Maria Kaliambou Awarded 2024 Modern Greek Studies Association Best Edited Book Prize

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The Hellenic Studies program is pleased to announce that Senior Lector Maria Kaliambou has been awarded the 2024 Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA) Best Edited Book Prize in Modern Greek Studies for The Greek Revolution and the Greek Diaspora in the United States, published by Routledge in the Studies in Modern History series, 2023. The prize committee notes that the book’s authors “contextualize the commemorations within the broader framework of international relations, ethnic identity-building, and political awareness, and elicit as well as encourage new scholarly perspectives.”  She will receive her award on October 17 in Princeton, New Jersey at the award ceremony of the 28th MGSA symposium.

The Greek Revolution and the Greek Diaspora in the United States seeks to elevate historical awareness within the Greek communities in the diaspora, adding a new perspective on the discussion about the Greek Revolution of 1821 by including the forgotten Greeks in the United States and Canada.

Professor Kaliambou’s research examines the dialogue between folklore and book history, particularly in the diaspora, and she is the former chair of the Modern Greek Special Interest Group at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.