Centres and Peripheries in Ottoman Architecture
CENTRES AND PERIPHERIES IN OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE: REDISCOVERING A
BALKAN HERITAGE
Conference
Sarajevo, 22-24 April, 2010.
What was Ottoman architecture? Whose was it, why and where? While such
seemingly elementary questions once seemed superseded, a critical
rethinking of approaches and canons in art history over the past few
decades has made it attainable to pose them again. These advances have
also resulted in a novel interest in monuments and artistic phenomena
long excluded from the standard narratives due to lack of
monumentality, peripheral location, or stylistic provincialism, that
is, if viewed against contemporary phenomena in the centre(s) of power
and cultural production. With foci of inquiry and criteria for
appraisal gradually shifting from stylistic cohesion, development, and
scale to (also) include questions of patronage, site, and social
function, these approaches make not only possible but indispensable an
increased visibility of such monuments in the literature that maps and
constitutes art histories. This provides an opportunity for, and at
the same time underlines the necessity of, a renewed discussion of
Ottoman architecture in the Balkans and its place in the historical
narratives of both Ottoman and European architecture.
The conference "Centres and peripheries in Ottoman architecture:
rediscovering a Balkan heritage" will convene an international forum
of speakers to present papers addressing cases and problems meriting
discussion in the context of the "centres/peripheries" paradigm, here
understood on a multitude of levels. More specifically, the conference
seeks to 1) increase our knowledge of architectural processes and
phenomena in the Ottoman provinces, with an emphasis on (but not
restricted to) the empire's former European provinces; 2) expose the
impact of processes at the centre(s) of power on architectural
production in the provinces; 3) examine both these processes as
reflected in historiographical discourse, yet another level with
(geographical, institutional) centres and peripheries of its own; and
4) discuss this body of monuments in the context of European
discourses on "cultural heritage", into which it is at present only
marginally integrated.
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This conference is organized by Cultural Heritage without Borders
(CHwB) in cooperation with the Faculty of Philosophy at the University
of Sarajevo. Papers will be given in English or the local languages.
Simultaneous translation is provided.
Venue: Faculty of Philosophy, ul. Franje Rackog 1; small amphitheater
on ground floor.
Contacts: Maximilian Hartmuth (hartmuth@su.sabanciuniv), academic
coordinator; Haris Dervisevic (d.haris@hotmail.com), local academic
coordinator; Adisa Dzino (adisa.dzino@chwb.org), CHwB Regional Office
Sarajevo.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010.
9.00-10.15 SESSION 1: TALKING HERITAGE: IN NEED OF A NEW METHODOLOGY?
* Introductory remarks
* Maximilian Hartmuth (Istanbul), Discussing centres/peripheries in
Ottoman architecture
* Johan Martelius (Stockholm), The Ottoman and European architectural
heritage discourse
10.30-12.00 SESSION 2: ARCHITECTURE AND URBANIZATION
* Grigor Boykov (Ankara), Reshaping urban space in the Ottoman Balkans:
a study on the architectural development of Edirne, Filibe and Uskub
(14th--15th centuries)
* Mariya Kiprovska (Ankara), Building up urban centres in the Ottoman
periphery: the administrative mastery of the Ottoman frontier nobility
examined through the architectural enterprises of the Mihaloglu family
* Mirza Hasan Ceman (Sarajevo), Some aspects of the urbanization of the
territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina under Ottoman rule
16.00-17.30 SESSION 3: ASPECTS OF THE OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE IN
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
* Machiel Kiel (Bonn), A Gothic, Renaissance, and Ottoman mix: the
"church tower minarets" of Southern Herzegovina
* Sabira Husedzinovic (Sarajevo), An assessment of monumental domed
mosques in Bosnia in their relation to the "classical" style of Ottoman
architecture of the school of Mimar Sinan
* Cazim Hadzimejlic (Sarajevo), Mihrabs in Bosnia-Herzegovina
SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2010.
9.30-11.00 SESSION 4: TRANSFORMING AND INTERPRETING THE OTTOMAN
HERITAGE: THE RECENT CENTURIES
* Amra Hadzimuhamedovic (Sarajevo), What is Bosnian in residential
architecture in Bosnia from the Ottoman period?
* Nenad Makuljevic (Belgrade), State, society, and visual culture: late
Ottoman architecture in Serbia, Macedonia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina
* Lejla Busatlic (Sarajevo), The transformation of the urban dwelling of
the oriental type in the post-Ottoman period
11:15-12:45 SESSION 5: CENTRES AND/OR PERIPHERIES: CASE STUDIES
* Mehmet Zeki Ibrahimgil (Ankara), An assessment of structures within
the Murat Reis kulliye on the island of Rhodes
* Marianne Boqvist (Cambridge), Governmental foundations on the Syrian
section of the imperial roads
* Federica Broilo (Venice), Misunderstanding the past: the forgotten
Ottoman legacy of Florina on the River Sakoulevas and a little known
Ottoman building on the shore of Lake Volvis in Greek Macedonia
14.30-16.30 SESSION 6: RESTORING AND EXCAVATING A HERITAGE
* Zeynep Ahunbay (Istanbul), Ottoman architecture in Kosovo and the
restoration of Hadum Mosque
* Vjekoslava Sankovic-Simcic (Sarajevo), The restoration of Hadzi Alija
Mosque in Pocitelj
* Ibolya Gerelyes (Budapest), Ottoman architecture in Hungary
* Closing remarks
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Cultural Heritage without Borders is a Swedish non-governmental and
non-profit organization active since 1995 in the rehabilitation of
historical monuments destroyed as a result of armed conflicts that
have raged in the countries of Southeast Europe. Recognizing and
condemning the instrumentalization of cultural heritage for political
agendas in
the course of these conflicts, CHwB, in this project implemented in
collaboration with the University of Sarajevo, aims to contribute to
the engendering of a culture which sees these monuments not only as
markers of identity but also as works of art and products of
historical circumstances, and to thus support the necessary process of
reconciliation.
This conference is organized in remembrance of Andreas Adahl
(1938-2009), scholar and diplomat. In his role as chairman of the CHwB
board between 2005 and 2009, Adahl has contributed greatly to the
development of CHwB activities in the Western Balkans.
BALKAN HERITAGE
Conference
Sarajevo, 22-24 April, 2010.
What was Ottoman architecture? Whose was it, why and where? While such
seemingly elementary questions once seemed superseded, a critical
rethinking of approaches and canons in art history over the past few
decades has made it attainable to pose them again. These advances have
also resulted in a novel interest in monuments and artistic phenomena
long excluded from the standard narratives due to lack of
monumentality, peripheral location, or stylistic provincialism, that
is, if viewed against contemporary phenomena in the centre(s) of power
and cultural production. With foci of inquiry and criteria for
appraisal gradually shifting from stylistic cohesion, development, and
scale to (also) include questions of patronage, site, and social
function, these approaches make not only possible but indispensable an
increased visibility of such monuments in the literature that maps and
constitutes art histories. This provides an opportunity for, and at
the same time underlines the necessity of, a renewed discussion of
Ottoman architecture in the Balkans and its place in the historical
narratives of both Ottoman and European architecture.
The conference "Centres and peripheries in Ottoman architecture:
rediscovering a Balkan heritage" will convene an international forum
of speakers to present papers addressing cases and problems meriting
discussion in the context of the "centres/peripheries" paradigm, here
understood on a multitude of levels. More specifically, the conference
seeks to 1) increase our knowledge of architectural processes and
phenomena in the Ottoman provinces, with an emphasis on (but not
restricted to) the empire's former European provinces; 2) expose the
impact of processes at the centre(s) of power on architectural
production in the provinces; 3) examine both these processes as
reflected in historiographical discourse, yet another level with
(geographical, institutional) centres and peripheries of its own; and
4) discuss this body of monuments in the context of European
discourses on "cultural heritage", into which it is at present only
marginally integrated.
---
This conference is organized by Cultural Heritage without Borders
(CHwB) in cooperation with the Faculty of Philosophy at the University
of Sarajevo. Papers will be given in English or the local languages.
Simultaneous translation is provided.
Venue: Faculty of Philosophy, ul. Franje Rackog 1; small amphitheater
on ground floor.
Contacts: Maximilian Hartmuth (hartmuth@su.sabanciuniv), academic
coordinator; Haris Dervisevic (d.haris@hotmail.com), local academic
coordinator; Adisa Dzino (adisa.dzino@chwb.org), CHwB Regional Office
Sarajevo.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010.
9.00-10.15 SESSION 1: TALKING HERITAGE: IN NEED OF A NEW METHODOLOGY?
* Introductory remarks
* Maximilian Hartmuth (Istanbul), Discussing centres/peripheries in
Ottoman architecture
* Johan Martelius (Stockholm), The Ottoman and European architectural
heritage discourse
10.30-12.00 SESSION 2: ARCHITECTURE AND URBANIZATION
* Grigor Boykov (Ankara), Reshaping urban space in the Ottoman Balkans:
a study on the architectural development of Edirne, Filibe and Uskub
(14th--15th centuries)
* Mariya Kiprovska (Ankara), Building up urban centres in the Ottoman
periphery: the administrative mastery of the Ottoman frontier nobility
examined through the architectural enterprises of the Mihaloglu family
* Mirza Hasan Ceman (Sarajevo), Some aspects of the urbanization of the
territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina under Ottoman rule
16.00-17.30 SESSION 3: ASPECTS OF THE OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE IN
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
* Machiel Kiel (Bonn), A Gothic, Renaissance, and Ottoman mix: the
"church tower minarets" of Southern Herzegovina
* Sabira Husedzinovic (Sarajevo), An assessment of monumental domed
mosques in Bosnia in their relation to the "classical" style of Ottoman
architecture of the school of Mimar Sinan
* Cazim Hadzimejlic (Sarajevo), Mihrabs in Bosnia-Herzegovina
SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2010.
9.30-11.00 SESSION 4: TRANSFORMING AND INTERPRETING THE OTTOMAN
HERITAGE: THE RECENT CENTURIES
* Amra Hadzimuhamedovic (Sarajevo), What is Bosnian in residential
architecture in Bosnia from the Ottoman period?
* Nenad Makuljevic (Belgrade), State, society, and visual culture: late
Ottoman architecture in Serbia, Macedonia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina
* Lejla Busatlic (Sarajevo), The transformation of the urban dwelling of
the oriental type in the post-Ottoman period
11:15-12:45 SESSION 5: CENTRES AND/OR PERIPHERIES: CASE STUDIES
* Mehmet Zeki Ibrahimgil (Ankara), An assessment of structures within
the Murat Reis kulliye on the island of Rhodes
* Marianne Boqvist (Cambridge), Governmental foundations on the Syrian
section of the imperial roads
* Federica Broilo (Venice), Misunderstanding the past: the forgotten
Ottoman legacy of Florina on the River Sakoulevas and a little known
Ottoman building on the shore of Lake Volvis in Greek Macedonia
14.30-16.30 SESSION 6: RESTORING AND EXCAVATING A HERITAGE
* Zeynep Ahunbay (Istanbul), Ottoman architecture in Kosovo and the
restoration of Hadum Mosque
* Vjekoslava Sankovic-Simcic (Sarajevo), The restoration of Hadzi Alija
Mosque in Pocitelj
* Ibolya Gerelyes (Budapest), Ottoman architecture in Hungary
* Closing remarks
---
Cultural Heritage without Borders is a Swedish non-governmental and
non-profit organization active since 1995 in the rehabilitation of
historical monuments destroyed as a result of armed conflicts that
have raged in the countries of Southeast Europe. Recognizing and
condemning the instrumentalization of cultural heritage for political
agendas in
the course of these conflicts, CHwB, in this project implemented in
collaboration with the University of Sarajevo, aims to contribute to
the engendering of a culture which sees these monuments not only as
markers of identity but also as works of art and products of
historical circumstances, and to thus support the necessary process of
reconciliation.
This conference is organized in remembrance of Andreas Adahl
(1938-2009), scholar and diplomat. In his role as chairman of the CHwB
board between 2005 and 2009, Adahl has contributed greatly to the
development of CHwB activities in the Western Balkans.