Prof. Dr. Suna Güven

B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University.
room: 62 phone: (210) 2219 

Fields of interest: Greek, Roman and Byzantine architecture, art and architecture of Italy, Greece, Asia, Cyprus; Latin architecture in the medieval East, memory, acculturation, imaging

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Education 

1983 Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University  (Architectural History)

1980 Master of Arts, Cornell University, (Architectural History)

1977 Bachelor of Arts, Wellesley College, (Architectural Studies)

1980-1981 American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece (Associate Member)

1975-1977 Wellesley College / M.I.T. Exchange Program

 

Appointments

2000  Professor

1992  Associate Professor

1985 Assistant Professor

1983-1984 Instructor, Higher Technological Institute, North Cyprus

1982-1983 Instructor, Cornell University, USA

2001-2004 Board member, Society of Architectural Historians, USA

2001-Present, METU Faculty of Architecture Executive Board (Prof. Representative)

2001-2007,1995-1998 Head, Program in History of Architecture, METU

1997-1999 Ministry of Culture Ankara Board for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Property

1991-1994 Assistant Chair, Department of Architecture, METU

2001 Fellow, Salzburg Seminar, Austria. Session 230: Function andFuture of Museums  

 

Recent Research and Publications

2010  “Constructing the Past in Ankara: From Augustus to Atatürk” in Perceptions of the Past in the Turkish Republic: Classical and Byzantine Periods, ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement 31, eds. Scott Redford and Nina Ergin, Peeters, Leuven, Paris, Walpole,MA. pp. 35-54.

2010  “Ankara’da Geçmişi İnşa Etmek: Augustus’tan Atatürk’e” Cumhuriyet Döneminde Geçmişe Bakış Açıları: Klasik ve Bizans Dönemleri Ninae Ergin, Scott Redford, der. Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları,İstanbul, s.49-71.

2010  “Travelling Ideas: Fortified Nicosia in the 16th Century” Abstracts of Papers,63rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Chicago, p.64.

2011  “Triumph over Nature: The Roman Monumental Fountain in Miletus” Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Society of Architecturl Historians, New Orleans, Louisiana, 13-17 April 2011, Abstract, p.76.

2012  “St. Sophia: From a Lusignan Cathedral to an Ottoman Mosque” Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 65th Annual Conference of Society of Architectural Historians, Detroit, Michigan, April 18-22, 2012, p. 149

2012  “Antik Yunan Vazo Betimlemelerinde Zaman ve Mekan Algısı” in Türkiye’de Arkeometrinin Ulu Çınarları Prof.Dr. Ay Melek Özer ve Prof.Dr.Şahinde Demirci’ye Armağan (To Honor of Eminent Contributors to Archaeometry in Turkey), Homer Kitabevi, Ankara, pp. 219-228.

2012  “Ankara’nın Taşına Bak: Kentsel Bellek ve Süreklilik Üzerine” Cumhuriyet’in Ütopyası: Ankara, der. Funda Cantek, Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınevi, Ankara, s. 32-41.

 

Doctoral Theses Supervisions

2010  Fatma Gül Öztürk, A Comparative Architectural Investigation of the Middle Byzantine Courtyard Complexes in Açıksaray – Cappadocia: Questions of Monastic and Secular Settlement(Winner, M. Parlar Prize)

 

M.A. Theses Supervisions

2013  Mehmet Salih Yıldırım, Experiencing the Ancient Greek Theatre: A Perpective on Interpreting the An cient greek and roman Theatre through Reflections from the Space of the Performer

2012  Ayça Köseoğlu, Changing Context of Olympic Statues in Greece and Rome

2012  Ayşe Bike Baykara, The Entertainment Structures in Roman Pergamum

2012  Öncü Güney, Investigating the House-church in Dura-Europos: Production of Social Space

2011  Yunus Çetin, Beyond Built form: The Colosseum

2011  Aygün Kalınbayrak, Elite Benefaction in Roman Asia Minor: The Case of Plancia Magna in Perge

2011  Ümran Kavak Keskin, Afterlives of Hagia Sophia:The Change in the Official Attitudes Towards Preserving Antiquities in the Late Ottoman and Early Republican Periods

2011  Özgür Öztürk, A Digital Reconstruction of Visual Experience and the Sebasteion of Aphrodisias