Alexander Kitroeff
Professor of History; Coordinator of Middle East and Islamic Studies
Hall 4
(610) 896-1051
akitroef@haverford.edu
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Education

D.Phil. Oxford University (1984)

M.A. University of Keele (1979)

B.A. University of Warwick (1974)

Research

My research and publishing focuses on nationalism and ethnicity in modern Greece and its diaspora, and its manifestations across a broad spectrum, from politics to sports. My publications include: The Greeks in Egypt, 1919-1937: Ethnicity & Class London: Ithaca, 1989; Griegos en América Madrid: MAPFRE, 1992; Wrestling with the Ancients: Modern Greek Identity and the Olympics  New York: Greekworks, 2004;  Ελλάς, Ευρώπη Παναθηναϊκός! 100 Χρονια Ελληνική Ιστορία New York: Greekworks, 2010; The Greeks and the Making of Modern Egypt  Cairo: American University in Cairo Press 2019. My forthcoming book is Greek Orthodoxy and Greek America and it will be published in 2020 by the Northern Illinois University Press. My future book projects include a history of AHEPA (American Hellenic Progressive Association) to appear at its centenary in 2022 and a history of Greek Americans and diner restaurants.  

I am also continuing my collaboration with film director Maria Iliou with who I have served as the principal historical consultant in four documentaries: The Journey: the Greek Dream in America (2007);  Smyrna 1922: the Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City (2012);  From Both Sides of the Aegean: Expulsions & Population Exchange, Turkey-Greece 1922-1924 (2013);  Αγαπημένη Θεία Λένα: το Εργο και η Ζωή της Αντιγόνης Μεταξά (2017). Our current project is a 5-part history of the city of Athens, from 1821 to the present. Part 1, "Athens Between East & West, 1821-1896" is scheduled to premiere in February 2020 at the Benaki Museum in Athens.

Teaching

My courses focus on the C20th-21st cultural and social history of Europe and the Mediterranean region, with an emphasis on national and ethnic identities:

  • Hist 114 The Modern Mediterranean
  • Hist 215 Sport & Society 
  • Hist 249 Refugees in C20th Europe
  • Hist 250 “White” Ethnicity in the United States 
  • Hist 270 From Empire to Nation: the Ottoman World Transformed
  • Hist 357 Topics in European History: Nationalism & Immigration
  • Hist 400 Senior History Seminar

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