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2015 “Architectural Symbolism and Theosophical Cosmology in Medieval Anatolia under the Turkic Dynasties,” Symbolic Aspects of Architecture: Late Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Perspectives International conference held at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, Organisers: Cecilia Olovsdotter & Johan Mårtelius (5-6 November 2015)

2014 “Architectural Technology in History Class,” ICONARCH II: International Congress of Architecture, Innovative Approavhes in Architecture and Planning (Konya Selçuk University November 20-22)

2013 "Ottoman Occidentalism," 5th International Conference on Orientalism and the Asian and Arab presence in the Hispanic and Lusophone world: Transcultural and Transmodern Readings between Eastern and Western Countries (St Petersburg April 12-13)

2013 “Dönüşen İstanbul’un İzleri: On Sekizinci Yüzyıl Külliyeleri,” [In the Footsteps of a Transforming Istanbul: Istanbul Kulliye of the Eighteenth Century] Uluslararasi Osmanlı İstanbulu Sempozyumu-1 (May 29 – June 1, İstanbul 29 Mayıs Üniversitesi)

2012 "Diaries of Curiosity: A Comparative Study of Lady Montagu’s Letters on Turkey and Mehmed Efendi’s Travelogue on France in the First Quarter of the Eighteenth Century," Analytrics: Paris International Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences Research (Hotel Concorde La Fayette, Paris, France, 24-28 July).

2011 “Traditional Settlements and Architecture of Anatolia in Pre-Republic Period,” METU - Roger Williams University Summer Workshop: Sustainability Studies In Turkey, (METU, June 29)

2010 “Lady Montagu and Celebi Mehmed Efendi on Eighteenth Century Architectural Culture” Ambivalent Geographies Workshop II: East-West Dialogues in Middle Eastern Urban Experiences and Cultures (May 6-7, Kubbealti, METU Faculty of Architecture)

2010 “Double-Headed Eagle Beyond Horizons,” Byzantium and the Seljuks in Anatolia Between the Late 11th and 13th Centuries, International Symposium, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz October 1st – 3rd 2010

2010 “Baroque in the Capital of the Ottoman Empire: Local Cosmopolitanism and Spread of the West,” 1st International Meeting EAHN (European Architectural History Network (Guimares, Portugal, June 17-20, 2010)

2010 “Etkileşim Alanı Olarak Ortaçağ Türk Mimarisi,” International Symposium on Byzantine Culture [İstanbul’un Bizans Günleri], Turkish Historical Society (İstanbul 21-23 May)

2008 “Eighteenth–Century European Inhabitance in Ottoman Travellers’ Accounts,” Europa und die Türkei im 18. Jahrhundert, Universität Bonn (Bonn, 09-11 October)

2008 “Design in the Age of Probing: Eighteenth Century Transformations in Ottoman Architecture,” Transitions into Modernity: New Readings in the Middle Eastern Intellectual History,” workshop organizers: Samer Akkach, Ali Uzay Peker, Recep Boztemur (Ankara, METU, June 26)

2007 “Aesthetics of Seljuk Architecture in Medieval Anatolia,” XVIIth International Congress of Aesthetics: Aesthetics Bridging Cultures, Middle East Technical University (Ankara, 9-13 July) abstracts book, p. 65.

2006 “A Pearl in Custody: Long Forgotten Symbolism in the Great Mosque and Hospital at Divriği,” Anthropology, Archaeology and Heritage in the Balkans and Anatolia or The Life and Times of F.W. Hasluck (1878-1920) University of Wales (Gregynog, 6th-9th May 2006)

2005 “Turkish Language Reform.” Languages and Identities in Historical Perspective, CLIOHnet Student Conference (Pisa, Italy, 15-18 June 2005).

2004 "Exoticism in 18th-century Istanbul." Change and Continuity in the Culture of Eighteenth-Century Istanbul, Columbia University Institute for Scholars, Reid Hall (Paris, May 7, 2004).

2004 “Integration of the Basilical Church and Hypostyle Mosque in Medieval Anatolia.” 71th Annual International Congress: Catalonia and the Mediterranean, Mediterranean Studies Association (MESA) in Barcelona, Spain, May 26-29.

2003 "Equilibrium of Diversity: Janus Face of Architecture in the Eighteenth Century Ottoman Capital." College Art Association 91st Annual Conference (NY, February 19-22)

2001 "The Nature of the Exotic in Eighteenth Century Ottoman Art and Architecture," The Exotic During the Long Eighteenth Century (1660-1830), ANU Humanities Research Centre Annual Theme: Enlightenment, the XIth David Nichol Smith Conference (Canberra, Australia, 26-28 March).

2000 "On the Architecture of the Baroque Period in Turkey from the Perspective of East-West Relations and Social Transformations," CCA Study Centre Visiting Scholars Seminars (Montréal, Canada, March 03).

1999 "The Historical Evolution of the Turkish Mosque Architecture," Symposium on Mosque Architecture, College of Architecture and Planning, King Saud University (Riyadh, January 30- February 3).

1995 "The Role of Iconography in Seljuk Art and Problems of Origin," International Congress of Turkish ArtMax van Berchem Foundation Seminar (Geneva, Switzerland, September 24).

1995 "The Origins of the Seljukid Double-Headed Eagle as a Cosmological Symbol," 10th International Congress of Turkish Art (Geneva, September 17-23).

Conference/Workshop Organization

2011 Englobe: Enlightenment and Global History: 2nd Workgroup Meeting and Mid-Term Review Meeting, Cultural and Convention Centre (13-15 October, Ankara)

2011 Roger Williams University Summer Workshop: Sustainability Studies In Turkey, (METU, June 23-30) with Prof. Dr. Ülker Çopur.

2010 Architectural History Conference Turkey I (October 20-22, METU Architectural History Program) (as a member of the organization committee)

2010 Curriculum Development Workshop at National University of Science and Technology (NUST, Islamabad) for the new Department of Architecture (1-5 February)

2008 CLIOHRES.net 7th meeting of Thematic Work Group 2: Power and Culture, Middle East Technical University (Ankara, 5-6 September)

2008 “Transitions into Modernity: New Readings in the Middle Eastern Intellectual History,” workshop organizers: Samer Akkach, Ali Uzay Peker, Recep Boztemur (Ankara, METU, June 26)

2008 Invited speaker: Dieter Marcos, “Revolving Modernity: Tradition and Novelty in Seljuk and Ottoman Architecture,” METU Talks in Architectural History (METU Faculty of Architecture, 25 November)

1992 EASA (European Association of Students of Architecture) Workshop: "Excursions for the Critic of Secluded Architectures" (August 2-16, Göreme, Cappadocia).

Conference Session Organization and Chairmanship

Organized and Chaired Session

2003 “The Occident from the Orient: The Perception and Representation of Western Modes in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Art and Architecture” College Art Association 91st Annual Conference session (NY, February 19-22, 2003)

Organized Session

2006“Divriği Complex” Anthropology, Archaeology and Heritage in the Balkans and Anatolia or The Life and Times of F.W. Hasluck (1878-1920) University of Wales (Gregynog, 6th-9th May 2006)

National Conferences/Lectures:

2015 “Selçuklu ve Osmanlı Mimarisinde Karşılaşmalar,” [Encounters in Seljuk and Ottoman Architecture] Kültür Bakanlığı ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü ve ASTAD (22 Aralık, Osman Özbek Salonu)

2015 Tarihi Yapıların Sürdürülebilirliğinin Sağlanmasında Mimarlık Tarihi Bilim Dalının Rolü,” [Roles to be played by Architectural Histoy in the field of Reinforcement and Preservation of Historical Buildings], 5. Tarihi Eserlerin Güçlendirilmesi ve Geleceğe Güvenle Devredilmesi Sempozyumu (1-3 Ekim, Erzurum Atatürk University)

2015 Lecturer, ARCH 228 Architectural History II, Başkent University, Department of Architecture (2014-2015 2nd semester)

2014 "Gelenekle Yeniliğin Arakesitinde Mimar Sinan," [Mimar Sinan at the Intersection of Tradition and Innovation] Mimar Sinan Haftası Etkinliği, Başkent Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Tasarım ve Mimarlık Fakültesi Mimarlık Bölümü (May 14)

2013 “Sivas Divriği Külliyesi,” Seminar on the Documentary Film of the Divriği Külliye (May 24, Ethnographical Museum in Ankara)

2013 “Divriği Ulu Camii ve Darüşşifası’nda Taş Bezeme Evreni”, [World of Stone Carvings in Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital] Geleneksel Mimarinin Yaşayan İnsan Hazineleri: Yapı Ustaları (May 15, Selçuk Üniversitesi, Konya)

2013 “Mimar Sinan’ın Yapı Dizgesi ve Dünya Mimarlık Tarihindeki Yeri,” [Structural System Developed by Sinan and it place in World Architectural History] Anadolu Üniversitesi Mimarlık ve Tasarım Fakültesi Mimar Sinan Haftası Etkinliği (April 8, Eskişehir).

2012 “Süren Osmanlılık: On Sekizinci Yüzyıl ilk Yarısında Avrupa Kökenli Biçim ve Motiflerin Özümlenmesi,” [Ottomanness Endure: Assimilation of European Forms and Motifs in the First Half of the Eighteenth Century] Osmanlı Dünyasında Kültürel Karşılaşmalar ve Sanatsal Yansımaları Prof. Dr. Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu Onuruna Sempozyum (14-16 Nov. 2012, Ankara).

2012 "Mimar Sinan'dan Öğrenmek: Cami Tasarımında Özgünlük Arayışına Yanıtlar," [Learning from Mimar Sinan: Responses to Search for Originality in Contemporary Mosque Design] 1.Ulusal Cami Mimarisi Sempozyumu (2-5 Ekim 2012, İstanbul).

2011 “Anadolu Selçuklu Kent ve Mimarisi,” [Architecture and Towns in Seljuk Anatolia] (SANDANS Art Gallery, Ankara, June 08)

2011 “Edirne’nin Doğusu – Fergana’nın Batısı: Sinan Mimarisinin Kaynakları,” [East of Edirne – West of Ferghana: Sources of Architect Sinan’s Architecture] Mimar Sinan Dönemi: Doğu’ya ve Batı’ya Bakışlar [The Age of Sinan: From the Perspective of East and West], TMMOB Mimarlar Odası Ankara Şubesi (TÜBİTAK, Ankara, April 07)

2011 “Divriği’nin Mimari Mirası,” [Architectural Heritage of Divriği] Cennetin Kapıları [Gates of Paradise], Mimarlar Derneği (METU CCC, Ankara, February 23)

2010 “Geleneğin Mimar Sinan Tarafından Şekillendirilmesi,” [The Way Architect Sinan Shaped Tradition] Sinan and His Age International Symposium, Kayseri Municipality, Chamber of Architects and Çekül, (Kayseri, April 08-09). (key-note speaker)

2009 “Çift Başlı Kartal: Bir Simgenin Biçim, Anlama ve Mekan Evreninde Olağanüstü Yolculuğu,” (Double-Headede Eagle: Astonishing Journey of a Symbol in the Realm of Time, Form and Meaning) Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Arkeometri Anabilim Dalı 2009-2010 / I. Dönem Seminerleri (Department of Achaeometry Seminars, METU, 06 November, 2009)

2008 “Anadolu Selçuklu Mimari Tasarımını Etkileyen Evren ve Estetik Anlayışı,” [Cosmos Understanding and Aesthetics in the Design of Anatolian Seljuk Architecture] Anadolu Selçuklu Şehirleri ve Uygarlığı Sempozyumu 7-8 Ekim 2008 Konya[Symposium on Anatolian Seljuk Cities and Civilization]

2009 “Ongoing Projects at METU in the field of Architectural History,” EAHN (European Architectural History Network) Kickoff Conference (METU, Faculty of Architecture, Feb. 13, 2009)

2009 “Çift Başlı Kartal: Bir Simgenin Biçim, Anlama ve Mekan Evreninde Olağanüstü Yolculuğu,” (Double-Headede Eagle: Extraordinary Journey of a Symbol in the Realms of Form, Meaning and Time) Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Arkeometri Anabilim Dalı 2009-2010 / I. Dönem Seminerleri (Department of Achaeometry Seminars, METU, 06 November, 2009)

2008 “Mimar Sinan Algısı,” [Perception of Mimar Sinan] Mimar Sinan’ı Anma Günü [Mimar Sinan Commemoration Day] Chamber of Architects in Eskişehir and Anadolu University (Eskişehir, 09 April)

2008 “Anadolu Selçuklu Mimarisi Tasarımını Etkileyen Evren ve Estetik Anlayışı,” Anadolu Selçuklu Şehirleri ve Uygarlığı Sempozyumu, Selçuk Üniversitesi ve Selçuklu Belediyesi (Konya, 7-8 Ekim)

2006 “Taklidin Estetiği: Anadolu Selçuklu Mimarisinin Mimesis Kavramı Üzerinden Okunması,” [Aesthetics of Imitation: Understanding Anatolian Seljuk Architecture Through the Concept of Mimesis”]Turkish Congress of Aesthetics, Paper Abstracts SANART – ODTÜ (Ankara, 2006) p. 117.

2005 “ECTS/AKTS Kredisi: Belirleme Ölçütleri [ECTS Credit: How to Calculate?]” MOBBIG Meeting (İstanbul, 12 October)

2005 “Bologna Süreci ve Türkiye'de Sanat ve Mimarlık Tarihi Öğretimi” [“Bologna Process and Art and Architectural History Education in Turkey”]. Erciyes Üniversitesi, Türkiye’de Sanat ve Mimarlık Tarihçiliği Sorunları Sempozyumu [Erciyes University, Symposium on the Problems of Art and Architectural Historians in Turkey], (Kayseri, April 04-06, 2005).

2005 “How to Write Erasmus Project Applications" [“Erasmus Proje Teklifinin Hazırlanması"] Bologna Process: Regional Conference in Urfa (April 29, 2005)

2005 “Mobility and Recognition” ["Hareketlilik ve Uygulama Örnekleri ile Tanınma"] Bologna Process: Regional Conference in Ankara [Bologna Süreci Ankara Bölge Konferansı] (April 15, 2005)

2005 “Recognition” ["Uygulama Örnekleriyle Tanınma"] Bologna Process: Opening Conference [Bologna Süreci Açılış Konferansı'nda] (Ankara, February 11, 2005)

2004 “Seljuk and Ottoman Settlements.” Architecture in Situ Summer Seminar (Antalya, Kaleiçi, July 03)

2004 “Fransız ve Osmanlı Rokokosu: İmgelerin Bulanıklaşması.” [French and Ottoman Rococo: Blurring of Images]. Muğla Üniversitesi Uluslararası İmgebilim Sempozyumu [Muğla Universith, International Imagologie Symposium] (Mugla, April 26-28).

2001 "Anadolu Ortaçağı'nda Evren Anlayışı ve Mimarlık" [Cosmos Understanding and Architecture in Medieval Anatolia]. METU Department of Philosophy Monday Conferences (Ankara, November 19).

2001 "Ottoman Occidentalism," METU Faculty of Architecture Progress Seminars (Ankara, April 27).

2001 "Montréal: Koloniden Metropole" [“Montréal: From Colony to Metropolis”]. METU Faculty of Architecture Dome Conferences (Ankara, February 22).

2000 "Architecture and Community: The Seljuks in Konya and the Ottomans in İstanbul," Pitzer College Core Course Lecture (METU, Ankara, November 14).

1999 "Anadolu'nun Onüçüncü Yüzyılını Anlamak" [“Anatolia in the Thirteenth Century”], Semra Ögel'e Armağan Sempozyumu [A Symposium Dedicated to Semra Ögel], İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi (İstanbul, May 20-21).

1998 "Türk Sanatına Eski Mezopotamya Sanatından Gelen Etkiler” [“On the impcats of old Mesopotamian art upon Anatolian Turkish Art”), International Symposium on Interactions in Art, Hacettepe University (Ankara, November 26-30).

1998 "Endülüs'te Raks ve Mimarlık: Bir Gezinin (Görsel) Anıları [“Architecture in Andalucia: Memoirs of an Excursion”], O.D.T.Ü. Mimarlık Fakültesi (Ankara, May 06).

1998 "Anadolu Selçuklu Mimarisi İkonografisi [“Iconography of the Anatolian Seljuk Architecture”], Seljuk University 7th National Symposium on Seljuk Culture and Civilization (Konya, April 30-May 02, 1998]

1997 "Ortaçağ Anadolu Türk Mimarisi ve Mistisizm” [“Mysticism and Anatolian Turkish Architecture in the Middle Ages”], 4th International Congress on Turkish Culture, Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Başkanlığı (Ankara, November 4-7).

1996 "Ortaçağ Türbe Mimarisinin İçerdiği Anlamlar ve Kayseri Döner Kümbet Örneği" [“Meanings in Islamic Tomb Architecture in the Middle Ages and the Döner Kümbet in Kayseri”], Erciyes University History Symposium on the City of Kayseri and its Environs (Kayseri, April 11-12).

1994 "Selçuklu Anıtsal Mimarisinde Kozmolojik İmgeler: Evren Katmanlarının Simgesi Olarak 'Kutsal Ağaç' Kompozisyonu" [“Cosmological Images in the Seljuk Monumental Architecture: the 'Sacred Tree Composition' as a symbol of the Layers of the Universe”] Seljuk University Ist and 2nd National Symposiums on Seljuk Culture and Civilization (Konya, April 25-26, 1994).

1993 "Pastoral Türk Kültürünün Yakın Doğu'ya Bir Katkısı: Mimari Tasarımda Sentez Arayışı" [“A Contribution of the Pastoral Turkish Culture in the Near East: Search for Synthesis in Architectural Design”], 3th International Congress on Turkish Culture (Ankara, September 25-29.

1992 "Phases in Restoration in St. Sophia Church in İstanbul," Restoration Department Conservation Seminars, M.E.T.U. Faculty of Architecture (Ankara, May 11).

1992 "The Origin and Meaning of the Iwan," Restoration Department Conservation Seminars, M.E.T.U. Faculty of Architecture (Ankara, May 4).

1992 "Cosmological Images in the Monumental Architecture of the Seljuks," Tuesday Talks, M.E.T.U. Faculty of Architecture (Ankara, April 14).

1989 "Mimari Bir Simge Olarak Çift Başlı Kartal" [“The Double-Headed Eagle as an Architectural Symbol”], Friday Talks, Cengiz Bektaş Studio (Kuzguncuk, İstanbul, October).

(In addition to these acted as coordinator and speaker in a number of Bologna Process Meetings organized by the Socrates National Agency(2004-2005), and lectured to professional tourist guides of Istanbul in October 2004)

Seminars Participated:

2006 EUROMED III Project BYZeIs (Byzantium and Early Islam) Workshop: “Site Management Issues” – Paphos 16-20 November 2006 Cyprus

2004 CLIOHRES-net, European History Network (creating Links and Innovative Overviews for a New History research Network Agenda for trhe Citizens of a Growing Europe) preparatory Meeting (Thessaloniki, Greece, October 15-16).

2004 ECTS/DS Annual Seminar organized by European Commission and EUA (Debrecen, Hungary, July 08-10)

2003 ECTS/DS Annual Seminar organized by European Commission and EUA (Bilbao, Spain, July 10-12)

1995 Seminar on the History and Archaeology of the Islamic Middle Ages, organized by Granada University, Deparment of History as part of MED Campus Project activities (Granada, Spain, October 9-18).

National Congress and Exhibition Organization:

2003 2000’den Kesitler III: Eskiçağ’ın Mekânları/Zamanları/İnsanları Doktora Araştırmaları Sempozyumu [Episodes from 2000: Space/Time and People in Ancient Times, METU Department of Architecture Graduate Studies Symposium) (Ankara, November, 29-30) (as a member of the Organising Committee).

2001 2000’den Kesitler II: Cumhuriyet'in Mekânları/Zamanları/İnsanları Doktora Araştırmaları Sempozyumu [Episodes from 2000: Space/Time and People in the Architecture of the Republican Turkey, METU Department of Architecture Graduate Studies Symposium) (Ankara, November, 29-30, 2001) (as a member of the Organising Committee).

1999 2000'den Kesitler I: Osmanlı'da Mekanlar/Zamanlar/İnsanlar Doktora Araştırmaları Sempozyumu [Episodes from 2000: Space/Time and People in the Architecture of the Ottomans], METU Department of Architecture Graduate Studies Symposium) (Ankara, November, 11-12) (as a member of the Organising Committee).

National Congress Session Chair

2009 Session: “Genel Çerçeve I,” (General Framework I) Uluslararası Katılımlı Tarihi Eserlerin Güçlendirilmesi ve Geleceğe Güvenle Devredilmesi Sempozyumu II, TMMOB İnşaat Mühendisleri Odası, (Symposium with International Participation on Strenghthening and Preserving Historical Buildings and Cultural Heritage II, Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects, Chamber of Civil Enhineers) (Diyarbakır, 15-17 October)

2008 Session: “İmge ve Anlam” (“Image and Meaning”), ODTÜ Felsefe Bölümü, Felsefe Günleri: “Anlam” Kongresi (“METU Department of Philosophy, Philosophy Days: Congress on Meaning”) (Ankara, 17-19 December)

Seminar Organized:

2004 Summer Seminar, Architecture in Situ: Western Mediterranean Coastal Settlements of Turkey, Architecture, History, Aesthetics (Venue: Suna and Inan Kiraç Mediterranean Civilizations Research Institute, Antalya, June 28-July 5,) (with Prof. Dr. Jale Erzen)