[Bilimsel Haber] Symposium: Perceptions of the Past in the Turkish Republic, Istanbul-December 9-10, 2006

[ONUR INAL]

Perceptions of the Past in the Turkish Republic
(Classical and Byzantine Periods)
Koç University
Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations
December 9-10, 2006
Saturday, December 9
9-9:30 Coffee & Tea
9:30-10 Opening Remarks
Prof. Mustafa Đsen, Undersecretary, Ministry of Culture & Tourism
Ömer Koç, Chairman of RCAC’s Advisory Council
Prof. Attila Askar, President, Koç University
Prof. Scott Redford, Director, RCAC
10-10:50 Asst. Prof. Murat Ergin, Koç University
“Archaeology and the Perception of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Eras”
10:50-11:00 Coffee & Tea Break
11:00-12:15 First Session
Moderator: Asst. Prof. Gül Pulhan, Koç University
Prof. Suna Güven, METU (Middle East Technical University)
“From Augustus to Atatürk: Building the Past in Ankara”
Prof. Coskun Özgünel, Ankara University
“The Archaeology of the Early Republic & the School of Ekrem Akurgal”
Prof. Haluk Abbasoğlu, Istanbul University
“Ord. Prof. Arif Müfid Mansel: A Pioneer in Turkey’s Archaeology”
12:15-14:00 Lunch Break
14-16:15 Second Session
Moderator: Asst. Prof. Carolyn Aslan, Koç University
Prof. Wolfgang Radt, Berlin
“Bergama Museum: An Example of Turkish Cultural Policy and Turkish-German Collaboration”
Prof. Pierre Chuvin, Director, IFEA (French Institute of Anatolian Studies),Istanbul
“Louis Robert: Epigraphist and Historian Discovering Anatolia”
15-15:15 Coffee & Tea Break
Prof. Fikret Yegül, University of California at Santa Barbara
“From the Lofty Halls of Academia to the Dusty Hills of Anatolia: Howard
Crosby Butler and the First Sardis Expedition through Peace and War, 1909-1926."

Sunday, December 10
10:00-10:30 Coffee & Tea
10:30-12:00 First Session
Moderator: Prof. Zeynep Ahunbay, ITU (Istanbul Technical University)
Prof. Vincenzo Ruggieri, Pontifical Institute for Oriental Studies, Rome
“Guillaume de Jerphanion (1877-1948) as Jesuit and Scholar in Turkey”
Dr. Konstantinos Papoulides, Institute for Balkan Studies, Thessaloniki
“The Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople (1894-1914) and the
Available Data for this Institution until Today”
Dr. Mary Whitby, Oxford
“Scots Excavators in Istanbul: the Great Palace Dig (1935-8)”
12:15-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-16:00 Second Session
Assoc. Prof. Kutalmıs Görkay, Ankara University
“The Future of Classical Archaeology in Turkey”
Assoc. Prof. Engin Akyürek, Istanbul University
“Studies on the Byzantine Art History in Modern Turkey”
Dr. David Shankland, University of Bristol
Summary

For more information:
http://rcac.ku.edu.tr
The symposium is open to the public. Please send your names beforehand to:
rcac_info at ku.edu.tr
There will be Turkish-English / English-Turkish simultaneous translation throughout the
symposium.