[Bilimsel Haber] Transitions into Modernity (Thursday 26 June 2008 in Ankara)

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Transitions into Modernity 

New Readings in the Middle Eastern Intellectual History 

Thursday 26 June 2008 in Ankara, Turkey 

METU @ School of Architecture 


9.00 - 9.15 Opening & Welcome: Ali Uzay Peker & Recep Boztemur 

9.15 - 9:45 Ian Coller, The University of Melbourne 

Anomalous Spaces: Modernity, Identity and the Echelles du Levant 

9.45 - 10:15 Yasin Ceylan, Middle East Technical University 

Philosophy of Religion and Rationalization of Faith: an Intellectual
Movement in the Western World during the Enlightenment and its Impact on
the Muslim World 

10:15 - 10:45 Nilay Kayaalp, Bahcesehir University 

Affirmation of 'Novelty' and the Concept of 'Visibility' 

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break 

11.00 - 11:30 Recep Boztemur, Middle East Technical University 

The Nineteenth Century Ideological Change in the Fertile Crescent 

11.30 - 12:00 Samet Bagce, Middle East Technical University 

Considering Modernity through the Standardization of Time 

12.00 - 12:30 Esin Kahya, Ankara University 

An Evaluation of the Development of Medical Sciences in the Early Ottoman
Period 

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch 

1:30 - 2:00 Ali Uzay Peker, Middle East Technical University 

Design in the Age of Probing: Eighteenth Century Transformation in Ottoman
Architecture 

2.00 - 2:30 Hani al-Huneidi, The University of Petra 

The Urban Development of Damascus in the Seventeenth Century 

2.30 - 3:00 Samer Akkach, The University of Adelaide 

The Wine of Babel: Landscape, Gender, and Poetry in Early Modern Damascus 

3.00 - 3.15 Afternoon Tea 

3:15 - 4:30 Roundtable Discussion 

4:30 - 4:45 Closing Remarks: Samer Akkach 

4:45 - 5:30 Drinks 



One-day workshop organized jointly by The Centre for Asian and Middle
Eastern Architecture, The University of Adelaide, Graduate Program in
Architectural History and Graduate Program in Middle East Studies, Middle
East Technical University (METU). 

Organizers: Assoc. Prof. Samer Akkach ? Assoc. Prof. Ali Uzay Peker ?
Assoc. Prof. Recep Boztemur 
 


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