On the occasion of the retirement of Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics in the European Institute at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, where he is also Director of the Hellenic Observatory.
By Professor Simon Glendinning, Head of the European Institute
Many of us will not have known the European Institute without Kevin. He arrived in 2002, and almost immediately became its Head – or, as it was then called, its Director. Taking up that leadership role, Kevin succeeded Professor Paul Taylor. that when he first took over, it was not just a matter of keeping things ‘ticking along’, but ‘to think strategical