ALİ UZAY PEKER,

PROF. DR.

 

 

ORTA DOĞU TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

MİMARLIK BÖLÜMÜ
MİMARLIK TARİHİ BİLİM DALI

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

GRADUATE PROGRAM IN HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

Phone: +90 312 210 6248 / Fax: +90 312 210 7265 / E-mail: peker@metu.edu.tr

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Öğrenim, Akademik Deneyim ve Ödüller

Education, Academic Experience and Awards

 

Dersler

Courses

 

Yayınlar

Publications

 

Conferences

Konferanslar

 

Projeler ve Tezler

Projects and Theses

 

Internet Ortamında Makaleler

Papers on the Net

 

Bağlantılar

Links

 

 

 

 

Projects:

International:

2015- Coordinator of the Turkish Team and Consultant, Research and Excavations in the Site of the Tomb of Sultan Süleyman in Szigetvar, Hungary (with Hungarian team)

2010-2013   Institutional Coordinator of ENGLOBE (Enlightenment and Global History), EU 7th Framework Marie Curie Program ITN Project.

2007-2008   Coordinator of EU CFCU Regional Development Project: “Improvement of Tourism Potential of Divriği in Sivas Province Through Assessement and Representation of Natural and Cultural Heritage”.

2004-2010   Institutional Coordinator of CLIOHRES.net (“Creating Links and Innovative Overviews for a New History Research Agenda for the Citizens of a Growing Europe”), EU Sixth Framework Program Network of Excellence.
                 
National:

2009 Coordinator; “Ortaçağ Anadolu – Suriye Etkileşimi: İpekyolu Üzerindeki Yerleşimlerde Yapılı Çevrenin Biçimlenmesi,” [Interaction of Anatolia and Syria: Formation of the Built Environment in Settlements on the Silk Road] METU Scientific Research Project, BAP, METU.

2008 Coordinator: “Ortaçağ Anadolu – Suriye Etkileşimi: İpekyolu Üzerindeki Yerleşimlerde Yapılı Çevrenin Biçimlenmesi,” [Interaction of Anatolia and Syria: Formation of the Built Environment in Settlements on the Silk Road] METU Scientific Research Project, BAP, METU.

2005 Coordinator: “Technological and Finite Elements Analysis and Symbolism of Great Mosque and Hospital at Divriği,” METU Scientific Research Project, BAP, METU.

2003 Researcher and synopsis writer in the Project called Information Recording and Transfer Through Filming. METU, Gisam Project.

2002 “Hasankeyf Upper City Archaeological Park Documentation Project” Coordinator. METU, TAÇDAM Ilısu Project.

1992 “A study on the urban and architectural history of Konya for the Renovation Project of the Site of Mevlana's Tomb” (with Prof. Dr. Ömür Bakırer).

Thesis Supervision:

Completed:     

2015 "Theory and Practice of Geometry in Medieval Architecture in the Middle East," by Deniz Özden, M.A. D. Thesis, History of Architecture

2013 "Idiosyncratic Narratives: Mudejar Architecture and its Historiography in Spain," by Meltem Özkan, Ph D. Program in History of Architecture, METU Institute of Social Sciences

2012 "Architectural Permeability: Stylistic Encounters in the Architecture of the Makli Necropolis (14th - 16th Centuries)," by Rabela Junejo, M.A. Degree Program in History of Architecture, METU Institute of Social Sciences

2010 "Use of Traditional Elements in Contemporary Mosque Architecture," by Özgür Ürey M.Arch. Degree Progam, METU Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

2010 "The Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Anatolia: Mosque- and State-Building under Mongol Suzerainty," by Kenneth Hayes, Ph.D. Program in History of Architecture, METU Institute of Social Sciences

2006 "Zòcalo: Transformation of an Aztec Religious Center into a Colonial Town Square in Mèxico City," by Meltem Özkan, M.A. Degree Program in History of Architecture, METU Institute of Social Sciences

2004 "Sources of the Exoticism in the Architecture of Louis Sullivan: The Primitive, the Orieantal, The Natural," by Selçuk Köse, M.Arch. Degree Progam, MeTU Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences
 
2002 "Byzantine Monasteries and Ottoman Kulliyyes: A Comparative Study of their Forms and Functions," by Juliana Aires Franceschini, M.Arch. Degree Program, Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, 

1999 "An Interpretation of the Divriği Complex From the Perspective of the Cosmos Understanding in the 13th  Century Anatolia," by Selen Bostan, M.A. Degree Program in History of Architecture, METU Institute of Social Sciences

Co-Supervision:

2015 “Metaphorical Expression in Architecture: Understanding Symbolic Meanings of Qabus Tower in Iran,” Obeid Eskandarnezhad YL Tezi, supervisor: Mualla Erkılıç, Bina Bilgisi, ODTÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü.

2015 “Mimar Sinan Dönemi Cami Mimarisinde Yazı ve Kozmolojik İçerik,” Cemile F. Şengün, YL Tezi, supervisor: Sinan M. Şener, M.Arch. Degree Progam, ITU Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences.

2011 "Transformation of the Ottoman Built Environment in the Nineteenth Century in Anatolia: The case of Tokat," by Ayşegül Kardaş, M.A. Degree Program in History of Architecture, METU Institute of Social Sciences

Ongoing (with draft titles):

2015- “A Methodology for Design History of Anatolian Seljuk Architecture,” by Başak Şimşek, M.A. Degree Thesis, History of Architecture, METU.

2015- “A Study of Ottoman-Islamic Aesthetics and Visual Culture by Means of Palatial Architecture and Landscapes,” by E. Filiz Kölmek, M.A. Degree Thesis, History of Architecture, METU.

2015- “Palaces of Petty Patrons in Ottoman Era Built Between the 15th - 18th Centuries,” by Şehri Kartal, Ph.D. Dissertation, History of Architecture, METU.

2014- “Urban Development of Sinop and Antalya during Seljuk And Ottoman Periods,” by Melike Yılmaz, M.A. Degree Thesis, History of Architecture, METU.

2013- "Architectural Encounters at Makli Necropolis in Thatta (13th – 18th Century),” by Rabela Junejo, Ph.D. Dissertation, History of Architecture, METU.

2008- “Monumental Tomb Structures in Anatolian Seljuk Architecture: A Study in Meaning, Form and Memory,” by Murat K. Şentürk, Ph.D. Dissertation, History of Architecture, METU