Dr. Stanley Sfekas, professor of philosophy and religion at the University of Indianapolis/Athens Campus was born in the United States. After receiving his B.A. in Philosophy and English from the University of Maryland, he went on to earn both his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from New York University. His doctoral dissertation is titled “The Problem of Individuation in Aristotelian Metaphysics”. Dr. Sfekas has taught in various institutions of higher education including Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, The New York Institute of Technology, George Washington University in Washington D.C., and the American College of Southeastern Europe.
Dr Sfekas has also published scholarly articles and books and has also been a critic for the American Philosophical Association and several international journals. He has been the book critic for the international journal, Philosophical Inquiry. He has also been the educational advisor to the Fulbright Foundation in Greece.
As a public lecturer in the Athenian academic community, Dr. Sfekas has delivered over 150 public lectures since 1986 and frequently appeared on Greek television as an academic spokesman. Apart from his scholarly publications, he has also translated, between 1995 and the present, the scripts of seven historical films and 35 archaeological documentaries. He was also the philosophical consultant to the various productions.
Dr. Sfekas appeared in 12 televised episodes of the documentary “From Aristotle to Hawking”, a Pissanos Production, speaking on Aristotle and Ancient Greek Cosmology. The series that has been translated and distributed globally was nominated by members of the Academy of Athens for the 2006 Templeton Prize. Dr. Sfekas is the translator of the series from the Greek to the English language.
PUBLICATIONS
1992 Book Review for Philosophical Inquiry: International Quarterly of
The End of Life: The Case for Euthanasia, by J. Rachels, Oxford
University Press,1989.
1992-1994 Book Review Editor for Philosophical Inquiry: International quarterly.
Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1994 Official Translator and Philosophical Consultant of Screenplay
for film and international television series: ORPHEUS AND
EURYDICE starring Oliver Reed, produced by P. Pissanos Co. www.pissanos.gr
World Premiere: Nov.8, 1997, London Film Festival.
1995 Adaptation of Screenplay (Greek- English) and Philosophical
Consultant for film and television series: The Gods
of Olympus, produced by P.Pissanos Co.
1996 Adaptation of Screenplay (Greek-English) and Philosophical
Consultant for film and television series:
DEUCALION’S FLOOD, a Pissanos production.
1996 “ Aristotle’s Principle of Individuation”, published in Deucalion,
Edited by A. Kitsopoulos.
1997 Adaptation of Screenplay and Philosophical Consultant for
film and television series: ALEXANDER THE
GREAT, a Pissanos production.
1997 Orpheus and Eurydice by Stanley Sfekas, book adapted
from the film starring Oliver Reed.
1998-1999 Adaptation of Narrative (Greek-English) and Philosophical Consultant
for a series of archaeological documentaries on Greece for cinematic
and television historical productions referred to below under the
auspices of the European Union Cultural Commission.
1) THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS 2) THE PARTHENON 3) THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM 4) THE ANCIENT AGORA 5) THE ROMAN AGORA 6) THE TEMPLE OF POSEIDON 7) THE ISLE OF AEGINA 8) THE PARTHENON MARBLES 9) THE FIREWALKERS 10) EPIDAURUS 11) THE TOMB OF AGAMMEMNON 12) VISITING CORINTH 13) ANCIENT OLYMPIA 14) THE ORACLE AT DELPHI 15) THE DELPHI MUSEUM 16) MOUNT OLYMPUS 17) A WALKING TOUR OF THE PLAKA 2000 18) EARLY GREEK COSMOLOGY 2001 19) FROM ARISTOTLE TO HAWKING 2002 20) EARLY GREEK MATHEMATICS 2003 21) ALEXANDER THE GREAT
22) OLYMPIAD: 448 B.C.
2004 Articles in periodical Business Partner, published by the American-
Hellenic Chamber of Commerce: 1) Ethical Guidelines
2) Corporate Responsibility
2004 Translation of cosmological work «Το Επόμενο Βήμα της Δημιουργίας» by Ioannis Tsatsaris; Epistos Publishing Company: The Next Step of Creation. (Greek to English). Submitted to Vantage Press. 2004 Translation of “Η Συλλογή του Πορταλάκη” by George Armaos.
(Greek to English). (The Portalakis Collection).
2005-2006 Translation of Documentary Television Series: From Aristotle to
Hawking; to be released Fall 2006; 12 episodes of 30 minutes.
2006 Translation of Book version of From Aristotle to Hawking.
Interviewed on Aristotelian Cosmology in Documentary Series:
From Aristotle to Hawking In 12 episodes.