Author: DAI Istanbul
NENA – Near Eastern Neolithic Architecture
The study of Neolithic Architecture An initiative for interdisciplinary research and exchange of knowledge on Neolithic architecture in the Middle East has now been launched by the building archaeology and heritage conservation unit of the Istanbul Department together with the Göbekli Tepe Project. Despite the fact that the architecture of the Near Eastern Neolithic is […]
Arşivi Kazmak
Ve Erna Eckstein’ı Bulmak Erna Eckstein sergisi online olarak izleyicilerle buluştu. İlk günden itibaren güzel geri dönüşümler aldık. Gelen tepkilerin bir kısmı arşivden çıkan malzemenin yaratıcı bir şekilde kullanılması ile ilgili övgülerdi. Belli ki arşivde yapılan keşif, sadece arşivciyi değil buna şahit olanı da heyecanlandırıyor. Pek çok arşiv materyalinin raflarda unutulduğu düşünülürse tabii ki bu […]
Digging the Archive
And Finding Erna Eckstein The Erna Eckstein Exhibition was launched on Sunday December 6th and has been visited by an unexpected large online audience. Since the numerous feedbacks demand an answer, this contribution is an attempt to give one. A part of the responses praise the creative use of archival material. Obviously, discoveries made in […]
Pergamon Digital Map
The new archaeological map of Pergamon is online. All information about the new interactive map as well as downloads and further links can be found on the TransPergMikro project blog.
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Erna Eckstein – Photographic Memories
The exhibition is dedicated to Erna Eckstein, Albert Eckstein’s wife, who was appointed to Ankara as part of Ataturk’s university reform in 1935. Much has been written about his work, while Erna Eckstein substantially remained in the shadows. With this exhibition, we want to blow away some of the dust that has settled over the […]
Research Networks at the Istanbul Department
The first research network organised and hosted by the DAI’s Istanbul Department was back in 2007. Since then this format has gone from strength to strength; meanwhile, a total of five research networks have been completed. The networks are directed primarily, but not exclusively, at young scientists. The concept is simple: A fixed group of […]
Participants of the Current Research Network
Ricarda Braun (Freie Universität Berlin):“Landschaftsarchäologische Perspektiven auf Bauwesen, Bauökonomie und Baustelle” Meltem Çavdar und Feyza Yağcı (Technische Universität München)“The Final Phase of the Architectural Practice in Ottoman Istanbul. The Example of Former Chancellor’s House in Tarabya” Mohamed Elfath Ahmed (Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg)“Red Sea Ports During the Ottoman Era. Building Sites – Materials and Developments […]