CALL FOR PAPERS: Session #615
We would like to bring to your attention a session that is currently being organised by colleagues from the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute and the universities of […]
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Palmyra in the 20th Century and the Present. A Historical and Community Archaeological Study
We are pleased to announce the publication of the book „Palmyra in the 20th Century and the Present. A Historical and Community Archaeological Study“ by Hasan M. Ali, published by […]
Winckelmann Lecture: Çatalhöyük in Spacetime: The Impact of Detailed Dating on Understanding Social Organization
We invite you to our annual Winckelmann Lecture, which will take place on 14.12.2023 at 18.00 (Istanbul time) / 16.00 (CET). After the welcoming by the Consul General of the […]
Lecture Announcement: SİRKELİ HÖYÜK. STRUKTUR UND DYNAMIK EINER ANTIKEN STADTLANDSCHAFT IM EBENEN KILIKIEN
The Sirkeli Höyük, located about 40km east of Adana on the Ceyhan River, is one of the largest Bronze and Iron Age ruin mounds in Cilician Plain, today’s Çukurova. The […]
Lecture Announcement: Residential Architecture of the Levant Between Research and Practice & Book Launch „A Culture of Building: Courtyard Houses in the Old City of Aleppo“
Traditional Residential Architecture is a widely underrepresented Cultural Heritage under immense threat due to deterioration caused by individual neglection, natural disasters, and armed conflicts. The speakers will reflect in this […]
Lecture Announcement: 100 Jahre Archäologie in der Türkei
The history of archaeology in the Republic of Türkiye begins before the foundation of the Republic and dates back to the 19th century, with the enactment of the first laws […]
The lecture programme 2023/2024 of the Istanbul Department is online
Our new Lecture Programme 2023/ 2024 is online! The lectures will take place on Thursdays at 18:00 (Istanbul time) in the announced language. The events will be held in a […]
The 72nd Volume of the Istanbuler Mitteilungen Has Been Published
The 72nd volume of the Istanbuler Mitteilungen has been published in a new design and is now also available online in addition to the printed edition. From the Late Chalcolithic […]
Workshop Announcement / Call for Papers: Earthquakes and Archaeology
As the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute, we are pleased to inform you on behalf of our workshop which will focus on Archaeoseismology. The workshop will be held […]
Taş Hanım
Every find that archaeologists make by digging in the ground is actually a tiny piece of a big story. It is also possible to dig through an archive just like […]
Library of the DAI Istanbul closed
Dear Readers, Our library will be closed between 26.06.-31.08.2023. We wish you a nice time during the summer. Thank you for your understanding.
Book of the Month – May 2023
The book we would like to introduce this month is fresh from the press „Kirkbride at Çatalhöyük: The Çatalhöyük slides of Diana Kirkbride-Helbaek from 1963 (ed. by Moritz Kinzel)“. It […]
Lecture Announcement: Continuity and Transformation in the Ionic Architecture of Hierapolis of Phrygia During the Hellenistic and Imperial Period
Hierapolis of Phrygia is located in Western Anatolia in the Lycus Valley (modern Pamukkale). The city was founded by the Seleucids in the late 3rd cent. BC and had an […]
DAI Istanbul Spring Tours 2023
We are pleased to announce the 2023 spring tours! Prof. Dr. Felix Pirson will start with the „Highlights of the Istanbul Archaeological Museum“ on Sunday, 04.06.2023 at 12:00. The meeting […]
Wolf-Rüdiger Teegen
It is often thought, that air pollution is a product of modern “civilization”. The contrary is true. In particular indoor air pollution by hearth fires are going back into the […]
