Harris Mylonas

Candidate statement

Harris Mylonas is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where he teaches courses on nationalism, European integration, international affairs, and qualitative methods. Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, he graduated from Anatolia College high school, received his BA and MSc from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, an MA from the University of Chicago, and a PhD from Yale University, and was an Academy Scholar at Harvard University. His research focuses on nation- and state-building, migration, diaspora politics, and international influences on domestic affairs, with particular emphasis on Greece, the Balkans, and Europe. He is the author of the award-winning The Politics of Nation-Building (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and co-author of Varieties of Nationalism (Cambridge University Press, 2023), as well as co-editor of several volumes and special issues on nationalism and diaspora politics. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of Nationalities Papers since 2018, a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for the Study of Nationalities since 2011, and is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations. As a member of the Executive Board of the Modern Greek Studies Association, he would work to strengthen interdisciplinary scholarship, advance diaspora and migration studies, support junior scholars, and expand MGSA’s transatlantic and public-facing engagement.