Academy of Social and Political Research

The Academy of Social and Political Research was created in 2009 by four scholars, namely Dr. phil. Dimitris Michalopoulos (Greece; historian, archaeologist, professor), Kerry R. Bolton (New Zealand), Jim Saleam (Australia), and José Maria Ingrassia (Italy). The website was deactivated in February/March 2016, the acadamy since then inactive.

History

Goals

Their aim was to fight against the dominant Social Liberal/Marxist conception of history and, generally speaking, social sciences, giving voice to non-conformist scholars throughout the world.

It is fitting that in this Dark Age there should emerge from out of the cultural and intellectual catacombs an effort of genuine scholarship, the impetus for which comes from Greece, the land where our scholarly inheritance originated, along with the very word 'Academy'. Cognisant of the death-grip in which the intellectual and cultural life of Western institutions is held between a nexus of money-making and political dogmas, all acting against those Traditional values upon which Civilisation rests, a group of scholars from across the world has determined to provide an alternative 'outside the formal institutions'. Our aim? The very notion of Aletheia, the ancient Greek word meaning “Truth”. It was for Aletheia that Socrates died and for which his disciples and epigones struggled throughout their lives. Our guide? History. For we know that since ancient times men have no more ready corrective of conduct than knowledge of the past as well as that the soundest education is... the study of History. For the aims and structure of the ASPR refer to the Constitution. We welcome those of you to our Academy who might find inspiration in and assist us with our purposes.

The organ of the Academy with contributors and topics associated with the European New Right was Ab Aeterno, published four times per year (quarterly) in Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand. 16 volumes in the years 2009 to 2013 are known.

Dimitris Michalopoulos

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Dimitris Michalopoulos (born in Athens, 1952) studied at the Italian School of Athens (1964-70), at the National University of Athens (1970-4), at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris (1974-5) and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he was proclaimed Doctor in History (1978). He was the curator of the archives of the President of the Hellenic Republic (1980-2), lecturer and assistant professor at the University of Salonika (1982-94), professor at the Naval War College of Greece (1990-7) and the Naval Academy of Greece (1994-7), and director of the Museum of the City of Athens (1990-2000). In heavy disagreement with the left-wing government in Greece because of his studies of the First World War and the publication of his politically incorrect results, he lost all his jobs and was unemployed from 2000 to 2004 and 2011 to 2015. Further, he was denied the professorship at the University of Athens, and this despite the decision of the Greek Council of State and the interpellations that took place in the Greek Chamber. He was awarded the "Anassilaos Nostos" prize (Italy), he also became a titular member and chief historian of the maritime "Académie des Arts & Sciences de la Mer" (France).

Born in Athens (1952), he studied at the Scuola Italiana di Atene (1964-70), the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1970-4), the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris (1974-5), and thanks to a French Government scholarship at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, in Paris too, where he obtained his Doctorat ès Lettres (Social and Economic History) in 1978. He was the Curator of the Archives of the President of the Hellenic Republic (1980-2), Lecturer and Assistant Professor in Diplomatic and Balkan History at the Aristotelian University of Salonika (1982-94), Professor of Military History at the Naval War College of Greece (1989-97) and Professor of Naval History at the Hellenic Naval Academy (1994-7). During the years 1990-2000, he was the Curator of the Museum of the City of Athens and took part in research missions to Mount Athos and Armenia. From 2004 to 2011 he was the Director of the "Historical Institute for Studies on Eleutherios Venizelos and his Era". Now he is an Academic Adviser to the "Institute of Hellenic Maritime History", The Piraeus, and Voluntary Professor of Greek and Balkan history at the People's University (Athens). In 1999, he was awarded the Prize “Anassilaos Nostos” (Italy), and in 2016 he was elected titular member of the Académie des arts et des sciences de la Mer (Pornichet, France). Ιn May 2017, he was a visiting professor at the University of Bucharest, Romania. Further, he is a member of the Associação Portuguesa de História Económica e Social as well as a correspondent member of the Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa. In 2020, he has been elected an associate member of the Académie florimontane (Annecy, France).