Donnerstag, 04. Dezember 2014, 18:30 - 20:00 iCal
Hagia Sophia: Church, Mosque, Monument, Museum
Prof. Dr. Edhem Eldem, (Department of History, Bo?az?ç? University, Istanbul)
Hörsaal C 1, Universitätscampus AAKH, Hof 2
Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Wien
Vortrag
The Hagia Sophia, landmark of Istanbul, is at the center of a polemical debate about whether or not it should be kept in its present status of a museum. The alternative, with considerable political and popular backing, would be to “re-consecrate” it by reverting it to the religious function it has fulfilled for about five centuries and use it as a mosque. Instead of engaging in this highly politicized and to a large extent sterile debate it may be more useful to follow a historical approach in order to understand the dynamics of the gradual transformation of a place of cult into a historic monument from the end of the eighteenth century to the present.
After lecture and discussion: reception at the Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Hof 9.
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Kontakt
Marion Meyer
Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Institut für Klassische Archäologie
+43-1-4277-40602
marion.meyer@univie.ac.at
Erstellt am Mittwoch, 29. Oktober 2014, 14:26
Letzte Änderung am Mittwoch, 29. Oktober 2014, 14:35