230 North Oval
Dept. of Greek and Latin
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210
(614) 292-7835 (F)
Areas of Specialization
Diaspora and Transnational Studies
Ethnicity and Race in the United States
Greek-American Culture and Society
The cultures and ethnography of Greece
Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies
Modern Greek Language
Contemporary Greek Culture
Issues in Greek-American Society
Greek Ethnography and Folklore
Modern Greek Poetry
Athens: The Modern City
Revised 10/27/09
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
Book
The Contours of White Ethnicity: Popular Ethnography and the Making of Usable Pasts in Greek America (2009, Ohio University Press) http://ohioswallow.com/author/Yiorgos_Anagnostou
Book chapter
“ Against Cultural Loss: Immigration, Life History, and the Enduring Vernacular.'” In Hellenisms: Culture, Identity and Ethnicity from Antiquity to Modernity, ed. by Katerina Zacharia, 355-77. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing (2008).Articles
“A Critique of Symbolic Ethnicity: The Ideology of Choice?” Ethnicities, Vol. 9(1): 94-122. 2009.
“About Facts and Fictions: Reply to Herbert Gans and Mary Waters.” Ethnicities, Vol. 9(1): 136-140. 2009.
“Research Frontiers, Academic Margins: Helen Papanikolas and the Authority to Represent the Immigrant Past.” Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora, Vol. 34 (1&2): 9-29. 2008.
“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]
Book Reviews in the Greek American Media
“Greek Americans and African Americans in Conflict and Solidarity.’ Review of George Pelecanos' “The Turnaround.” The National Herald, Vol. 12 (611), June 27, 2009:7. ( http://www.thenationalherald.com/pdf/611/p7.pdf)
“The Point of View of a Third-Generation Greek American: Family History and a Woman;s Quest for Roots.” Review of Catherine T. Davidson's “The Priest Fainted.” The National Herald, Book Supplement, December 20, 2008:20-1.
“When Greeks and Turks Met: Cultures in Dialogue.” Review of Demetra Vaka's “The Unveiled Ladies of Istanbul (Stanbul).” 1923. Introduction Yiorgos Kalogeras. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2005. The National Herald, June 28, 2008: 6.
“Empowering Greek American Women.” Review of Constance Callinicos' (1990) “American Aphrodite: Growing Up Female in Greek America.” Pella. The National Herald, Book Supplement, February 23, 2008: 10-11.
“Do not Forget the Race Factor.” Review of Lazar “Larry” Odzak's (2006) “Demetrios is Now Jimmy.”: Greek Immigrants in the Southern United States, 1895-1965. Monograph Publishers. Durham: North Carolina. The National Herald, Book Supplement, Spring 2007.
