Stockton University Hellenic Studies

Seat are going fast. Reserve your spot for the Friends of Hellenic Studies/Pappas Center trip to Princeton (museum and campus) and an early dinner at Kostas Grill in Tuckerton. Make sure to fill out the Google form (linked on flyer)

APRIL 25, 2026 SATURDAY leaving from Stockton.

For questions or concerns, email Dr. Katherine Panagakos ([email protected])

(Google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14BsoSNZHNt_s3hDZu72Zv1m6r0o4x_pFNGYry1gnYOM/edit

Join us for a trip to the Princeton Museum and an early dinner at Kostas Grill on Saturday, April 25. See all details on flyer. Seats are filling up fast. Reserve your spot.

Fresh off her appearance at SXSW (South by South West)—one of the world’s premier festivals celebrating emerging voices in music—Greek singer-songwriter Alkyone is making a special stop at Stockton University on her way back from Austin, Texas.
Blending indie, folk, and Mediterranean influences, Alkyone brings a sound that is both intimate and cinematic, shaped by her roots in northern Greece and her journey as an artist across cultures and languages.
Join us for a unique and moving performance by an artist on the rise, as she shares her music, stories, and unmistakable voice with the Stockton community.
https://schedule.sxsw.com/events/MS63321

Alkyone
Live in Concert

Sunday, March 22, 2026 | 4 p.m.
Location: Stockton University, L-Wing Art Gallery, Galloway

Alkyone is a singer-songwriter hailing from the mountains of Northern Greece, known for blending folk and indie-pop with traditional Greek influences. Alkyone will perform in both Greek and English.

Admission to this event is free.

Alkyone
Live in Concert

Sunday, March 22, 2026 | 4 p.m.
Location: Stockton University, L-Wing Art Gallery, Galloway

Alkyone is a singer-songwriter hailing from the mountains of Northern Greece, known for blending folk and indie-pop with traditional Greek influences. Alkyone will perform in both Greek and English.

Admission to this event is free.

Join us on Sunday, March 1, 2026, for our latest installment of "Exploring Hellenism." This time we go to southern Italy and explore Magna Graecia. Support student scholarships as you experience FOOD, MUSIC, DANCE and LEARN about the Griko and Southern Italian worlds, brought to life by the Boston-based ensemble Zafarán. With driving rhythms, expressive improvisation, and the powerful voice of Carmen Marsico, Zafarán bridges centuries of Greek- Italian heritage with a bold, contemporary sound.
Sunday, March 1, 2026 | 4–7 p.m.
Campus Center Event Room
STOCKTON UNIVERSITY- Galloway, NJ
$50 General $20 Student
For Tickets and to become a sponsor: https://give.stockton.edu/.../exploring-hellenism-magna...

Join us on Sunday, March 1, 2026, for our latest installment of "Exploring Hellenism." This time we go to southern Italy and explore Magna Graecia. Support student scholarships as you experience FOOD, MUSIC, DANCE and LEARN about the Griko and Southern Italian worlds, brought to life by the Boston-based ensemble Zafarán. With driving rhythms, expressive improvisation, and the powerful voice of Carmen Marsico, Zafarán bridges centuries of Greek- Italian heritage with a bold, contemporary sound.

Sunday, March 1, 2026 | 4–7 p.m.
Campus Center Event Room
STOCKTON UNIVERSITY- Galloway, NJ
$50 General $20 Student
For Tickets and to become a sponsor: https://give.stockton.edu/events/exploring-hellenism-magna-graecia

We are proud to co-sponsor a special lecture at the University of Pennsylvania Library by Grammy-winning and renowned ethnomusicologist Christopher C. King exploring the role of Greek immigrant communities and early American record labels in preserving Eastern Mediterranean music. Hear rare 78 rpm recordings paired with a live musical performance! Discover how the U.S. became a hub for Greek folk music and preview the upcoming exhibition at the Gennadius Library in Athens.

https://www.library.upenn.edu/events/christopher-king
Lecture: “Greek-American Music in the Early 20th Century.”
Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2025
Time: 7:00–8:30 PM
Location: Kislak Center, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania
Open to the Public | RSVP Encouraged (https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/15284944)
Co-Sponsors: Hellenic University Club of Philadelphia | Greek American Heritage Society | Stockton Pappas Center
Co-Host: Zilberman Family Center for Global Collections

2025 Asia Minor Summer Travel Program to Pontos-Black Sea region
Part I: Athens- Centre for Asia Minor Studies
Professor Tom Papademetriou, once again, had the pleasure to lead the Hellenic College and Dean C. and Zoë S. Pappas Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies of Stockton University sponsored program 2025 Asia Minor Summer Travel Seminar. This program was funded by the New York Life Insurance Company Center for the Study of Hellenism in Asia Minor and the Pontos at Hellenic College. The NY Life Insurance Company sold policies to Greeks and Armenians in the late Ottoman Empire that were never paid out after the Great Catastrophe of 1922 and the Burning of Smyrna took place. After a couple of years of good faith search for their descendants for possible payouts, with the guidance of Bishop Andonios of Phasiane, the NY Life Insurance Company donated $1million to Hellenic College to establish an academic center focused on the study of Asia Minor. Directed by the Dean of Hellenic College, Dr. Nicholas Ganson, this summer travel program is the premier program of the Center that takes place every two year. The program consists of two weeks study in the Centre for Asia Minor Studies (CAMS) in Athens, and then a travel portion to Turkey. This year we focused on the Pontos region of Black Sea, on the city of Trabzon and its hinterlands. The students are Ph.D., Masters and undergraduate students from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Stockton University, University of Toronto, University of California-Berkeley, Fordham University, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and Simon Fraser University. The seminar spent two weeks attending lectures, taking field trips, and most importantly, focusing on the oral history archive of refugees accounts from the region of Pontos collected between 1930-1970 by the CAMS. Many thanks to Maria Mougaraki and the staff of the CAMS.
Academic highlights of the two weeks in Athens:
•Tour of the Archives by Dr. Dimitri Kamouzis, Researcher at CAMS
•Lecture: Introduction: Hellenism in the Pontos by Prof. Paschalis Kitromilides, Director of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies.
•Introduction to the Archives of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies by Ms. Barbara Psychoula-Kontogianni, Head of the Library.
•Lecture by Dr. Dimitri Kamouzis - The Greco-Turkish Exchange of Populations and the settlement of the Asia Minor Greek refugees in Greece after 1923.
•Lecture by Dr. Nicos Nicolaides - Greek Education in the late Ottoman Empire
•Lecture on the Failed 1919-1922 Greek Military Campaign into Asia Minor by Dr. Dimitri Kamouzis to a joint audience with Columbia University program led by Dr. Giorgos Antoniou.
•Two lectures on Musical Folklore Archives and Pontic music by Haris Sarris, Head of the Musical Folklore Archives.
•Visit to Museum of Asia Minor Hellenism -Nea Philadelphia- a local museum that collected artifacts reflecting life before and after departure as refugees.
•Day trip to Island of Aegina to visit the tomb and church of St. Nektarios at the Holy Trinity women’s monastery, the abandoned churches of the Palaiohora, the stunning Temple of Aphaia and to have pistachio ice cream at the port!
•Visit to National Historical Museum that outlines the narrative of the modern Greek State and that had a special exhibition on Refugees
•Visit to the American School of Classical Studies with a private tour by Director of the Library, Dr. Maria Georgeopoulou, and Assistant Director, Dr. Irini Solomonidi. We were shown rare, printed materials related to Asia Minor, including the oldest printed copy of Homer’s Iliad.
•Tour of the Asia Minor collection at the Benaki Museum led by former curator of the Post-Byzantine material, Dr. Anna Ballian, and current curator, Ms. Mara Verykokou. The experience was lovely and warm, as we immersed ourselves in the beautiful collection of religious and lay artifacts created in the places like Gümüşhane (Argyroupolis) we soon would visit.

Prof. Tom Papademetriou spoke at the Consulate General of Greece in NYC on the occasion of March 25th. He delivered a short talk (in Greek) on the Greek Revolution Through American Eyes which which he co-directed with Dr. Nicholas Ganson, Dean of Hellenic College. The exhibition has been on display in the exhibition space the whole month of March. Full online exhibition is here: https://www.greekrevolution.org/

Video of Dr. George E. Demacopoulos (Fordham University) delivering the 2025 Rev. Dr. Demetrios J. Constantelos Memorial Lecture:
"NICAEA AND THE CHALLENGE OF A COMMON DATE FOR EASTER"
Thursday MARCH 20, 2025 - Stockton University Art Gallery

With Welcome by Mariea Kazantzis Co-Chair Friends of Hellenic Studies and Dr. Tom Papademetriou, Director, Dean C.and Zoë S. Pappas Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies.

Introduced by Dr. A. Edward Siecienski, The Clement and Helen Pappas Endowed Professor of Byzantine Civilization and Religion. (Minute 20)

Rev. Dr. Demetrios J. Constantelos Memorial Lecture this year Commemorated the 1700th Anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325.

2025 Constantelos Lecture Series - NICAEA and the Challenge of a Common Date for Easter

Please join us for the 2025 CONSTANTELOS MEMORIAL LECTURE

"NICAEA AND THE CHALLENGE OF A COMMON DATE FOR EASTER"
Speaker: Dr. George E. Demacopoulos Fordham University

Thursday MARCH 20, 2025
5:30PM Reception
6:30PM Lecture
L-Wing Art Gallery (Lower Level)

Rev. Dr. Demetrios J. Constantelos Memorial Lecture this year Commemorates the 1700th Anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325