230 North Oval
Dept. of Greek and Latin
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210
(614) 292-7835 (F)
Areas of Specialization
Ethnicity and Race in the United States
Diaspora Studies
Greek-American Culture and Society
Anthropology of Greece
Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies
Modern Greek Language
Contemporary Greek Culture
Issues in Greek-American Society
Greek Ethnography and Folklore
Prof. Yiorgos Anagnostou
Associate Professor
Ohio State UniversityDepartment of Greek and Latin
Degrees
Ph.D. 1999 Ohio State University(Anthropology, Modern Greek Studies, Comparative Studies)
Principal Publications
Books
The Contours of White Ethnicity: Popular Ethnography and the Making of Usable Pasts in Greek America (Forthcoming, Ohio University Press) http://ohioswallow.com/author/Yiorgos_Anagnostou
Selective List of Articles
“A Critique of Symbolic Ethnicity: The Ideology of Choice?” Ethnicities (Forthcoming)
“Research Frontiers, Academic Margins: Helen Papanikolas and the Authority to Represent the Immigrant Past.” Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora (Forthcoming, Spring 2008)
“Against Immigration as Cultural Loss” In Hellenisms: Perceptions of Greek Ethnicity from Antiquity to Modern Times. Katerina Zacharia ed. Birmingham, Ashgate Publishers (Forthcoming).
“The Politics of Metaethnography in the Age of ‘Popular Folklore.’” Journal of American Folklore 119.474 (2006): 381-412.
“Through the Lenses of Rage: Refracting Success in Greek America.” Modern Greek Studies (Australia, New Zealand) 13 (2005): 132-145.
“Helen Papanikolas as a Humanist: Immigrants, ‘Contact Zones,’ and Empathy in the American West." Modern Greek Studies YearBook 20/21 (2004/2005): 147-173.
“Forget the Past, Remember the Ancestors! Modernity, ‘Whiteness,’ American Hellenism, and the Politics of Memory in Early Greek America.” Journal of Modern Greek Studies 21.1 (2004): 25-71.
“‘That Imagination Called Hellenism:’ Connecting Greek Worlds, Past and Present, in Greek America.” The Classical Bulletin 80.2 (2004): 247-281.
“Private Heirlooms, Public Memories: Tradition and Greek America as Translation.” Gramma: A Journal of Theory and Criticism 12 (2004): 109-125.
“Model Americans, Quintessential Greeks: Ethnic Success and Assimilation in Diaspora.” Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies 12.3 (2003): 279-327.
“‘Whiteness Studies’ in the United States: Theory and Politics.” O Politis 72 (2000): 33-38. [In Greek]