Honorary Professorship at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome

I have just been awarded an Honorary Professorship in the Department of Political Science at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, for a three-year term. I was very surprised and pleased to receive this unexpected honor.  In Europe, to be named Honorary Professor is one of the most prestigious awards a University can grant to someone who is not a member of their faculty.   It signals their appreciation of a person’s scholarship along with interest in maintaining close ties with them in both research and teaching venues.  I have already been a visiting professor at LUISS in the School of Government for a number of years, conducting a short-term seminar in Rome once a year in late spring.  This takes the relationship to a new level for the next three years.  I am truly honored, and delighted!