METU GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
News and Announcements| 2008 Spring | 2008 Fall | 2009 Spring | 2009 Fall* METU talks ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25
"Reconstructing Knowledge: New Architectural Practices from Istanbul throughout the Tanzimat Era", Göksun Akyürek, Gebze Yuksek Teknoloji Enstitusu. 12:30, Tuesday, November 17, 2009,Kubbealti, METU Faculty of Architecture
* Middle East Technical University Graduate Program in Architectural History will organize a photography exhibition that aims to reflect different interpretations of the interaction of space, time and people on December 3-11, 2009 at the METU Faculty of Architecture Exhibition Room.
Submission Deadline: November 9, 2009
* METU Graduate Program in Architectural History will organize the sixth Doctorate Researches Symposium which will meet on December 3-4, 2009.
Theme: Spaces / Times / Peoples: Patronage and Architectural History. Deadline: October 12, 2009.
(Zamanlar / Mekanlar / Insanlar: Hamilik ve Mimarlik Tarihi, 3-4 Aralik 2009. Son Katilim Tarihi: 12 Ekim 2009.)
Mail Adress: Middle East Technical University Department of Architecture Graduate Program in History of Architecture Doctorate Researches Symposium Organizing Committee Inönü Bulvari 06531 Ankara-TURKEY
phone: (90-312) 210 62 04 - 210 22 03, fax: (90-312) 210 79 66, e-mail: metu.harch.symposium@gmail.com
* PhD students Mehmet Sener, Baharak Tabibi and Ahmet Erdem Tozoglu defended their dissertation proposals.
* AH 504 Prothesis Seminar Presentations took place on June 9, 2009, at Kubbealti.
Özgür Üztürk, New Visual Technologies in History of Architecture: A Highway without Barriers. Supervisor: Suna Güven.
* Professor Dana Arnold of Southampton University organized a workshop on gender and visuality on June 3-4 at Room no. 306.
* Elvan Altan Ergut attended the conference "Ulusalcilik ve Mimarlik", organized by Ugur Tanyeli and Bülent Tanju at Osmanli Bankasi Müzesi on June 2 in Istanbul. She presented the paper entitled " Ulusalciligin Çesitlenen Yüzleri ve Mimarlik".
* PhD students Ceren Katipoglu and Y. Yesim Uysal took their Qualification Exams.
* A tour was organized to Hattusa on May 31 by Tugba Tanyeri Erdemir in connection with her course Architecture of the Ancient Near East.
* Suna Güven attended the annual conference organized by Mediterranean Studies Organization on May 27-30 in Cagliari, Sardinia. She presented the paper entitled "Beyond Image and Content: Building the Cyprus Archaeological Museum".
* Belgin Turan Özkaya attended the annual conference organized by Mediterranean Studies Organization on May 27-30 in Cagliari, Sardinia. She presented the paper she co-authored with Elvan Altan Ergut entitled "Authors of Cultural History from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic ".
* Elvan Altan Ergut attended the conference "British Architecture Abroad", organized by Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain and European Architectural History Network on May 16 in London. She presented the paper entitled "Displaying Abroad: The British Architecture and Urbanism Exhibitions in Turkey".
M.A. students Sibel Acar and Ezgi Yazici and Ph.D. student Özlem Mutlu received "METU Course Performance Award".
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"An Overview of Byzantine Period Settlements around Komana Pontika in North-Central Turkey", Burcu Erciyas, Emine Sökmen april 17, 2009, friday, 12:30 kubbealti, metu faculty of architecture
* METU Architectural History Graduate Program hosted European Architectural History Networks Fourth Annual Business Meeting, February 13-15, 2009.
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"Introduction to Medieval Giorgian Architecture: Chronology and Typology", Irene Giviashviliapril 1, wednesday, 12:30, kubbealti, faculty of architecture
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Being Specific: Homo Balkanicus and the Revenge of the Good Savage, Carmen Popescu, National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania.
February 17, 2009, Friday, 12:30, Kubbealti, METU Faculty of Architecture
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Architecture as Symbolic Form: Life and Work of Hans Poelzig, Prof.Dr. Matthias Schirren, Technische Universitat Kaiserslautern
February 16, Monday, 12:30, Kubbealti, METU Faculty of Architecture
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The (Architectural) Politics of Commemoration: Building Abdulhamid II's Silver Jubilee Alev Erkmen Yildiz Technical University
November 21, Friday, 12:30, Kubbealti, METU Faculty of Architecture
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Revolving Modernity: Tradition and Novelty in Seljuk and Ottoman Architecture Dieter Marcos Koblenz University
November 25, Tuesday, 12:30, Kubbealti, METU Faculty of Architecture
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The Temple and The King: Urartian Ritual Spaces and Their Role in Royal Ideology Tugba Tanyeri-Erdemir Middle East Technical University
December 17, Wednesday, 12:30, Kubbealti, METU Faculty of Architecture
* PhD students Mehmet Sener, Baharak Tabibi and Ahmet Erdem Tozoglu took their Qualification Exams.
* PhD students Kemal Reha Kavas, Çilga Gürsel-Resuloglu and Gül Öztürk defended their dissertation proposals.
* AH 504 PROTHESIS SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS took place on January 14, 2009, at Kubbealti.
Indrit Bleda, "Influences of Political Regime Shifts on the Urban Scene of a Capital City Case Study: Tirana". Advisor: Belgin Turan Özkaya, Co-Advisor: Elvan Altan Ergut
Ümran Keskin, "Hagia Sophia: From Church and Mosque to Museum". Advisor: Suna Güven
* Elvan Altan Ergut and Belgin Turan Özkaya organized METU AH 08 Workshop on Architectural History & Display, in conjunction with AH 08 Tour to Istanbul on December 19-21, 2008.
* Elvan Altan Ergut was a member of the Organizing Committee and attended DOCOMOMO_Türkiye Poster Sunuslari. Modernizmin Yerel Açilimlari to chair a session on December 25-56, 2008 in Bursa.
* Ceren Katipoglu and Ezgi Yavuz attended DOCOMOMO_Türkiye Poster Sunuslari. Modernizmin Yerel Açilimlari and presented posters on December 25-56, 2008 in Bursa.
* Meltem Özkan, Özgür Öztürk and Övgü Pelen received first prizes in art, people, and space categories at the Architectural History Photography Competition held in connection with AH 601 Istanbul Tour.
* Jale Erzen received the Award for Contribution to the Profession at the XIth National Architecture Awards given by Turkish Chamber of Architects.
* Res. Asst. Ceren Katipoğlu received 2006-2007 "METU Thesis Award" with the study entitled "An Analysis of Architect Sinan's Late Period Mosques" that she completed under the supervision of Prof.Dr. Jale Erzen.
* Ph.D. student Kemal Reha Kavas received 2006-2007 "METU Course Performance Award".
* Sevil Enginsoy Ekinci attended the conference "Le Livre et l'Architecte/The Book and the Architect", organized by Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA) and Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture (ENSA) de Paris-Belleville between 31 January and 2 February. She presented the paper entitled "The Eye, the Ear and the Mouth: Production and Consumption of Filarete's Treatise on Architecture".
*Sevil Enginsoy Ekinci attended the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 23-27, 2008. She presented a paper entitled "When Palladio Met Sinan: An Alternative Reading of Architectural Encounters between Venice and Istanbul in the 16th Century".
* Sevil Enginsoy Ekinci was awarded the Scott Opler Emerging Scholar Fellowship for the paper she presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of SAH at Cincinnati, OH on April 23-27.
* Elvan Altan Ergut attended the symposium and workshop BUILDING MODERNITY IN THE BALKANS in Bucharest, on May 23-24 to present a paper entitled "Notes on the Historiography of Modern Architecture in Turkey".
* Belgin Turan Özkaya attended the symposium and workshop BUILDING MODERNITY IN THE BALKANS in Bucharest, on May 23-24 to present a paper entitled "Ambivalent Geographies and 'Modernity': Situating Difference in Architectural History".
* PhD students Kemal Reha Kavas, Gül Öztürk and Çilga Resuloglu took their Qualification Exams until the end of May.
* Belgin Turan Özkaya gave the keynote speech at the seminar on "How to Write Architectural History" at the Institute of Art History in Estonian Academy of Arts in Talinn on June 3.
* AH 504 PROTHESIS SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS took place on June 6, 2008, at Kubbealti
Sibel Yilmaztürk Acar, "Rethinking Architectural Imagery: Use of Photography in Architectural History". Advisor: Sevil Enginsoy Ekinci, Co-Advisor: Belgin Turan Özkaya
Ezgi Yazici, "The Levantine Architects in the Ottoman Empire: Their Institutions, Relations with Other 'Minorities', and Their Reflections in Ottoman Architecture". Advisor: Namik Erkal, Co-Advisor: Paolo Girardelli
* Elvan Altan Ergut and Belgin Turan Özkaya organized a session at the 11th International Congress of Economic and Social History of Turkey on June 17-21 at Bilkent University.
Authors of Cultural Production and the Shaping of History in Early Republican Turkey
Elvan ALTAN ERGUT and Belgin TURAN ÖZKAYA - Introduction
Can BILSEL Orient und Okzident: Ekrem Akurgal, Archaeology and the Problem of Monumental Culture
Oya ATALAY Ernst Egli: Between Tradition and Modernity
Giorgio GASCO Bruno Taut and the Turkish Ministry of Culture: Professional Routes as State Architect in Republican Turkey, 1936-1938
Ferdan ERGUT - Discussion
*One-Day Workshop, TRANSITIONS INTO MODERNITY, New Readings in the Middle Eastern Intellectual History June 26, 2008, METU School of Architecture
Organized jointly by:
The Center for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture (CAMEA)
The University of Adelaide
Middle East Technical University (METU) Graduate Program in Architectural History and Graduate Program in Middle Eastern Studies
Assoc. Prof. Samer Akkach
Assoc. Prof. Ali Uzay Peker
Assoc. Prof. Recep Boztemur
* PhD students Pelin Gürol, Kenneth Hayes and Murat Kenan Sentürk defended their dissertation proposals until the end of June.