UCSB Anthropology Brown Bag Lecture Series Presents:

The Greek Orthodox Church and Greek Ethnic Identity in California: When an Ethnic Institution Becomes Multicultural

By Anastasia Panagakos

This paper addresses the changing nature of Greek identity in California's Central Valley as it is constructed through the institution of the Greek Orthodox church. Specific attention is given to the interplay between the Orthodox church as the primary marker of Greek identity and the infiltration of other Orthodox peoples who are not of Greek descent into the church hierarchy and its related institutions. The membership of the church is shifting to a more multicultural constituency which has consequences for the definition of the Greek Orthodox church as an ethnic Greek institution. In relation to this, the issue of identity becomes problematized for Greeks in this particular community who must reassses the role of the Greek Orthodox church in defining the boundaries of their collective identity.



Wednesday October 15, 1997
HSSB 2001A, The Anthropology Conference Room

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