Faculty Member
Apostolos Vakalopoulos, a historian, author, and academic, was one of the most prominent figures in modern Greek historiography during the 20th century. He taught history, ancient Greek, and modern Greek at Anatolia College from 1946 to 1950.
He subsequently earned his doctorate from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) and served as an unpaid lecturer in Modern Greek History at the School of Philosophy in 1943. In 1944, he was appointed as a special lecturer. From 1951, he served as an adjunct professor, and in 1956, he was elected full professor, a position he held until his retirement in 1974.
Vakalopoulos was a member of the Society for Macedonian Studies and numerous other scholarly organizations, representing Greece at many international academic conferences. His scientific contributions, published both as standalone works and in Greek and international journals, total 242, beginning in 1935.
Through his remarkable academic, research, and teaching work, as well as his extensive writing, Vakalopoulos made invaluable contributions to Greek scholarship and was honored with numerous awards and distinctions.
