{"id":6870,"date":"2022-03-17T08:51:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T12:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.qc.cuny.edu\/?p=6870"},"modified":"2022-03-17T08:51:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T12:51:18","slug":"celebrating-diversity-greek-american-heritage-month-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/2022\/03\/17\/celebrating-diversity-greek-american-heritage-month-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Diversity: Greek American Heritage Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.qc.cuny.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/featureimg_greekflag_gettyimages-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Flag Greece\" class=\"wp-image-6875 lazyload\" width=\"142\" height=\"92\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 142px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 142\/92;\" \/><figcaption>Flag Greece<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>March is Greek and Greek American Heritage Month.&nbsp; We recognize the many contributions&nbsp;Greeks and Greek Americans&nbsp;have made and continue to make to our diverse society.&nbsp; &nbsp;New academic&nbsp;conversations and collaborations have begun.&nbsp; &nbsp;To find out more, we invite you to virtually stop by these online resources:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A new publication sparking great interest among the academic Greek American community is&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ergon.scienzine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Ergon<\/em>:&nbsp;<em>Greek\/American<\/em>&nbsp;<\/a>Arts and Letters an open online journal&nbsp;edited by Professor Yiorgos Anagnostou of Ohio State University.<\/li><li>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/Academics\/Centers\/ByzantineGreek\/Pages\/Welcome.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies<\/a>&nbsp;at Queens College with a new director, Professor Gerasimus&nbsp;Katsan, European Languages &amp; Literatures, Queens College.<\/li><li>The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/hapsoc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hellenic American&nbsp;Project<\/a>&nbsp;directed by Professor Nicholas Alexiou, Sociology Dept., Queens College, documenting through oral histories an understanding of&nbsp;the Greek American community.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are a few of our newer acquisitions.&nbsp; Other publications of interest may be found&nbsp;in Libguides for&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/qc-cuny.libguides.com\/modern-greek-literature\" target=\"_blank\">Modern Greek Language and&nbsp; Literature<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/qc-cuny.libguides.com\/Greek-American-Studies\" target=\"_blank\">Greek American Studies<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><a href=\"void(0);\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/syndetics.com\/index.aspx?isbn=1501749919\/LC.GIF&amp;client=cunyh\" alt=\"Cover Art\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cuny-qc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CUNY_QC\/347ek8\/alma9994431771806137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Greek Orthodox Church in America&nbsp;by&nbsp;Alexander Kitroeff<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publication Date: 2020-06-15<br>&#8220;In this sweeping history, Alexander Kitroeff shows how the Greek Orthodox Church in America has functioned as much more than a religious institution, becoming the focal point in the lives of the country&#8217;s million-plus Greek immigrants and their descendants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/syndetics.com\/index.aspx?isbn=9783030839369\/LC.GIF&amp;client=cunyh\" alt=\"Cover Art\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cuny-qc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CUNY_QC\/347ek8\/alma9994431571406137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Memories of Asia Minor in Contemporary Greek Culture: An Itinerary&nbsp;by&nbsp;Gedgaudaite, Kristina<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publication Date: 2022<br>&#8220;&#8230;examines the memories that shaped Asia Minor refugee identity, focusing on the ways in which these memories continue to reverberate in contemporary Greek culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:17% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/syndetics.com\/index.aspx?isbn=9781474436335\/LC.GIF&amp;client=cunyh\" alt=\"Cover Art\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cuny-qc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CUNY_QC\/3t7ed6\/alma9994395829806137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greek Weird Wave: A Cinema of Biopolitics&nbsp;by&nbsp;Papanikolaou, D\u0113m\u0113tr\u0113s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publication Date: 2021<br>&#8220;This book establishes a cinematic and cultural history of Greece during the last difficult decade. It focuses on key films from the post-2009 \u2018New\u2019 or \u2018Weird Wave\u2019 of Greek cinema, proposing the Greek Weird Wave as a paradigmatic cinema movement of biopolitical realism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Films on the Greek American experience include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:17% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-F7rQQmk_vVU\/UfmW4fNhvWI\/AAAAAAAAJhc\/J8isl9RO9KM\/s1600\/The+Journey+-+The+Greek+American+Dream.jpg\" alt=\"\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03ba\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03c5\u03c0\u03cc\u03c4\u03b9\u03c4\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdocumentaries2.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/the-journey-greek-american-dream-online.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Journey: The Greek American Dream<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aavailable on:  Internet, in English.<br>&#8220;A work of compelling visual and audial power,..This is public history of high professional caliber, a product of collaboration between award-winning filmmaker Maria Iliou and historian Alexander Kitroeff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:17% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.qc.cuny.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6871 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/164340894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ludlow Greek Americans in the Colorado Coal War<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Available on:  Vimeo<br>The story of the Ludlow Massacre and the Ten Day War in 1914 Colorado with a special focus on the Greek strikers and their leader Louis Tikas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:17% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.newdiaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Taxisyneidisia-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cover Art\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 212px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 212\/300;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/166715804\" target=\"_blank\">Greek American Radicals: the Untold Story<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publication Date: 2013<br>Available on:  Vimeo<br>&#8220;Focusing from the Great Depression to the demise of ethnic radicalism in the 50s, the documentary Greek-American Radicals: the Untold Story brings forth an alternative vision of Greek-American history that highlights the transformations and multiple interrelations between ethnicity, class and radicalism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March is Greek and Greek American Heritage Month.&nbsp; We recognize the many contributions&nbsp;Greeks and Greek Americans&nbsp;have made and continue to make to our diverse society.&nbsp; &nbsp;New academic&nbsp;conversations and collaborations have begun.&nbsp; &nbsp;To find out more, we invite you to virtually stop by these online resources:&nbsp; 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