From Cappadocia: Field Reports from the Summer 2014 Asia Minor Travel Seminar

FROM CAPPADOCIA:

Field reports from the Summer 2014 Asia Minor Travel Seminar

Thursday October 16, 2014 7:00 p.m. Library Reading Room A presentation of seminar research from the archives of the Center of Asia Minor Studies in Athens, Greece and the villages of Kayseri-Cappadocia in central Turkey. PRESENTATION WILL INCLUDE SLIDES AND MUSIC PROFESSOR TOM PAPADEMETRIOU, Stockton College (Seminar Leader) MENIOS PAPADIMITRIOU, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Kayseri) HARALAMBOS ZAHARIS, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Zincidere) MATTHEW HADODO, New York University (Farasa-Çamlıca) CIARA BARRICK, Stockton College (Incesu) NONDAS MEMETZIS, Stockton College (Androniki-Endürlük)

ABOUT THE SEMINAR The seminar examined the history of the Greek Orthodox Christian communities (Karamanlides) of late Ottoman Cappadocia. After first researching refugee oral history testimonies at the Center for Asia Minor Studies, the seminar visited the villages of Kayseri, Turkey examining geography, topography, and Ottoman era structures, including homes, schools, and churches. Sponsored by: The New York Life Center for the Study of Hellenism in Pontos and Asia Minor at HCHC The Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies of The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey