Semra Horuz, assistant professor at IAED contributed to an international seminar organized by Professor Elizabeth Merrill (UGhent) and Dilara Tuygar (UGhent) as part of a Specialist Course, funded by the Doctoral Schools Program of the University of Ghent.
The seminar brings together leading scholars to explore intersections between Ottoman, Islamic and Western European architectural traditions from roughly the sixteenth-century until 1923, which marks the end of the Ottoman Empire. By highlighting cultural, social and political exchanges, the seminar challenges Eurocentric narratives that have long shaped architectural historiography. This critical reframing reveals architecture as a site of cross-cultural negotiation, rather than one of unilateral influence. Topics of exploration include design training, travel networks, visual archival material and the construction of space.
