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Theodore Zervas

Dr. Theodore Zervas is a professor of education at North Park University in Chicago, Illinois. His research focuses on the history of education in both Greece and the United States. Zervas has published academic articles on schooling and national identity in Greece, the uses of the Arvanitic Language in late 19th and early 20th century Greece, and the teaching of history in Greece and Europe.

Features History
Narcissists and Sociopaths Make Bad Teachers: What Euripides Tells Us About Education

by Theodore Zervas May 9, 2022

by Theodore Zervas May 9, 2022

Euripides’ play Iphigenia at Aulis contains valuable lessons that can serve as a source of inspiration in…
Voices
When We Were Greek American

by Theodore Zervas January 31, 2020

by Theodore Zervas January 31, 2020

At the turn of the 20th century many Greeks came to the United States seeking…
Features History
The Greeks and the Making of Egypt

by Theodore Zervas November 6, 2019

by Theodore Zervas November 6, 2019

Professor Alexander Kitroeff’s much anticipated book, The Greeks and the Making of Modern Egypt was…
Culture History
Who is Constantine Cavafy?

by Theodore Zervas October 5, 2019

by Theodore Zervas October 5, 2019

This past semester I was awarded a visiting faculty position at the American University in…
Diaspora
What Will Not Surprise You, May Surprise You If You Do An Ancestry DNA Test

by Theodore Zervas May 30, 2019

by Theodore Zervas May 30, 2019

A few years ago I decided to take an ancestry DNA test. Today there are…
Culture Diaspora
Their Eyes Are Painted Soft: Discovering Hellenism in Egypt’s National Museum

by Theodore Zervas April 12, 2019

by Theodore Zervas April 12, 2019

I recently visited the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo and fulfilled a lifelong dream to…