Program
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
I General Disposition: What Makes a Byzantine Church?
Jelena Bogdanović, Iowa State University
The Canopy as an Architectural Parti of the Byzantine Church
Bilge Ar, Istanbul Technical University
Thoughts on the Influences Shaping the Exterior Perception of Byzantine Church Architecture
Ivana Jevtić, Koç University
Bridging the Gap between Church Buildings and their Wall Paintings in the Late Byzantine World
II Design Solutions: Function-Driven and Impacted by Local Traditions
Maréva U, EPHE-PSL
Porches and Porticoes of Middle and Late Byzantine Churches: Observations on the Architecture and Functions of the First Liminal Spaces
Anastasios Tantsis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Galleries and Upper Spaces in Byzantine Churches: Their Role in the Evolution of Byzantine Religious Architecture
III Liturgy Within and Outside the Church Building
Christina Maranci, Tufts University
Using the Liturgy to Understand Armenian Architecture: A Short Reflection
Konstantinos T. Raptis, Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports, Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki
The Cathedral as the Ambo of the Byzantine City: Liturgical Processions and Rituals in the Public Space
IV Monastic Space: Affiliation and Memory
Fotini Kondyli and Justin Mann, University of Virginia
The Architecture of Religious Affiliation: Lessons from the Byzantine Monastic Communities in Central Greece
Nebojša Stanković, University of Belgrade
Spatial Memory in the Byzantine Church Design Process: The Case of the Monastic Katholikon
V Constantinopolitan Architectural Production
Alessandra Ricci, Koç University
Monastic Spaces and Rituals in the Marmara Region: Hagiography, Archaeology, and Architecture
Ayşe Ercan Kydonakis, Columbia University
Armenian Legacy or Historiographical Fallacy?
Rewriting Fragments on the Middle Byzantine Architecture of Constantinople
VI Micro-developments and Fringes
Elif Keser-Kayaalp, Dokuz Eylül University
Church Architecture of the Tur ‘Abdin
Tassos Papacostas, Kings College London
Urban and Rural Responses to Perennial Needs: Two Cypriot Sites through the Ages
VII Eclecticism, Diversity and Reinterpretation in the 13th Century
Suna Çağaptay, Bahçeşehir University / Cambridge University
Made in Byzantium: Rethinking Eclecticism in Laskarid Architecture
Nikos Kontogiannis, Koç University
Building Diversity and Religious Polyphony in the Post-1204 Aegean World
Tolga Uyar, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University
“Made by” Byzantium in Seljuk Anatolia: Thirteenth-Century Rock-Carved Churches in Cappadocia
Reflections and Concluding Remarks
Robert Ousterhout, University of Pennsylvania (Emeritus)
