Modern Greek Studies Association

Dr. Tom Papademetriou

Professor of Historical Studies, Constantine & Georgiean Georgiou Endowed Professor of Greek History;
Director, Dean C. and Zoë S. Pappas Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies

Stockton University

School of Arts and Humanities

Degrees

Ph. D. 2001 Princeton University, Department of Near Eastern Studies-Ottoman History 

M. Div. 1992 Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology 

M.A. 1989 St. John's College (Annapolis, MD)

B. A. 1988 Hellenic College 

Principal Publications

Render unto the Sultan: Power, Authority, and the Greek Orthodox Church in the Early Ottoman Centuries. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. 

“Christian and Muslim Interactions in the Early Ottoman period (1299-1518),” in Pratt, D. and Tieszen, C. (eds.) Christian-Muslim Relations: A Thematic History-Texts and Transmission, Vol. 1. The First Millenium (600-1600), Leiden: Brill, 2020.

“The Turkish Conquests and Decline of the Church Reconsidered.” In Church And Society in Late Byzantium, edited by Dimiter Angelov. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2008.

"The Continuity of the Holy Man: Orthodox Hesychasm and Dervish Mysticism in the Late Byzantine and Early Ottoman Periods." In Festschrift in Honor of George C. Papademetriou, edited by A. Sopko and C. Papademetriou. Boston, MA: Somerset Hall Press, 2004.

Public History Projects:

Translation from Greek of graphic novel Aivali: A Story of Greeks and Turks in 1922 by Soloup, Somerset Hall Press, 2019.

Stones from God. A play co-authored with Pamela Hendrick performed at Stockton University Experimental Theater for the Modern Greek Studies Association Symposium, directed by Martha Frintzila of Athens, Greece, November 1-6, 2017.