Antonis Liakos

Antonis Liakos (1947) is professor of contemporary history and history of historiography at the University of Athens, chair of the Board of the International Commission for History and Τheory of Historiography (2010-2015) and managing editor of “Historein”.

Born in Athens (1947), he was imprisoned by the Junta in 1969, while student of history at the University of Thessaloniki. Released in 1973, took his BA in 1977, and his PhD in 1984. Lecturer and assistant professor at the University of Thessaloniki from 1980 to 1990, when he was elected professor at the Department of History and Archeology at the University of Athens. Research fellow and visiting professor at the University of Birmingham (1989), European University Institute (1995), University of Sydney (1995) University of Princeton (1996, 2006), Ecole Normale Superieure (2001), member of the Board of the European Doctorate in Social History (2005-20010).