{"id":960,"date":"2023-09-23T15:49:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T12:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eliam.gr\/?post_type=cpt_team&#038;p=960"},"modified":"2023-10-06T12:16:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:16:45","slug":"alexander-kitroeff","status":"publish","type":"cpt_team","link":"https:\/\/eliam.gr\/en\/team\/alexander-kitroeff\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Kitroeff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>He has taught at the Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at Queens College, City University of New York, at the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton University, at the Onassis Center for Hellenic Studies at New York University, at the American College of Greece College Year in Athens. He served on the editorial board of the <em>Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora <\/em>from 1980 through 2013 when it ceased publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The titles of his books are: <em>The Greeks in Egypt: Ethnicity &amp; Class 1919-1937<\/em> (1989), <em>Griegos en Am\u00e9rica <\/em>(1994), <em>Wrestling with the Ancients: Modern Greek Identity &amp; the Olympics <\/em>(2004), <em>Hellas Evropi Panathinaikos 100 Chronia Helleniki Istoria <\/em>(2010), <em>The Greeks and the Making of Modern Egypt <\/em>(2019) also published in Arabic and in Greek, <em>The Greek Orthodox Church in America: A Modern History <\/em>(2020), <em>The History of AHEPA 1922-2022 A Century of Service <\/em>(2022 &amp; 2<sup>nd<\/sup> edition 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has served as the historical consultant in five documentary films directed by Maria Iliou: \u201cThe Journey: the Greek Dream in America,\u201d Smyrna: the Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City,\u201d \u201cFrom Both Sides of the Aegean: Greece &amp; Turkey, Expulsion and Population Exchange,\u201d \u201cAgapimeni Theia Lena: E Zoi kai to Ergo tis Antigonis Metaxa,\u201d \u201cAthens for East to West 1821-1896,\u201d \u201cAthens and the Great Idea 1896-1922\u201d and for the corresponding pho exhibits shown at the Benaki Museum. He was also the historical consultant for the ten-part ERT TV series \u201cRoutes of the Greek Diaspora\u201d about the Greeks in America, directed by Chronis Pechlivanidis and presented by Maya Tsocli. In 2002 he received the Archbishop Iakovos Award for Excellence from the Greek-American organization Leadership 100. 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