Current AHIF American Journal Of Contemporary Hellenic Issues 

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The current issue is dedicated to the memories of the publisher, scholar and community leader, Aristide D. Caratzas, and the distinguished lawyer and former AHI Chairman, James L. Marketos, Esq. In his introduction, the AJCHI’s Managing Editor, Dr. Constantine G. Hatzidimitriou, highlights why this dedication is particularly appropriate given the record of
these two individuals in devoting their lives to the advocacy of the rule of law, democratic values, truth, human rights, and the support of vital Hellenic national issues. The contents of this new AJCHI issue discuss the importance of preserving democracy in Greece and elsewhere, the
genocide of Anatolian Christians, and the importance of truth and human rights, especially in relation to the destruction of Smyrna in 1922, subjects that they labored to make better known and were both very passionate about. They were both early pioneers whose publications and
public advocacy helped establish the foundations and legacy on which the contributors to this new issue build upon and continue.

SPRING 2023 ISSUE:
  • Greek Island Sovereignty in the Aegean: The Turkish Government’s Misuse and Misrepresentation of International Law and the Treaties of Lausanne, Montreux and Paris by Panayotis G. Agelarakis
  • The Burning of Smyrna:  H.C. Jaquith’s report to Admiral Bristol by Ilias Chrissochoidis
  • Assessing the Responsiveness Quality of Democracy in Greece-Surviving the Crisis by Constantine P. Danopoulos
  • George Horton’s Truth on Genocide and Smyrna and Why it Matters by Ismini and Christopher Lamb


BOOK REVIEWS​
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  • Roderick Beaton. Greece: Biography of A Modern Nation 
    Reviewed by John Frangos
  • Yianni Cartlege and Andrekos Varnava, (eds.), New Perspectives on the Greek War of Independence: Myths, Realities, Legacies and Reflections Reviewed by Constantine G. Hatzidimitriou
  • Konstantinos Travlos (ed), Salvation and Catastrophe: the Greek-Turkish War, 1919-1922 Reviewed by Stavros Stavrides  

AHIF Publications

The Rule of Law Lobby: Grassroots Mobilization and the U.S. Arms Embargo on Turkey - 1974-1978

$15.00

The Rule of Law Lobby: Grassroots Mobilization and the U.S. Arms Embargo on Turkey - 1974-1978 by Van Coufoudakis, Ph. D. and Serge Hadji, Esq. focuses on the grassroots mobilization in the Greek American community following Turkey’s illegal invasion and occupation of Cyprus on July 20, 1974 through the lifting of the U.S. Arms Embargo in 1978. 

The mobilization events highlighted in the annotated Chronology record how Greek Americans reacted to the invasion of the Republic of Cyprus by Turkey in 1974. In addition to protesting vociferously and providing humanitarian assistance, the Greek American Community gradually coalesced into a lobby under the newly unfurled banner of the “Rule of Law.” This led to the remarkable accomplishment of cutting off military aid to Turkey under an Arms Embargo imposed by the US Congress.

The annotated Chronology summarizes the activities of the “Rule of Law” lobby from its genesis in 1974 following the Turkish invasion to the lifting of the Arms Embargo on Turkey late in 1978. The chronicle is based primarily on political reporting – all from public sources – on the ongoing developments, and contemporaneous illustrations. A brief annotated Bibliography supplements the historical record. 
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The Future of Hellenism in America: Selected Conference Papers

$40.00

The Future of Hellenism in America: Selected Conference Papers edited by Van Coufoudakis and a Foreword by Constantine G. Berbatis, Ph.D. and Introduction by Nick Larigakis, AHI president. The 500-page volume is a compilation of 68 selected papers presented at conferences organized by the AHIF and held annually in fourteen different U.S. cities between 2002 and 2018. The conferences on The Future of Hellenism in America aimed to provide an opportunity for critical evaluation of and reflection on Hellenism and its application and meaning to the Greek American and American community today.

The papers are organized along eight themes:

•       Defining and promoting Hellenism in the United States.

•       The role of the media.

•       The importance of participation in the political process.

•       The future of Greek American organizations.

•       Modern Greek Studies programs in American universities.

•       The teaching of the Greek language.

•       Issues affecting Greek American identity.

•       Hellenism and the role of the Orthodox Church.

 

These conference presentations showed the growth, evolution, and success of an immigrant community that confronted serious discrimination in the first quarter of the twentieth century but rose to prominence in all aspects of American life through its own efforts. Today, Greek Americans are present in and contributing to all aspects of American life, in the arts, the sciences, in business, and politics.

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AHIF Future of Hellenism in America Conference

Each year the conference is held in a different U.S. city to spread the seeds of ideas generated at the conference, and to obtain feedback from the local Greek American community on various challenges facing Hellenism in America. Conference speakers identified key challenges facing the Greek American community today and offered suggestions for the future.
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