PhD, The University of Chicago (Geography) - 1993
MA, The University of Chicago (International Relations) - 1985
BA, Franklin and Marshall College (Classics & Government)- 1984
An urban and political geographer, Professor Papadopoulos
studies the contestation of urban space in Europe and the United States. His
published work on urban morphology includes a significant monograph on the
urban impacts of European integration in the restructuring of Brussels'
downtown, a collection of articles on the urban impacts of market reform and
political liberalization in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and more recently, works
on the urban dynamics of Chicago’s LGBT communities, and on the triangulation
of music, landscape, and politics in Istanbul.
Dr. Papadopoulos political geographic research entangles ‘the
urban’ in works on state and national identity formations and the geopolitics
of Southeastern Europe. His co-authored book Hellenic Statecraft: Territory, Identity Geopolitics is under
contract with Routledge. On-going work also includes the co-edited volume (with
Heidi J Nast) Spatial Futures:
Difference and the Post-Anthropocene (under contract
with Palgrave).
GEO 201 Geopolitics
GEO 206 Boundaries and Identities
GEO 233 Comparative Urbanism
GEO 316 The European Union
GEO 331 Chicago: Global City
GEO 334 Urban Design
MLS 404 The City
Awards:
The Harm de Blij Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching in Geography, American Association of Geographers (2019)
Rev. William T. Cortelyou-Martin J Lowery Award for Excellence, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, DePaul University (2011)
Spirit of DePaul Award, DePaul University (2011-12)
Vincent DePaul Professor, Society of Vincent de Paul Professors (2005)
Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, DePaul University (1996)
Selected Creative Works and Publications:
Books
Nast, Heidi J; Papadopoulos, Alex. Spatial Futures: Difference and the Post-Anthropocene (contract: Palgrave – 2020).
Papadopoulos, Alex; Petridis, Triantafyllos. Hellenic Statecraft: Territory, Identity, Geopolitics (contract: Routledge - 2019).
Papadopoulos, Alex G; Duru, Asli (eds). Landscapes of Music in Istanbul. A Cultural Politics of Place and Exclusion. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript-Verlag, 2017 (ISBN 978-3-8376-3358-0).
Papadopoulos, Alex G. Urban Regimes and Strategies. Building Europe’s Central Executive District in Brussels. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, Geography Research Paper Series, 1996 (ISBN 0-226-64559-2).
Papadopoulos, Alex G. Operations of the European Community Concerning Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises. A Practical Handbook. Luxemburg: Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1991 (Catalogue number CT-71 -91 -647-EN-C) - (ISBN 92-826-3110-9).
“Rereading the Story of the City of Cherson and the Maiden Gykia in De Administrando Imperio as ‘Arts of Rule’ Narrative.” Essays in Medieval Studies, Volume 22 (2016): 201-30.
“Becoming ‘Boystown’ in Neoliberal Chicago: A Critical Urban Morphology of the North Halsted-Broadway Corridor” (2016). In: L. Bennett, E. Hague, and R. Garner, eds. Neoliberal Chicago, Chicago: University of Illinois Press.
Timothy Stewart-Winter. Queer Clout. Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics. Series: Politics and Culture in Modern America. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. Extended invited book review essay, published in a set of responses to the author in https://societyandspace.org/.
Exhibition and catalogue: Vincent de Paul's Mediterranean: Europe and the Barbary Coast, 1580-1760 (2013). The Richardson Library, DePaul University.
“Exploring Byzantine Cartographies: Ancient Science, Christian Cosmology, and Geopolitics in Imperial-Era Mapping” (2011), Essays in Medieval Studies, volume 27: 117-131.
“Imperial Cartographies. Power, Strategy, and Scientific Discovery,” exhibition, DePaul Art Museum (Jan-Mar 2007).
“From 'Towertown' to 'Boystown' and 'Girlstown': Chicago's Gay and Lesbian Geographies”, (2006) in: R.P. Greene, M.J. Bouman, and D. Grammenos (eds.) Chicago's Geographies: Metropolis for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers, pp. 232-241.
“On the Draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe” (2004) National Strategy Forum Review. Volume 13, Issue 4:26-9.
“Mapping ‘Romeic’ and ‘Hellenic’ Same-Sex Desire. Articulating Hetero-patriarchy and Male Homosexuality in Contemporary Greece” (2002), Antipode 34: 910-934.
“Brüssel—Hauptstadt der Eurokratie. Zukunftsvisionen füdie “Haupstadt” Europas als Weltstadt, In: Rita Schneider-Sliwa (ed.) Städte im Umbruch. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag GmbH, pp. 263-282.
“Restructuring the Kiosk Trade in St. Petersburg. A New Retail Trade Model for the Post-Soviet Period,” with K. Axenov and I. Brade, GeoJournal (Autumn 1997).