Anastasis I. Gikas

Anastasis I. Gikas hails from Paros in the Cyclades. He studied Political Science at the University of York in England, where he also completed his postgraduate studies in Modern History, specializing in the theory and practice of mass movements. He earned his Doctoral Dissertation on the politics of the labor and communist movement in Greece during the Interwar period at the same university. During the academic year 2003-2004, he taught the course "British and American Politics" at the University of York. He contributed to the writing and editing of the work "PEMEN 1901-2001: The Seafarers on the Path of Class Struggle," in collaboration with PEMEN and the Archive of Trade Union History of the GSEE (published by "Prometheus," 2005). He has published and republished over 20 articles in various scientific journals and newspapers, such as the "Communist Review," "Education Topics," "Rizospastis," "Efxinos Pontos," among others. He has participated in numerous conferences in Greece and abroad, most recently at the 1st Scientific Conference titled "The Genocide of Pontic Greeks and the Timeless Evolution of the Issue," held in Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, from May 11-13, 2007 (with two papers on the historical journey of Pontic Greeks in the USSR). Currently, he works as an associate in the History Department of the Central Committee of the KKE, while also pursuing a second Doctoral Dissertation at the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens.