Dimitris Michalopoulos holds a Ph.D. from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris). From 1980 to 1982, he was curator of the archives of Constantine Karamanlis, then President of the Hellenic Republic. In 1982, he joined the faculty of the University of Salonika's Law School and was promoted to Assistant Professor there in 1988. In 1990 he was appointed Director of the Museum of the City of Athens. Further, he taught History at the Naval War College of Greece (1990-1997) and Naval History at the Naval Academy of Greece (1994-1997). He subsequently served as an academic adviser to the Society of People's Friends, Athens, and Director of the Institute for Studies on Eleutherios Venizelos and his Era (2004-2011). Today Dr. Michalopoulos is Professor of History at the University of the People, Athens; an academic contributor to the Institute of Hellenic Maritime History, Piraeus; and a member of the Tsakonian Archives Working Team, Leonidion.