Research interests: Byzantine art history, Byzantine monasticism, Hagiography, Medieval manuscripts, Latin literature and palaeography

Previous Education: BA in International Relations from Fatih University

MA in Medieval History from King’s College London (UK)

Research interests: curatorial practices, exhibitions and museums, new implementations of technology in arts and museums; sustainability and future of museums

Previous education: BA in Industrial Engineering from Hacettepe University

Research Interests: Byzantine art history, European art history, Icons, Mother of God, Cultural and Artistic Interactions between Byzantium and the West, Iconography, Iconology, Women Patronage in Byzantium

Previous Education: BS in Molecular Biology, Genetics and Biotechnology, with Art Theory & Criticism and Psychology Minors, at Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey

Research Interests: Mosaics, Late Antique and Early Byzantine Anatolia, housing, daily life.

Previous Education: Business Administration MBA, Koç University, Translation and Interpreting BA, Boğaziçi University.

Research Interests: Zooarchaeology; Environmental Archaeology; Animal Husbandry Systems; Ritual Practices; Domestication; Bronze Age Anatolia; Late Bronze Age Western Anatolia; The Hittites; The Myceneans

Former Education: BA in Archaeology and History of Art at Koç University

Research Interests: Ottoman intellectual history - history of 19th century Ottoman literature, science and philosophy, Late Ottoman visual culture, Art history theories

Previous Education: BA in History from Middle East Technical University

Thesis Title: An Intellectual History of Late Ottoman Painting: Approaches to Realism

Research interests: Public Archaeology, Community Outreach, Heritage Education, Urban Archaeology and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Heritage and Identity, Museum Visitor Experience, Interpretation and Representation of Heritage in Museums, Community and Museums, Cultural Tourism

Previous education: BA in Tourism and Hospitality Management from Antalya Bilim University

Thesis title: “Educational programs for children at urban archaeological parks in the Mediterranean region and the study case of the Küçükyalı ArkeoPark (Istanbul)”.

Research Interests: Maritime Archaeology, Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology, Ancient Seafaring, Maritime Landscape, Digital Documentation Methods, Photogrammetry, Ancient Graffiti

Previous Education: BA from Archaeology and History of Art at Koç University

Research Interests: Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture, Islamic Numismatics, Cultural and Artistic Exchange in Medieval Anatolia, Culture and Art of Medieval Jazira, Islamic Manuscripts, Patronage in Medieval Islamic Cities

Previous Education: BA in Archaeology and History of Art at Koç University, BA in History (Double Major) at Koç University.

Research Interests: Istanbul, Galata, Genoese Heritage, UNESCO, World Heritage

Previous Education: BSc. Honours Computation, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, MBA Bilgi University

Research Interests: Mediterranean archaeology, isotope chemistry, digital humanities, research of the 19th century Russian archaeological organizations in the Ottoman Empire, cultural heritage preservation.

Previous Education: BA in National Economics at St. Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics, BA in Classical Archaeology at Mimar Sinan State University.

Research Interests: Western and Central Anatolia in the light of Ancient DNA (aDNA) in Late Bronze Age to Iron Age transition, Anatolian languages, linguistics.

Previous Education: Physics and Ancient History BA, University of Pennsylvania.

Research interests: Museum Architecture, Green Buildings, Green Museums, Sustainability, Climate Change, Museum Studies.

Previous education: BA in International Relations and Political Science from Marmara University

Former Education: Diploma of Architect Engineer, NTUA/ MSc in Protection of Monuments: Restoration and Conservation Science, NTUA

Research Interests: 19th century Ottoman Architecture, Vernacular Architecture in the Balkans, Heritage Management Policies

Research Interests: Photography in the Ottoman Empire; late nineteenth-century Ottoman visual culture; Ottoman women; interactions between painting and photography

Former Education: BA in English Language and Literature at Istanbul University, BA in Latin Language and Literature (double major) at Istanbul University, MA in Arts Management at Yeditepe University

Former Education: BA in Translation and Interpretation Studies at Boğaziçi University (Turkey); MA in Archaeology at Koç University (Turkey)

Research interests: Anatolian Archaeology; Prehistory; Neolithic Period; Chalcolithic Period; Craft Specialization; Paleodermatoglyphics; Pottery production; Archaeological Theory; Gender Archaeology

Dissertation Title: Shaping Clay, Transmission of Knowledge: Division of Labor in the 7th and 6th Millennia in Western Anatolia

Former Education: BFA & BArch at The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (USA); MA in Environment and Development at The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London (UK).

Research Interests: Cultural Heritage, Contested Heritage, Museology, Museum Education, Museum Architecture, Peace Studies.

Dissertation Title: Healing Through New Museology on the Contested Island of Cyprus

Research Interests: Archaeometallurgy, Archaeometry, Bronze Age Anatolia, Socio-economic and Ritual Aspects of Ancient Metallurgical Practices, Middle and Late Bronze Age Western Anatolia, Anthropological Studies on Craftsmanship and Technology

Former education: BA in Classics at University of Catania, MA in Archaeology at University of Catania (Italy)

Former Education: BA in Ancient Greek Language and Literature at Istanbul University, MA in History of Art at Istanbul University

Research Interests: Byzantine Art and Architecture, Urbanism and Urban Transition, Historical Topography

Dissertation Title: Historical Topography of Xanthos in the Byzantine Period

Former Education: BA in History at Boğaziçi University, MA in Political Science at European University at Saint Petersburg, MA in History at Boğaziçi University

Research Interests: Nineteenth-century painting in the Ottoman and Russian empires, cultural encounter between the Russian and Ottoman empires in the nineteenth century, the Orientalism in art, the history painting in nineteenth-century Europe

Research interests: Bronze age, Hittites, GIS, Landscape archaeology, Drones, Photogrammetry

Former education: BA in International Studies at University of Turin, MA in Archaeology at University of Bologna

Former Education: BA in Architectural Studies and BA in Visual Arts at Brown University (USA); MA in Anatolian Civilizations and Cultural Heritage Management at Koç University (Turkey)

Research interests: Cultural Heritage; Byzantine and Ottoman Architectural History; Historiography; Medieval and Early Modern Fortifications; Cultural Landscapes; Sustainability in Cultural Heritage Management; Digital Humanities; Digital Technologies in Cultural Heritage Sites and Museums

Dissertation Title: History of a Cultural Landscape: The Upper Rumeli Kavak Fortress on the Bosphorus (tentative)

Former Education: Istanbul Technical University, Architectural History, Master

Research Interests: Byzantine settlement archaeology; medieval military architecture; rock-cut architecture; Middle Byzantine ecclesiastical architecture; Constantinopolitan impetus on regional architecture of the Byzantine Empires.

Former Education: BS in Industrial Design and MA in History of Architecture at Middle East Technical University (Turkey); MSt in Classical Archaeology at University of Oxford (UK)

Research Interests: History of Archaeology, Politics and Archaeology, Cultural Heritage Studies, Memory Studies, Classical Archaeology, Architectural History, History of Modern Architecture, Architecture and Travel, History of Modern Turkey.

Dissertation Title: Between Place, Archaeology, and Memory: Heritage of Classical Antiquity in Turkey

Former Education: BA in Archaeology and History of Art at Bilkent University (Ankara,Turkey); MA in Archaeology and History of Art at Koç University (Istanbul, Turkey).

Research Interests: Pottery Production Technology, 2nd millennium BC Painted Pottery, Bronze Age Anatolia, Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

Dissertation Title:

Technological, Functional, and Stylistic Analysis of Syro-Cilician Ware from the Amuq Valley and its Neighboring Regions

Former Education: BA in Political Sciences at Marmara University; MA in International Relations at University of Paris II – Panthéon-ASSAS.

Research Interests: Auditory History, Sound Studies, Cultural Heritage, 19th Century Ottoman Empire.

Former Education: MA in Art History at Koç University (Turkey); MBA in Finance at Cass Business School, City University (UK); BSc in Industrial Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (Turkey)

Research interests: Byzantine Art History; Byzantine Monumental Painting; Byzantine Religious Iconography; Crusader Art; Artistic and Cultural Interactions in the Medieval Mediterranean; Historiography of Byzantine Studies; Oral History

Dissertation Title: Being a Byzantinist in Turkey: The Past and the Present of Byzantine Studies in Turkey

Research Interests: Western Anatolia in the Second Millennium BCE - Ceramic Production Technologies - 3D Modelling and Illustration of Archaeological Finds

Former education: BA, Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty of Letters Ege University; MA, Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology Social Science Institute, Ege University, Izmir.

British and American imperialism, Arab nationalism, 19th century archaeology in Iraq, infrastructure development

BFA from OCAD University, MA from the University of Kent, MSc from the Athens University of Economics and Business

Research interests: Early Modern artistic interactions between the Ottoman Empire and the Italian maritime republics; Venetian and Genoese encounters with the Ottomans; history of Constantinople.

BA in History from Boğaziçi University; MA in History of Art from Koç University.

Research Interests: Maritime Archaeology, Mediterranean Archaeology, Archaeological Science, Material Culture, Daily Life, Digital Humanities

Previous Education: BA in Anthropology and Classical Studies at Brandeis University, MA in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies at Brandeis University

Cross-cultural interactions in medieval Anatolia, Islamic art and architecture, Transcaucasian art and architecture, routes of artistic transmission

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Istanbul Technical University, MSc in History of Architecture at Istanbul Technical University

Research Interests: Archaeobotany, Environmental Archaeology, Bronze Age Anatolia, reconstruction of ancient agricultural practices

Former education: BA in Archaeology from Boston University, MA in Archaeology and History of Art from Koç University

Research Interests: Archaeobotany, Environmental Archaeology, Bronze Age Anatolia, reconstruction of ancient agricultural practices

Former education: BA in Archaeology from Boston University, MA in Archaeology and History of Art from Koç University

Balkan Cities in the Post-Tanzimat Era, Visual Culture in 19th Century Ottoman Empire, Picture Postcards, History of Photography in Ottoman Salonica, Art Market, Ephemera as Visual Sources, AI for Image Analysis

Previous Education: BA in Civil Engineering from Istanbul Kültür University and MA in Art Management from Istanbul Kültür University

Research interests: Anatolian Prehistory, Paleoethnobotany, Archaeobotany, Environmental Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Household Archaeology

Previous education: MA in Prehistory from İstanbul University, BA in Archaeology from Anadolu University

Research Interests: Medical/health humanities, history and architecture of healthcare spaces/institutions, medical museums and health-themed exhibitions, bioethics, integration of the humanities in the medical education curriculum, neuroaesthetics and neuroarchitecture, sensory studies, digital humanities

Previous Education: BA in Political Science and Cultural Studies at McGill University, MA in History of Art at Istanbul Technical University, Graduate Certificate in Research Methodology and Ethics in Health Sciences at Harvard Medical School & Koç University School of Medicine