André Gerolymatos

Hellenic Studies at SFU and the wider university community was saddened by the loss of Professor André Gerolymatos in May 2019. As founding director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies, friend and colleague André is missed by those who worked and studied with him.

Dr. Gerolymatos studied Classics at Loyola College (Dipl.), Concordia University (BA), and McGill University (MA), before switching to History for his PhD, also at McGill, where he researched British Intelligence and Guerilla Warfare Operations in Greece during the Second World War (1941-1944). He taught at Dawson College and McGill University before joining the History Department at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in 1996 as the inaugural holder of the Hellenic Canadian Congress of British Columbia Chair in Hellenic Studies.

Dr. Gerolymatos was an acknowledged expert on Greek history and international relations, and his many books include: Red Acropolis, Black Terror: The Greek Civil War and the Origins of Soviet-American Rivalry, 1943-1949, and more recently, The British and the Greek Resistance, 1936-1944; Spies, Saboteurs, and Partisans from Lexington Books and An International Civil War, Greece, 1943-1949 from Yale University Press.

During his 23 years at SFU, Dr. Gerolymatos was a tireless champion for the study of Greek history, language, and culture. His efforts led to the establishment of the Hellenic Studies Certificate in 2000, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies in 2011, making Simon Fraser University a North American leader in the study of Greece’s history, language, and culture.