21 June 2010, Monday

09:15 - 09:45
Opening Speeches (Ömer M. Koç, Ayla Ödekan)

09:45 - 10:30
Albrecht Berger
The Byzantine Court as a Physical Space

10:30 - 10:45
Discussion

10:45 - 11:00
Break

11:00 - 11:20
Asuman Denker
Excavations at the Byzantine Great Palace (Palatium Magnum) in Former Sultanahmet Prison Area

11:20 - 11:40
Çiğdem Girgin
Excavations at Sultanahmet Former Prison Area: Gate Opening to the Augusteum and the Surrounding Architecture

11:40 - 12:00
Örgü Dalgıç
The Great Palace Mosaics between Isolation and Context

12:00 - 12:15
Discussion

12:15 - 13:30
Lunch

13:30 - 13:50
Philipp Niewöhner
The Palace at the Myrelaion: Mosaics, Marble Revetment, Brick Stamps, and Dating of the Early Byzantine Phase

13:50 - 14:10
Peter Schreiner
The Architecture of Aristocratic Palaces in Constantinople in Written Sources

14:10 - 14:30
Ferudun Özgümüş
Some Byzantine Palace Remains in Istanbul

14:30 - 14:45
Discussion

14:45 - 15:00
Break

15:00 - 15:20
Yıldız Ötüken
The Episkopeion of Myra/Demre

15:20 - 15:40
Zeynep Mercangöz
The Byzantine Court and the Provinces: Archaeological Reflections from the Byzantine Life in Western Anatolia in the 13th Century

15:40 - 16:00
James Crow
Water and the Palaces of Constantinople

16:00 - 16:15
Discussion

16:15 - 16:30
Break

16:30 - 16:50
Antony R. Littlewood
Byzantine Palatial Gardens as Symbols of Imperial Power

16:50 - 17:10
Scott Redford
A Comparison of Middle Byzantine and Seljuk Palace and Garden Culture

17:10 - 17:30
Simon Malmberg
The New Palace of Mehmed Fatih and its Byzantine Legacy

17:30 - 17:45
Discussion

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