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Konstantinos Kornetis received an M.A. with Distinction in the History of Southeastern Europe from University College London in 2000, after having studied History and Political Science at the Ludwig Maximilian's University in Munich, and War Studies and Modern Greek at King's College London. He spent research periods in France [Sorbonne/EHESS] and Spain ["Salvador de Madariaga" scholarship] and he was Visiting Global Scholar in History and Film Studies at N.Y.U. in 2001. He received his PhD in History and Civilization from the European University Institute, Florence, in 2006. He is currently Visiting Assistant Professor in History at Brown University.

His research interests include the history of European authoritarian regimes and social movements in the 20th century, political cinema, as well as the analysis of oral testimonies. He has worked extensively on the history and memory of the 1960s, the methodology of oral history and the use of film as a source for social and cultural history. He is currently revising his thesis on the Greek and Spanish student movements under the regimes of the Colonels and Franco for publication with Berghahn Books.

Teaching:

Between Marx and Coca-Cola: European Youth Cultures in the 'Long 60s'
Old Skeletons, New Closets: History, Myth and Nation in the Balkans
Discipline and Punish: Authoritarianism and Fascism in Southern Europe
Introduction to Political Cinema: Film as a source for social and cultural history
Revolution from Below: Political Violence in Southern Europe in the 20th century
Word of Mouth: Orality and Memory in Historiography and Documentary Film