Dear History majors, We're offering a unique opportunity this semester.  Loucas Tsilas, the former Greek ambassador to the U.S. and the current Director of the Onassis Foundation in New York, will be teaching a section of Hist 392W.  Ambassador Tsilas had a distinguished career in the Greek foreign service that took him to posts in South Africa, Romania, and the European Union in Brussels, before going to Washington, DC.  His course, Historical Transitions in the 20th-century, will build on his own experiences in diplomacy and geopolitics in a number of contexts -- the fall of apartheid in South Africa; the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, and the war in the Balkans in the 1990s.  His section will meet on Wednesdays, 1:40-4:25.  Remember that Hist 392W is required for all History majors.  Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, Prof. Allen   Joel Allen Associate Professor and Chair History Department, Queens College Flushing, NY 11367 office: 718-997-5350 fax: 718-997-5359