Evangelos Laskaris is a historian who received his PhD in History from Université Paris - Est Créteil (UPEC) in Paris, France in 2016. His dissertation focused on Franco-Algerian cultural cooperation in independent Algeria from 1962-1980, specifically looking at teachers in secondary and higher education. He has over 10 years of research experience on topics related to Algeria's war of independence and cultural relations with France. Currently he is preparing several publications based on his dissertation research and oral history interviews.