[Bilimsel Haber] Conference: Istanbul Through Byzantine and Ottoman Eyes, Istanbul-Karakoy (2 June 2007)

[Onur Inal]

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to bring to your attention the one-day conference
ISTANBUL THROUGH BYZANTINE AND OTTOMAN EYES,
to be held on June 2, 2007,
at the Sabanci University Communication Centre in Karakoy, Istanbul.
Please find below the provisional program.

ISTANBUL THROUGH BYZANTINE AND OTTOMAN EYES

June 2, 2007 (Saturday)
Sabanci University Communication Centre/Istanbul-Karakoy

[Provisional Program]

9:00 Coffee and Tea
9:15 Opening Paper

The Hippodrome

9:30 Peter Bell (University of Oxford): The Hippodrome and Social
Conflict in the Sixth Century
10:00 Zeynep Yelce (Sabanci University): The Hippodrome as a Politically
Charged Space in the Sixteenth century
10:30 Discussion

The Palace

11:00 Maria Cristina Carile (University of Bologna/RCAC): The Palace of
Constantinople and the Heavenly Jerusalem: Imperial Visions in Byzantium

11:30 Barry Wood (Yeditepe University): Palaces, Pavilions and
Perspective: Depictions of Architecture in Ottoman Miniature Painting 
12:00 Discussion
12:30-14:00 Lunch break

The Church

14:00 Anestis Vasilakeris (Bogazici University): Colour as a Structural
Element in the Chora Mosaics
14:30 Philipp Niewoehner (German Archaeological Institute), Maja Kominko
(Sabanci University): St. Benoit in Galata: Byzantine Origins of a Latin
Church in the Ottoman City
15:00 Maximilian Hartmuth (Sabanci University): Quoting Byzantium in
Late Ottoman Istanbul
15:15 Discussion
15:45-16:00 Coffee Break

The Ottomans and the City

16:00 Hakan Erdem (Sabanci University): "Conspiring Infidels and
Collaborating Renegades" - A Fifteenth Century Ottoman Controversy
around the Resettlement of the City
16:30 Discussion
16:45 Tulay Artan (Sabanci University): The Ottoman Divan Yolu 17:15
Metin Kunt (Sabanci University): A Princely Progress through the City 
17:45 Discussion

18:15 Closing Remarks

A final program/reminder will be sent to this list shortly before the
event. Please don't hesitate to contact me at
hartmuth at su.sabanciuniv.edu if you have any questions.

Best Regards,
Maximilian Hartmuth