Christos Fotoglidis is a Ph.D. student in Modern European History in the Department of History at The Ohio State University. His research interests focus primarily on authoritarian regimes and dictatorships, violence, technical experts, social movements and youth, everyday life, and transnational history in Greece, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean region.

He is originally from Neo Kordelio, Thessaloniki, and holds a bachelor’s degree in History and Archaeology. He subsequently earned a master’s degree in Political Science, specializing in Political History, War, and Strategic Studies. His master’s research examined the collective actions and social movements of students in Greece from 1950 until the onset of the military dictatorship (1967).

Christos has worked as a researcher on various research projects for different institutions and served as a history researcher for the permanent exhibition of the Holocaust Museum of Greece (currently under construction). He is a member of the editorial board of the academic journal “20th Century: Historical, Social and Political Review” and of the production team for the historical podcast “Unveiling the 20th Century” (in Greek).

Advisor: Theodora Dragostinova