Theofanis George Stavrou

Theofanis George Stavrou ( Greek Θεοφάνης Γιώργος Σταύρου , * 1934 ) is a Greek-American historian with a focus on Eastern and Southeast European history as well as a Neo-Greekist .

Stavrou is Professor of History and Director of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Minnesota and founder and editor of the journal Modern Greek Studies .

Stavrou works in particular on the history of Russia and its relations in Eastern Europe , the religious history of Russia and Orthodoxy in general, the history of south- east Europe , the history of modern Greece and its relations with the Slavic environment . In addition, he has also devoted himself to various authors of modern Greek literature ( Kostis Palamas , Dionysios Solomos , Alexandros Papadiamantis ).

Fonts (selection)

Historical writings

• with Kathryn L. Reyerson, James D. Tracy (Eds.): Pre-Modern Russia and its World. Essays in Honor of Thomas S. Noonan. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2006.
• with John Lampe: Redefining Southeastern Europe. Political Challenges and Economic Opportunities. Southeast Europe Society, Munich 1998.
• with Peter Weisensel: Russian Travelers to the Orthodox East from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century. Slavica Publishers, Bloomington 1986.
• (Ed.): Art and culture in nineteenth century Russia. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1983.
• with Robert L. Nichols (Ed.): Russian orthodoxy under the old regime. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis 1978, excerpts online .
• with Vasiliĭ Ivanovich Alekseev: The great revival. The Russian Church under German occupation. Burgess Publishing Company, Minneapolis 1976.
• Russia Under the Last Tsar. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis 1969, online .
• Russian interests in Palestine, 1882-1914. A study of religious and educational enterprise. Institute for Balkan Studies, Thessaloniki 1963. - Review by Serge A. Zenkovsky , in: Russian Review 4.2, 1965, 196-198, JSTOR .

Neo-Graecist writings

• (Ed., With Dimitri Constas): Greece Prepares for the Twenty-First Century. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1995. - Review by: Dimitris Keridis, Theodore Pelagidis, Vangelis Calotychos , in: Journal of Modern Greek Studies 15.1, 1997, 145–150, excerpt online
• (Eds., With Louis Coutelle , David R. Weinberg): A Greek diptych. Dionysios Solomos and Alexandros Papadiamantis . Nostos Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1986. - Review by: Elizabeth Constantinides, in: Journal of Modern Greek Study 5.2, 1987
• (Ed., Transl., With Constantine Athanasius Trypanis , Theodore Ph. Stephanides, Georgios Konstantinou Katsimpales ): Kostis Palamas, a portrait and an appreciation. Nostos Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1985.

Web links

• Personal page at the University of Minnesota
• Timothy Johnson and Theofanis G. Stavrou: The Modern Greek Collection at the University of Minnesota (The private library of Basileios Laourdas forms the basis of this collection)