The seminar will introduce undergraduate and graduate students to the history of the Christian communities that existed in late Ottoman Asia Minor. The seminar will be set in the Center for Asia Minor Studies, under the direction of Prof. Tom Papademetriou and Prof. Paschalis Kitromilides, with a focus on the oral history accounts of refugees recounting life in their Asia Minor villages prior to their uprooting by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923. The second portion of the seminar will be a trip to the western coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) to Izmir (Smyrna), Ephesus, Ayvalik, Junda (Moskonisia), Bergama (Pergamon), Bursa (Prousa), Iznik (Nicaea), and Istanbul (Constantinople). The seminar will visit Greek Orthodox settlements and villages that were encountered in the archives, examining the settlement conditions, and the physical remains of churches and residences. The seminar will also visit the Byzantine church of St. Panteleimon in Nilufer, Bursa. The seminar may be taken for undergraduate or graduate credit through Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology.
June 5 – June 23, 2023
Online Component
CAMS-Athens (Athens Hotel)
Late night flight to Izmir (Izmir hotel)
Ephesus and Izmir (Izmir hotel)
Bergama and Ayvalik (Ayvalik hotel)
Ayvalik and Junda (Moskonisia) (Ayvalik hotel)
Bus to Bursa – stop in local Rum villages on way (Bursa hotel)
Bursa – St. Panteleimon and Rum villages (Bursa hotel)
Bursa-Visit to Mt. Uludag and Rum villages
Morning in Iznik – tour of Iznik (Nicaea) – Afternoon bus to Istanbul
Early morning checkout – full-day tour of Istanbul – Depart for airport at 6:30pm
CAMS-Athens (Athens Hotel)
A follow-up Zoom meeting or two as needed
The goals of the seminar are:
Goals are achieved through a two-part program. The first segment covers the general history of the Greek communities of Asia Minor and includes:
The last segment consists of site visits. Students will visit settlements in western Turkey to examine the physical locations of the settlements, and the remnants of the Greek Orthodox community. Also, particular attention will be paid to Ottoman era monuments, churches, mosques, homes, and other historical buildings and artifacts that offer material context to the archival documents.
Students registering for the seminar as a three-credit course are also required to complete a 25-page historical paper based on oral history sources.
The Asia Minor Travel Seminar is offered by The NY Life Insurance Company Center for the Study of Hellenism in Pontus and Asia Minor at Hellenic College Holy Cross, The Dean C. and Zoë S. Pappas Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies of Stockton University, and the Centre for Asia Minor Studies. It is led by Professor Paschalis Kitromilides (University of Athens) and Professor Tom Papademetriou (Stockton University).
Partner Organizations
Hellenic College Holy Cross
www.hchc.edu
Stockton University
www.stockton.edu/ichs
Centre for Asia Minor Studies
www.en.kms.org.gr/Home.aspx
Faculty
Professor Paschalis Kitromilides
Faculty of Political Science
University of Athens
Email: pkitrom@eie.gr
Professor Tom Papademetriou (Director of Travel Seminar)
Department of Historical Studies
Stockton University
US Tel: 609-626-6093
Email: apapadem@stockton.edu
Fellowship
Most participant expenses for the Summer Asia Minor Travel Seminar will be covered by the NY Life Insurance Company Center for the Study of Hellenism in Pontus and Asia Minor at Hellenic College Holy Cross.
The Summer Fellowship is worth approximately $5,000.00, which includes cost of hotel accommodations (shared double rooms), some meals, travel from Athens to Western Turkey (Izmir, Ayvalik, Bergama, Bursa, Iznik, and Istanbul), and tours. Each participant will receive a reimbursement of up to $1,500 for international (US-Athens round-trip) travel. Final reimbursement of $250 will be released upon submission of final paper.
Costs
Each student accepted as a Summer Fellow is required to pay a $750.00 registration fee. Travel arrangements to and from the United States are the responsibility of each participant. Student participants are responsible for their international travel to/from Athens.
All participants must comply with the standards and practices set forth by the Stockton University Office of International Studies. Upon acceptance into the seminar, students will be responsible for the payment of the $750.00 fee due when registering online with the Stockton College Global Engagement Office website.
Applications will be announced and reviewed on a rolling basis and will continue until filled.
Upon acceptance into the program, participants will be required to register for the trip through the Stockton University Office of Global Engagement Study Abroad website.
For further information on receiving course credit for the seminar, please contact the HCHC Registrar at jostrosky@hchc.edu or 617.850.1261.
For additional information about the program, please contact Professor Nicholas Ganson at nganson@hchc.edu.