Alumni

MA

Nuray Nisan Köknar

Archaeology and History of Art, 2019

Research Interests: Maritime Archaeology; Bronze Age Aegean and East Mediterranean; Maritime Cultural Landscape; Bronze Age Western Anatolia; Bronze Age Pottery; Material Culture; Cultural Interaction for Maritime Civilizations, Sea Trade.

Dissertation Title: The Late Bronze Age Burials, Mycenaean Connections, and the Maritime Cultural Landscape of the Western Anatolian Coast

Placement after Graduation: ARTER, Istanbul

Zeynep Kuşdil

Archaeology and History of Art, 2019

Research interests: Temple Architecture, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, The Hittites, Assyrian Colony Period, Near Eastern Archaeology

Dissertation Title: Changes in Temple Architecture from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Bronze Age in Anatolia.

Placement After Graduation: Ph.D., University of Toronto, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Department

Seda Sicimoğlu Yenikler

Archaeology and History of Art, 2019

Research interests: Late Byzantine Art and Architecture, Western Art and Architecture, Constantinople

Dissertation Title: The Artistic Hybridity of the Church of San Domenico (Arap Camii): Mirroring The Multicultural Milieu of Galata from Byzantine to Ottoman times

Cansu İşbilir

Archaeology and History of Art, 2019

Research Interests: Late Ottoman Architecture, Contemporary Art, Modern Art

Dissertation Title: European Trends in an Ottoman City: The Domestic Art Nouveau Buildings in Beyoğlu

Elifgül Doğan

Archaeology and History of Art, 2018

Research interests: Archaeology of Human Remains, Physical Anthropology, Cultural Heritage Studies, Heritage Diplomacy and Policy

Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., University of Cambridge, Department of Archaeology

Dissertation Title: Legislative, Ethical and Museological Issues regarding Archaeological Human Remains in Türkiye

Christine J. Kim

Archaeology and History of Art, 2019

Research interests: Medieval Islamic art and architecture, sacred spaces, cultural exchange in Central Asia

Placement after Graduation: Ph.D., John Hopkins, Art History

Dissertation Tittle: The Jade Dragon Sword: Representations of Power and Legitimacy in the Timurid Empire

Naz Defne Kut

Archaeology and History of Art 2018

Research interests: Cultural and artistic interactions between the Ottoman Empire and Europe; Early Modern history; European art; Italian art; Ottoman visual culture

Dissertation Title: Depicting the Triumph of the Cross: Symbolic representations of the Battle of Lepanto in Italian art

Piet Gerrits

Archaeology and History of Art , 2018

Research interests: Landscape Archaeology, GIS applications, Archaeological method, Network and Quantative analyses in archaeology.

Dissertation Title: Using GIS in Neolithic Anatolia: An intra-settlement analysis of use and abandonment phases at Barcın Höyük.

Duygu Ece Hoşgör

Archaeology and History of Art, 2018

Dissertation Title: Representations of Behading Scenes in the Menologion of Basil 2 (Vat.gr.1613) An Iconographical survey of a 10th Century Byzantine Manuscript.

Placement After Graduation: Ph.D. , Koç University, Archaeology

Hazal Yıldırımer

Archaeology and History of Art, 2017

Dissertation Title: Changes in Temple Architecture from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Bronze Age in Anatolia.

İpek Yeşildağ Sağlık

Archaeology and History of Art, 2017

Dissertation Title: Re-Thinking Group D Through the Avant-garde and Modernist Art Movements within the Nation-Building Context of Türkiye(1933-1951)

Victoria Jennifer Sun

Archaeology and History of Art, 2017

Dissertation Title: The Current Crisis in the Cultural Heritage of Syria and Iraq: Key Organizations, Legislation, and Initiatives to Rebuild a Shattered Past

Sarah Orlady Osen Aldrich

Archaeology and History of Art, 2017

Dissertation Title: The Connectedness of the Rum Seljuks and the Kingdom of Georgia: A Framework for Artistic Exchange in the Thirteenth Century

Ayşe Bursalı

Archaeology and History of Art, 2017

Dissertation Title: Social And Methodological Investigation Of The Turquoise Colored Beads Found In Neolithic Barcın Höyük In NW Anatolia

Rick Wohmann

Archaeology and History of Art, 2016

Dissertation Title: Tableware and Cargo Amphorae of the Late Antique to Late Byzantine Periods from Küçükyalı (İstanbul): A Seramic assemblage from the Asian hinterland of Constantinople (4th-14th centuries CE)

Berat Meryem Örnek

Archaeology and History of Art, 2016

Dissertation Title: Inclusive Museums: Accessible art for people with disabilities in Türkiye

Aimee Liang Miles

Archaeology and History of Art, 2016

Dissertation Title: Lycian Port Cities in the Hellenistic to Roman Periods: An Urban Character Study

Lykourgos Boras

Archaeology and History of Art, 2015

Dissertation Title: The Greens Versus The Blues: The Evidence Of The Circus Factions Outside Constantinople

Gözde Önder

Archaeology and History of Art, 2015

Dissertation Title: From diplomatic gift-exchange to the Turkish market:clocks

Murat Kıvanç Köroğlu

Archaeology and History of Art, 2015

Dissertation Title: Rise of Great Estates in Twelfth-Century Byzantium and the Komnenian Family

Aysel Arslan

Archaeology and History of Art, 2015

Dissertation Title: Rise of Great Estates in Twelfth-Century Byzantium and the Komnenian Family

Marija Drezgic

Archaeology and History of Art, 2014

Dissertation Title: Sorcery Trials of Antioch: Illicit divination and the Response of the Emperor

Erin Bach Minnaugh

Archaeology and History of Art, 2014

Dissertation Title: Combining Archaeology, Primary School and The Web: A Case Study of the Gordion Museum

Tara Ann Ingman

Archaeology and History of Art, 2014

Dissertation Title: Mortuary Practices at Tell Atchana, Ancient Alalakh in the Middle and Late Bronze Ages

William James Harper

Archaeology and History of Art, 2014

Dissertation Title: Backward and Forward: Photographic Gifts between the Ottoman Empire and the United States in the Late Nineteenth-Century

Alumni

PhD

Dr. Bengi Atun

Ph.D in Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies, 2019

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).

Current Position: Lecturer at Medipol University

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

Dissertation Title: THE MUSEOLOGY OF PEACEBUILDING Making “New” Histories & Heritages in Cyprus

Dr. Emily C. Arauz

Ph.D. in Art History and Archaeology, 2019

Former Education: BA in Classical Civilizations and Art Studio at Wellesley College (USA); MA in Anatolian Civilizations and Cultural Heritage Management at Koç University (Türkiye)

Research interests: Cultural Heritage; Critical Heritage; People-based Heritage; Contemporary Heritage; Migration; Mobility; Social Practice; Socially Engaged Art; Contemporary Art; Community Engagement; Participation; Mediterranean Civilizations

Dissertation Title: Centering People and Participation in Migratory Heritage and Socially Engaged Art

Dr. Fatma Coşkuner

PhD in Archaeology History of Art, 2019

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

Thesis Title: On the Threshold of the Black Sea: Intersecting Discourses of Empire and Identity in Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky’s Paintings

Dr. Gülşah Günata

Ph.D. in Archaeology , 2017

Placement After Graduation: Post Doctoral Research Fellow ANAMED

Former Education: BA in Archaeology at Ege University, MA in Classical Archaeology at Ege University

Research Interests: Anatolian Archaeology; Late Bronze Age – Early Iron Age Transition; Ancient Religion and Ritual Practices; Iron Age Anatolia; Sanctuaries and Cult; Interactions between cultures; Iconography.

Dissertation Title: The Cult of Artemis at Klaros in Relation with the Worship of the Goddess in Western Anatolia and Greece

Previous Education: BA in Archaeology Department at Bilkent University

Dr. Sabiha Göloğlu

Ph.D in History of Art, 2018

Former Education: MA in Architectural History at the Middle East Technical University; BA in Architecture at the Middle East Technical University

Research interests: Islamic painting, Late Ottoman art and architecture, Arts of the book, Photographs of Mecca and Medina

Placement After Graduation: Post-Doc at Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz

Dissertation Title: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Representations of the Islamic Pilgrimage and Visitation Sites in the Ottoman Empire

Dr. Gonca Dardeniz

Ph.D in Archaeology , 2016

Former Education: MA and BA in Chemistry Boğaziçi University

Current Position: Visiting Professor at Institute of Mediterranean and European Archaeology, State University of New York College at Buffalo

Research interests: = Protohistory, Ancient Near Eastern art and archaeology as well as chemistry. I have been involved in both national and international archaeological projects across Anatolia since 2005.

Placement After Graduation: Post-Doc at Koç University

Current Position: Visiting Professor at Institute of Mediterranean and European Archaeology, State University of New York College at Buffalo