. Mihailidis (Ed.), Refugees in Macedonia From tragedy to epopee, Athens: Militos/ Society of Macedonian Studies, 2009, p. 21-46 (13) The regulation of migration in contemporary international law, Collected papers in honor of Professor Kalliopi K. Koufa, Thessaloniki: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2010, p. 141-157 (14) Massive atrocities and the law. The genocide of the Jews of Europe before the courts, in G. Antoniou S. Dordanas Ν. Zaikos Ν. Marantzidis (Ed.), The Holocaust in the Balkans, Thessaloniki: Epikentro, 2011, p. 595-657 (15) The prohibition of genocide, in K. Koufa (Ed.), Collection of texts on international humanitarian law, Thessaloniki: Kornelia Sfakianakis Ed., 2011, p. 209-236 (16) Territory and acquisition of territory, in K. Antonopoulos & K. Magliveras, The law of international society, Athens: Legal Library, 2011, p. 149-178 (17) International arbitration, in K. Antonopoulos & K. Magliveras, The law of international society, Athens: Legal Library, 2011, p. 429-456 (18) The Balkans. Approach through the perspective of international law, in Supreme Interdisciplinary war School (Ed.), The Balkans: Historical evolution, Current situation, Developments, Thessaloniki, 2012, p. 89-100 (19) Reflections on the international legal regulation of war in the post-cold War world, in K. Kentrotis (Ed.), Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Athens: I. Sideris, 2012, p. 165-174 C. Editor (1) P. Naskou-Perraki N. Zaikos K. Hainoglou, Diplomatic and consular law. A collection of texts, Athens/ Komotini: A.N. Sakkoulas, 2010, pp. 779 (2) G. Antoniou S. Dordanas N. Zaikos N. Marantzidis, The Holocaust in the Balkans, Thessaloniki: Epikentro, 2011 (in print)
I. In English A. Articles/ Book chapters (1.) The onomastics of states in international law: the case of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, I.D. Stefanidis V. Vlasidis E. Kofos, Macedonian identities through time Interdisciplinary approaches, Thessaloniki: Epikentro/ Foundation of the Museum for the Macedonian Struggle Research Center for Macedonian History and Documentation, 2010, p. 337-361 (2.) Kalliopi K. Koufa A biographical note and Bibliograpphy, The Diversity of International Law Essays in Honour of Professor Kalliopi K. Koufa, Aristotle Constantinides & Nikos Zaikos (Eds.), Boston/ Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009, p. xvii-xxxiii. (3.) Reflections on contemporary international law-making related to labour migration, Immigration and emigration in historical perspective, A. K. Isaacs (Ed.), Edizioni Plus: Pisa University Press (CLIOHRES.net Network of Excellence supported by the European Commission), 2007, p. 7-26 (4.) The Interim Accord: Prospects and developments in accordance with international law, Athens Skopje: An uneasy symbiosis (1995-2002), E. Kofos V. Vlasidis (Ed.), Athens: Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)/ Research Centre for Macedonian History and Documentation/ Museum of the Macedonian Struggle Foundation, 2005, p. 21-54 B. Editor (1.) The Diversity of International Law. Essays in Honour of Professor Kalliopi K. Koufa, Aristotle Constantinides & Nikos Zaikos (Eds.), Boston/ Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009, pp. xliv+674. III. Publications in the field of social history (1) Sport Club Maccabi Thessaloniki, 1908-2010. Greek Jewish athletes, The contribution of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki: Municipality of Thessaloniki/ Center of History, 2010 [Alberto Nar Award, Jewish Community of Thessaloniki] [in Greek] (2) Greek Jews in Sport: The Contribution of Thessaloniki, An exhibition by the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, 2011, Thessaloniki: Jewish Community of Thessaloniki/ Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, 2011 [in English] (3.) Ingeborg Mello. Zwei Leben im Sport, SportZeiten. Sport in Geschichte, Kultur und Gesellschaft (2013) (Göttingen: Verlag Die Werkstatt) [In German; in print] (4.) Ingeborg Mello. Two lives in sport, Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women s Studies and Gender Issues (Indiana University Press) (2013) [in English; in print]
Conferences, courses, seminars (selection) 24 May 2013: Diplomacy in the 21 st century, Paper: The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, Including Diplomatic Agents, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki 6 April 2013: 70 years after the Holocaust of the Jews of Thessaloniki, Paper: Holocaust denial in Greek law, Department of Political Science, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki 3-4 December 2010: CLIOH-WORLD, Fifth Plenary Conference and Working Meeting, Towards a new Ottoman history. Enhancing EU-Turkey dialogue, Adana, Turkey 4-5 June 2010: CLIOH-WORLD, Fourth Plenary Conference and Working Meeting CLIOH-WORLD, History of globalization and globalization of history, Paper: Regional disputes over names and geographical features of states: Macedonia, Oulu, Finland 26-27 June 2009: CLIOH-WORLD, First Plenary Conference and Working Meeting CLIOH-WORLD,Creating EU/ World Dialogue in History Learning Teaching and Research, Salzburg, Austria 26-29 May 2009: 1 st Seminar on International Humanitarian Law, Greek Committee on the Application and Dissemination of International Humanitarian Law, Series of lectures: The prohibition of genocide, War Museum, Athens 29 November 2 December 2007: General Assembly, CLIOHnet 2 Association, Valetta, Malta April 2007: Department of Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Economics, St Kliment Ohridski University, Lectures on international law and international organizations, Prilep, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia June 2007: Panteion Univeristy, Faculty of Political Science and History, Department of European Studies (Coordinators: Professor S. Pesmazoglou, Dr R. Molho), Lectures on racism and anti-semitism and the crime of genocide before international justice Athens 18-19 May 2007: CLIOHnet 2 Association Plenary Meeting, Vilnius, Lithuania 16-17 February 2007: CLIOHRES.net Meeting, Thematic Group (5) on Frontiers and Identities, Bratislava, Slovakia 17-18 November 2006: CLIOHRES.net Plenary Meeting, Bergen, Norway October 2003: 6 th Annual American Studies Seminar: The Rule of Law at Home and Abroad Government, Economy and Society in the Quest for a fairer world, Paper: Genocide: The case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Thessaloniki June 2002: Series of English legal terminology courses, Strengthening the Administrative Capacity of the Ministry of Justice of Bulgaria (Twinning Project), Ministry of Justice, Sofia, Bulgaria Teaching assignments
Public International Law International Protection of Human Rights Law of Armed Conflict International Organizations Public Law Diplomatic and Consular Law International Sports Law International Relations Research interests History and theory of international law Law of armed conflict Genocides. Legal aspects and historical perspective International migration International sports law Contemporary social history (history of sport) Languages English, French, German