The Legacy of Greek Orthodox Christians in Turkey Today
Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 7:00 pm
St. George Cultural Center
43816 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
The Foundation for Modern Greek Studies, The University of Michigan Modern Greek Program and St. George Church of Bloomfield Hills are proud to bring to the Detroit Metropolitan Area:
1. "THE LEGACY OF GREEK ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY TODAY" -- A lecture by Professor Tom Papademetriou, Historical Studies and Director of Hellenic Studies, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey;
2. A Presentation of Certificates of Ellinomatheias to Greek students of the Metropolis of Detroit schools who successfully completed the exams at the University of Michigan last May.
DR. TOM PAPADEMETRIOU
is the Constantine and Georgeian Georgiou Endowed Professor of Greek
History, and Executive Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for
Hellenic Studies at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. A
graduate of both Hellenic College (BA, 1988) and Holy Cross School of
Theology (M. Divinity, 1992), Dr. Papademetriou received his Ph.D. in
2001 from Princeton University's Department of Near Eastern Studies in
Ottoman History. He was awarded research fellowships by the Social
Science Research Council and the American Research Institute in Turkey
to conduct research in the Ottoman Archives and the Archives of the
Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey. His research focuses on the
history of non-Muslims under Ottoman rule, and he is currently
directing an international collaborative project called the Anatolian
Churches Project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
From 1999 to 2000, he was in residence as a Junior Fellow at Harvard
University's Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Research Center and Library,
Washington, DC and from 2000 to 2001 served as Lecturer at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ml. As a member of the Historical
Studies faculty at Richard Stockton College since 2001, he is actively
engaged in building a strong Hellenic Studies program in which he
teaches courses on the history of the Tourkokratia, Modern Greece, the
Balkans, and the Middle East. He lives in Linwood, NJ with his wife
Dorrie, and two sons, George and Romanos.
The lecture will be followed by refreshments and an opportunity to meet the professor. Free Admission.
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