Collaborations

ARIT, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, and the Koç University Mustafa V. Koç Maritime Archaeology Research Center cosponsor the Seminars in Maritime Archaeology.  This program provides a series of seminars focusing broadly on society’s relationship with the sea.  With speakers ranging from post-graduate students to established academics, and an equally broad range of topics, this ...

A three-day international conference cosponsored with the British Institute at Ankara, Boğaziçi University Department of History, Institut Français des Études Anatoliennes, and SALT Research. Program Introduction Watch here More information

A workshop for graduate students on the study of textiles organized by Ivana Jevtić (Koç University) and Amanda Phillips (University of Virginia).  The one-day event focused on material from the eastern Mediterranean, with a specific aim of spurring dialogue across periods and disciplines, as well as the immense potential of studying textiles in Turkish collections. March ...

The Feriköy Protestant Cemetery Initiative has released issue 2 of The Ledger.  Reports cover research on the lives and monuments of two British families and the current activities at the Cemetery. The project is a collaboration of the American Research Institute in Turkey – ARIT, NIT-Netherlands Institute in Turkey,  Orient-Institut Istanbul, Liszt Enstitüsü Macar Kültür Merkezi, ...

A collaborative panel discussion organized by KUDAR (Koç University Mustafa V. Koç Maritime Archaeology Research Center) and ARIT (American Research Institute Turkey), with generous support from the U.S. Embassy.  The discussion focuses on potential issues of jurisdiction and presentation with digital models of cultural heritage. More info

An ARIT Ankara Zoom lecture by Dr. Barbara A. Porter, American Center of Research in Amman, Jordan, Director, April 2006 – March 2020 looking at the role of the American Center of Research in Jordan is accessible on YouTube.

The Feriköy Protestant Cemetery Initiative has published A Brief Guide to Istanbul’s Feriköy Protestant Cemetery by ARIT Istanbul librarian Dr. Brian Johnson and Orient-Institut Istanbul Acting Director Dr. Richard Wittmann. Located in Şişli, the cemetery is the main burial place for Protestant residents of the city since 1859.  Six research centers based in Turkey have ...

ARIT Ankara Center helped support a two-day workshop entitled “Joint Heritage of the Maritime Micro-Region of Lesbos and Pergamon,” a collaborative effort of the German Institute of Archaeology (DIA, Istanbul) and the Koç University Mustafa V. Koç Maritime Archaeology Center (KUDAR). Events took place in November, 2019 at Sanat Fabrikası Tiyatrosu in Ayvalık on the western ...

See more The workshop “Islands At The Frontier Of The Empires In The Middle Ages,” held at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey was organized by the project The World of Byzantine (and Medieval) Islands.  The project proposes a reassessment of the role played by the largest islands of Byzantine Mediterranean as “gateway communities” that actively and ...

This five-lecture series offered a long view of refugees and immigrants in the eastern Mediterranean region, aiming to help illuminate the conditions and experiences of refugees and migration today. The program is cosponsored by the American Research Institute in Turkey, the University of Pennsylvania Middle East Center, and hosted by the Camden County College Center for ...

The workshop on the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Emergency Situations addressed strategies for protecting museums and heritage sites in instances of disasters. International experts came together with specialists at the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, museums, institutes, and universities in Turkey to address the wide range of issues that damage, even obliterate cultural ...

The Iraqi Red List on Cultural Heritage at Risk, prepared by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) in 2015, illustrates Iraqi cultural materials that have been subject to theft, destruction, and smuggling.  The list was translated into Turkish through a collaboration of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the American Research Institute in ...