a) Media
“Hellenic DNA: Digital New America.”
b) Blogs
Anagnostou, Yiorgos. “How Do We Teach Race in Courses on European Americans?” Immigrations – Ethnicities – Racial Situations. 14 July 2013.
Apollo Papafrangou, Fiction in a Greek-American Voice,
Cosmos Philly is about us; our Greek American community as a Diaspora culture
Our goal is to preserve and perpetuate our identity, by sharing our past and present while providing a voice for the community. Via technology, we provide a multi-media platform to the community, region and the world.
Cosmos Philly is recognized as the best Greek multi-media forum covering the metropolitan Philadelphia area. We develop documentaries, news and features via video, photography and reporting. We also provide a variety of blogs from within the community that cover a range of subjects from a global level to the community. Every week, we bring insight to the Greek experience from around the metropolitan area with a sprinkling of the world. If it’s happening here in Philly, be sure that Cosmos Philly will bring it to light.
Founded and headquartered as an independent multi-media social forum for the Greek American community of Philadelphia, USA in the summer of 2011, you can find our team around the streets of Philadelphia and the surrounding areas.
Greek America in Stockton, CA
Irene Archos, the founder of Greekamericangirl.com, has been a journalist, writer, editor, and teacher for over two decades. The idea for the site was spawned after a very stoggy, conservative, and male-oriented media outlet killed her weekly column, “On Being a Greek American” because it was not “politically correct.” Not discouraged, she compiled her weekly essays into a longer memoir published under the same title. After getting fed-up with pitching story ideas and essays to the narrow clique of male-dominated news organizations, she decided to take matters into her own hands. Thus, Greekamericangirl.com was born.
The impetus for the site was spawned by the need for a targeted journal that took the needs, issues, and accomplishments of women of the Hellenic diaspora seriously. While Greek Americans and other Diaspora groups have been in the country for centuries, there is as of yet no magazine or other media product that broadcasts the female voice. The Greek media machine amounts to little more than blurbs about which organization or society met and had dinner, gave an award, or cut a “basilopita.” It was hard to find a publication where the real issues that plague our cultural group, especially from a woman’s perspective, were talked about honestly. Additionally, because Greek women are so underplayed in their patriarchal societies, a site that featured their accomplishments and gave them the credit they deserved was crucial.
Immigrations, Ethnicities, Racial Situations.
(entries on a range of Greek American situations)
(memoir and archival photographs, including U.S. magazine covers; Manos Hadjidakis and Melina Mercouri in New York City)
Kalofagas: Greek Food and Beyond
Georgia Kolias, Food, Fertility
Welcome to my website – the home of my writing life and the intersection of food, fertility, and culture.
food: ˈfüd
Something that nourishes, stimulates, and sustains the mind or soul: promoting growth
Ingesting food for thoughtfertility: fər-ˈti-lə-tē
the ability to produce many ideas or offspring: fruitfulness, abundance
improve the fertility of the soul by adding rich organic materialculture: ˈkəl-chərto grow in a prepared medium sharing language, religion, cuisine, music and arts: cultivation of the soilraising culture from fertile ground
There are so many mysteries in life—some of these have inspired my novel, The Feasting Virgin, and book of poetry, The Motherland. How can mixing some inert ingredients together like water, yeast, and flour result in something that rises and fills your heart with comfort when it is baked in the oven? How can a woman be “infertile” and end up birthing three children? How can we reconcile deeply conflicting beliefs in our lives and find beauty in the everyday? There are miracles, and then there are Miracles. Let’s discover the beauty and magic that can be found despite the hard stuff—or perhaps because of it. Come hang out with me a bit. I’m curious about your story, too. Visit my blog, Fertile Ground, where I’ll unearth, redefine, and cultivate the purpose and meaning of food, fertility, and culture.
Stephanie Nikolopoulos
(see under “Greekish” category for posts on Greek America by Stephanie Nikolopoulos, a writer)
This is a blog dedicated to the early history of the Greeks in Saint Louis, MO.
“Objects, Buildings, Situations.”
(entries on burial practices, the archaeology and history of Greek America, other)
Πού είμαι; Α, ναι… στην Αμερική…
…Ξεκίνησα το παρόν ιστολόγιο χωρίς σαφή στόχο, για να καταπολεμήσω την απομόνωση που ένιωσα καθώς βρέθηκα ξαφνικά σ’ένα απόλυτα ξένο περιβάλλον, μόνη μου μέσα στο σπίτι για ώρες ατελείωτες, μακριά απ’ τους ανθρώπους και τα μέρη που μέχρι τότε πλαισίωναν τη ζωή μου. Γρήγορα συνειδητοποίησα ότι είχε τη δυνατότητα να μετατραπεί σε διαρκές “θάψιμο” πολιτιστικών χαρακτηριστικών της Αμερικής, εξέλιξη που καθόλου δεν επιθυμούσα. Ταυτόχρονα κατάλαβα ότι θα μπορούσε να είναι μια διέξοδος για όλες τις σκέψεις μου τις σχετικές με τη μεταμοντέρνα εποχή, την κρίση, την εθνική ταυτότητα, τη συλλογική κουλτούρα, τον πολιτιστικό μας χαρακτήρα, σκέψεις που με απασχολούν πολύ και που δεν μπορώ εύκολα να μοιραστώ υπό τις παρούσες συνθήκες. Έτσι, αυτά που διαβάζετε εδώ αποτελούν κάτι ανάμεσα σε πολιτιστικό σχολιασμό, δημόσιο στοχασμό και προσωπική μαρτυρία, καθώς συνοδεύουν την αναζήτησή μου για το τι σημαίνει ή τι θα έπρεπε να σημαίνει να είμαστε Έλληνες σήμερα. Όσο συνεχίζω να γράφω, εύχομαι να βρω, τόσο εγώ, όσο – γιατί όχι; – ίσως κι εσείς, κάποιες απαντήσεις στα υπαρξιακά ερωτηματικά που δε σταματούν να με προβληματίζουν. Διαβάστε περισσότερα, https://poueimai.wordpress.com/about/
(entries on various Greek American topics, including diaspora, society, and culture)
(various entries concerning Greek American topics such as economy, history, and events, also entries on Greek topics in Europe, Australia and across the world)
Bouikidis, Aphrodite. “Leading the Greek American Community Towards Global Change” Huffington Post. 27 July 2012.
Leland, John. “After 25 Years, Confronting Alienation in Astoria.” New York Times. Lens Blog, 17 May 2013.
Miller, Ken. “Under the Influence: Ari Marcopoulos, the Man Behind Jay Z’s New Album Cover.” New York Times. Culture Blog, 19 July 2013.
Pappas, Gregory C. “It Is Time to Let Hope Out of Pandora’s Box.” Huffington Post. 23 Dec. 2012.
Souvaliotis, Adreas. “How I Became a Successful Misfit.” Huffington Post. 24 Sept. 2013
b) Blog Entries and Popular Periodicals
Αγγελάκης, Γιάννης. Ντοκουμέντο: Τα ονόματα των 48 νεκρών Κρητικών στην τραγωδία των ορυχείων του Castle Gate της Γιούτα – Σκλάβοι των εταιρειών εξόρυξης, χάθηκαν στη ρωγμή της ιστορίας | Φωτός. Αγώνας της Κρήτης, 29 Ιανουάριου 2019.
Anagnostou, Yiorgos. “About Ergon: Greek American Arts and Letters.”
Anagnostou, Yiorgos. “What Makes a U.S. Greek Orthodox Community?” 15 June 2019.
Anagnostou, Yiorgos. “Making the Archive, Animating It.” 7 June 2019.
Anagnostou, Yiorgos. “Framing a Book Project, Bringing into Conversation Italian American and Greek American Studies.” 12 January 2019.
Anagnostou, Yiorgos. “Greek American Youth: Routes to Hellenism.” Ethos, vol. VIII, no. 26, Spring 2019, p. 4.
Anagnostou, Yiorgos. “Zorba Doesn’t Live Here Anymore: The Creation of an American Zorba.” Immigrations – Ethnicities – Racial Situations. 17 Aug. 2013.
Dayton, Tian. “The Gift My Parents Gave Me After They Divorced.” Huffington Post 2 Apr. 2014.
Frangouli-Argyris, Justine. “The Survival of the Hellenic Diaspora: A Current Issue.” Huffington Post 14 Jan. 2014.
Giokas, George. “Greek-American Roots Run Deep.” Huffington Post 20 Mar. 2014.
Helene, Zoe. “Longevity Tips From My Super-Powered Greek-American Mom.” Huffington Post 9 May 2013.
Kitroeff, Alexander. “Greek Americans & Greeks in Egypt: Parallel Lives.” The Pappas Post. 13 November 2019.
Koinoglou, Kristina. “Greek Dancing from the Point of View of a [Millennial] Second Generation Greek American.” In their own words: OSU Students Write about Greek America. 19 April 2019.
Κουμαρίδης, Γιώργος. «Φίλοι δι’ Αλληλογραφίας», 2 Φεβρουαρίου 2019 (από το αρχείο του Φαίδωνα Κοζύρη στο ΕΛΙΑ).
Kourelis, Kostis. “Baptismal Records Greek Philadelphia.” 24 June 2019.
Kourelis, Kostis. “1894 First Greek American Type Face.” 27 May 2019.
Kourelis, Kostis. “1898 Greek Human Trafficking.” 23 May 2019.
Kourelis, Kostis. “Ann Arbor’s First Greek Garage Church: Holy and Unholy Spirits.” 26 March 2019.
Soumakis, Fevronia K. “Greek-Americans in NYC: Settlement, the Church, and Schooling.” Teachers College Center for History and Education From the Archives, 28 Feb. 2018. www.tc.columbia.edu/che/whats-new/from-the-archives/greek-americans-in-nyc-settlement-the-church-and-schooling/.
Tzagournis, Mary. “Greek Folk Dancing.” In their own words: OSU Students Write about Greek America. 4 May 2019.
c) Resource Portals
(publishes research papers from faculty and encourage the submission of well written and researched studies from graduate and advanced undergraduate students as well as from independent scholars)