"The Greek Diaspora in Egypt" by Alexander Kitroeff (1/29/2022)

2nd International Greek Ancestry Conference (Jan. 29-30, 2022) - Session I: Greeks in Foreign Lands
This presentation describes the significance of one of the most important diaspora communities of Modern Greece, the Greeks in Egypt. From the early 19th century through the 1950s there was a substantial presence of European communities in Egypt, among which the Greeks were the largest. Moreover, the Greeks enjoyed a uniquely close relationship to the Egyptians and contributed to the country’s development even after they lost their privileges in the 1930s.
Professor Alexander Kitroeff was born in Athens and educated in the United Kingdom where he received his doctorate degree in modern history from the University of Oxford. He is currently Professor of History at Haverford College in Pennsylvania. His most recent books are The Greeks and the Making of Modern Egypt (2019) and Greek Orthodoxy in America: a modern history (2020.) Mr. Kitroeff is currently working on two book projects, a history of AHEPA, the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association to mark the organization’s centenary in 2022, and a history of Greek-owned diner restaurants in America.
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