Modern Greek Studies Association

Dr. Maria Kaliambou

Senior Lector II

Yale University

Hellenic Studies Program

Degrees

Ph.D. Folklore Studies and European Ethnology, University of Munich, Germany, 2005 

B.A. History and Archaeology, University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997

Principal Publications

Books

(ed.) The Greek Revolution and the Greek Diaspora in the United States. Abingdon, Oxon, and New York: Routledge, 2023. (Winner of the 2024 MGSA Vassiliki Karagiannaki Best Edited Book Prize in Modern Greek Studies.)

(ed.) Η Επανάσταση του 1821 και οι Έλληνες της Αμερικής. Athens: Asini, 2023.

The Routledge Modern Greek Reader: Greek Folktales for Learning Modern Greek. Abingdon, Oxon, and New York: Routledge, 2015.

Heimat, Glaube, Familie: Wertevermittlung in griechischen Popularmärchen (1870–1970) [Home, Faith, Family: Transmission of Values in Greek Popular Folktale Booklets (1870–1970)]. Münchener Schriften zur Neogräzistik 3. Neuried: Ars Una, 2006.

 

Book Chapters and Articles (selection)

2026

“Lay Editors as Historians of Immigrant Communities: A Case Study of Commemorative Albums by the St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Community in Palos Heights, Illinois.” In Writing and Reading European Migrant Belonging in Early Twentieth-Century North America, edited by Saijaleena Rantanen, Kirsti Salmi-Niklander, and Samira Saramo, 49–68. Helsinki: Migration Institute of Finland, 2026.

2024

“Folk Tales in Greece.” In The Oxford Handbook of Slavic and East European Folklore, edited by Margaret Beissinger, 605–27. New York: Oxford University Press, 2024.

“Teaching Modern Greek at Yale University: A Creative and Flexible Model for the Future.” In Exploring Modern Greek as a Second, Foreign, and Heritage Language in Greece and Beyond, edited by Marina Mattheoudakis and Christina Maligkoudi, 106–24. New York: Routledge, 2024.

2023

“Representations of the Greek Revolution in Greek American Publications.” In The Greek Revolution and the Greek Diaspora in the United States, edited by Maria Kaliambou, 58–73. New York: Routledge, 2023.

“Transmitting Heritage through Children’s Books: The First Greek American Children’s Anthology.” Journal of Modern Hellenism 35 (Winter 2023): 110–28.

2022

“‘A Parade of Home’: Representations of Home in Greek American Community Albums.” In Reading Home Cultures Through Books, edited by Kirsti Salmi-Niklander and Marija Dalbello, 57–78. New York and London: Routledge, 2022.

2020

“The First Schoolbooks for Greek American Children.” In Educating Greek Americans: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Pathways, edited by Fevronia Soumakis and Theodore Zervas, 41–70. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.

2019

“‘I Cannot Understand You’: Folktales and Foreign Language Pedagogy.” In Teaching Fairy Tales, edited by Nancy Canepa, 239–53. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2019.

“Fairy Tales and Psychiatry: A Psychiatry Residency’s Experience Using Fairy Tales and Related Literary Forms to Highlight Theoretical and Clinical Concepts in Childhood Development.” Academic Psychiatry 43, 114-118 (2019). Coauthored with Ryan Wallace and Zheala Qayyum. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-018-0968-5.

2017

“Η Σταχτοπούτα πάει στο μάθημα: Μαθαίνοντας νέα ελληνικά μέσω των παραμυθιών” [Cinderella Goes to Class: Learning Modern Greek Through Folktales]. In Το παραμύθι: Από τους αδελφούς Grimm στην εποχή μας. Διάδοση και μελέτη [The Tale: From the Brothers Grimm to Our Times. Diffusion and Study], edited by M. Meraklis, G. Papantonakis, Ch. Zafiropoulos, M. Kaplanoglou, and G. Katsadoros, 655–73. Athens: Gutenberg, 2017.

2013

“Λαογραφία και Ιστορία του Βιβλίου: Μια διεπιστημονική προσέγγιση” [Folklore and the History of the Book: An Interdisciplinary Approach]. In Proceedings of the International Conference “Folk Culture and Literature (Poetry, Prose, Theater),” Athens, December 8–12, 2010, edited by Aikaterini Polymerou-Kamilaki and Giorgos Vozikas, 483–96. Publications of the Hellenic Folklore Research Centre, Academy of Athens, vol. 30. Athens, 2013.

2012

“Άγνωστο αρχειακό υλικό παραμυθιών του Νικολάου Πολίτη” [Unknown Archival Material of Folktales by Nikolaos Politis]. In Nikolaos G. Politis and the Research Center of Greek Folklore of the Academy of Athens: Proceedings of the International Research Conference (Athens, December 4–7, 2003), edited by Aikaterini Polymerou-Kamilaki, Paraskeuas Potiropoulos, and Panagiotis Kamilakis, 343–73. Publications of the Hellenic Folklore Research Centre, Academy of Athens, vol. 23. Athens, 2012.

2007

“Popularmärchen und popularer Roman: Ein ‘Dialog’ zwischen den Gattungen” [Popularmärchen and the Popular Novel: A ‘Dialogue’ between Genres]. Fabula 48, nos. 1–2 (2007): 60–72.

“The Transformation of Folktales and Fairy Tales into Popular Booklets.” Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies 21, no. 1 (2007): 50–64.

2005

“Hans Christian Andersens ‘Reise’ in Griechenland: Zur Rezeption seiner Märchen seit Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts” [Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘Journey’ to Greece: The Reception of His Fairy Tales since the Late Nineteenth Century]. Fabula 46, nos. 1–2 (2005): 78–88.

2003

“Fremdes ‘Europa’: Verlockung und Gefahr. Zur Wahrnehmung ‘Europas’ in Griechenland in popularen Märchenheften (Ende 19./Anfang 20. Jh.)” [Strange ‘Europe’: Attraction and Danger. The Perception of ‘Europe’ in Greek Popular Folktale Booklets (Late Nineteenth–Early Twentieth Century)]. Ethnologia Balkanica 7 (2003): 27–41.

 

Awards and Honors

2026: Woman of Distinction Award, Association of Greek American Professional Women (AGAPW).

2024: Vassiliki Karagiannaki Best Edited Book Prize in Modern Greek Studies, Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA), for The Greek Revolution and the Greek Diaspora in the United States.

2011: Erasmus Student Ambassador of Greece, European Commission.

2006: Lutz Röhrich Prize, Walter Kahn Fairy Tale Foundation, for the best dissertation in German-language folktale research.