MGSA Survey of University Faculty and Administrators
Dr. Alexandros K. Kyrou
Associate Professor
Director, Program in East European and Russian
Studies
Salem State
College
Department of History
I. Degrees
Ph.D. 1993 Indiana University (History)
M.A. 1981 Indiana University (History)
B.A. 1980 Indiana University (History)
II. Areas of Specialization
Balkan History
Greek-American Studies
Eastern European History and Politics
III. Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies
The Greeks: From Antiquity to Modernity
Byzantine History and Civilization
Byzantium and Medieval Warfare
Ottoman History
History of the Balkans: 1453-1804
History of the Balkans: 1804-1923
Eastern Europe: 1914 to the Present
American Immigration and the Greek Diaspora
The Greek-American Experience: Field Literature
The Greek-American Experience: Research in Primary Sources.
IV. Principal Publications (Greek words are given in transliteration)
"Ancient, Byzantine and Modern Greece:
Continuity Through Historical Evolution." In Richard Frucht,
ed. Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Land, and Culture. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO Press
(forthcoming, 2005).
"An Assessment of American Strategy in the
South Balkans Since the Dissolution of Yugoslavia." In George A. Kourvetaris,
Victor Roudemetof, et al., eds., The New Balkans:
Disintegration and Reconstruction, pp. 401-437. New
York: East European Monographs, Columbia University Press,
2002.
"Operation Blockade: Greek-American
Humanitarianism During World War II.” In Eugene Rossides, ed., Greece’s Pivotal Role in World War II,
pp. 109-127. Washington, D.C.:
American Hellenic Institute Foundation, 2002.
"Diaspora Studies: Hellenic
Diaspora" (with Stavros K. Frangos). In Stratos E. Constantinidis, ed., Greece in Modern Times: An
Annotated Bibliography of Works Published in English in Twenty-Two Academic
Disciplines During the Twentieth Century, Volume I, pp.
355-378. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press,
Inc., 2000.
Guide to the Greek Pamphlet Collection at the
Firestone Library, Princeton University: A Survey Catalogue of Pamphlets,
Newsletters and Other Ephemera on Greece and Southeastern Europe. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University
Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, 1997.
"Castle-Building in the Balkans: American Aspirations in
Southeastern Europe Since the Dissolution of
Yugoslavia," Journal of Political and Military Sociology, 24/2
(1996): 253-284.
"American Foreign Policy Ambitions in the Balkans," Mediterranean
Quarterly: A Journal of Global Issues, 6/3 (1995): 108-118.
"Interethnic Conflict in the Diaspora: The Case of the Greek and
Bulgarian Americans During World War II," Journal
of Modern Hellenism, 11 (1994): 1-17.
"Ethnicity as Humanitarianism: The Greek American Relief Campaign
for Occupied Greece, 1941-1944." In
Dan Georgakas and Charles C. Moskos,
eds., New Directions in Greek American Studies, pp. 111-127. New York:
Pella Publishing Company, Inc, 1991.
V. Office Address
Department of History
Salem State College
352 Lafayette Street
Salem, MA 01970
Office Telephone (F)=Fax
(978) 542-6899
Electronic Address
[email protected]
VI. Home Address
6 Sibley Drive
Bedford, MA 01730
Home Telephone (F)=Fax
(781) 271-1774
VII. Comments and Additional Information
(no information submitted)
Last revised May 21, 2004
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