[Peace] CF:CIMIC-MSA Seminar:Dec 5: RESTORING THE MOSQUES OF ISTANBUL- Prof. Ousterhout, School of Arch.

[Irfan Ahmad]

>Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 10:39:27 -0600
>To: psames at uiuc.edu
>From: Irfan Ahmad <isahmad at uiuc.edu>
>Subject: CIMIC-MSA Seminar:Dec 5: RESTORING THE MOSQUES OF ISTANBUL- Prof. 
>Ousterhout, School of Arch.
>
>"In The Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful"
>
>CIMIC-MSA WEEKLY SEMINAR
>
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>RESTORING THE MOSQUES OF ISTANBUL
>
>Prof. Robert Ousterhout
>School of Architecture, UIUC
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>Discussion Follows
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>7:15- 9:00 PM @ CIMIC
>Friday, Dec. 5 InshaAllah
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>ALL INVITED
>
>Refreshments Served
>Babysitting provided
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>PS. Conservative dress recommended
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>Prof. Robert Ousterhout
>Robert Ousterhout (pronounced OH-stir-howt) is Professor of Architectural 
>History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he has 
>taught for the last twenty years, and where he currently serves as the 
>Coordinator for the Joint Ph.D. Program in Architecture and Landscape 
>Architecture.  He received a BA in from the Honors College at the 
>University of Oregon (1973), an MA from the University of Cincinnati 
>(1977), and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois (1982), all in Art 
>History.  He taught briefly at the University of Oregon before settling at 
>Illinois.  He has been invited visiting professor at the Moscow Institute 
>of Architecture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Harvard 
>University.  He was recently elected President of the U.S. National 
>Committee for Byzantine Studies.
>
>Prof. Ousterhout's research interests include medieval and Byzantine 
>architecture, in particular the Byzantine architecture of Turkey, Greece, 
>and the eastern Mediterranean.  He is active in archaeological 
>examination, site documentation, and historic preservation in Turkey and 
>is currently the co-director for the study and restoration of the Zeyrek 
>Camii in Istanbul, and he recently completed a major survey of a Byzantine 
>settlement in Cappadocia.
>
>  The author of more than 100 publications, Prof. Ousterhout has published 
> six books.  The most recent focus on the monuments of Istanbul, including 
> Master Builders of Byzantium (Princeton University Press, 1999) and The 
> Art of the Kariye Camii (Scala and Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayinlari, 
> 2002).  He also attempts to keep track of the Byzantine remains of 
> Istanbul on his website, "The Constantinople Home Page," 
> <http://www.arch.uiuc.edu/research/rgouster/index.html>, which is easily 
> located on the web with a Google search.
>
>Prof. Ousterhout can be reached at: rgouster at uiuc.edu
>
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>Central Illinois Masjid and Islamic Center (CIMIC)
>106 S. Lincoln Ave, Urbana,
>(Parking entrance through Busey St.)
>Ph. (217) 344-1555 email: cimic at prairienet.org
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>For CIMIC Weekly Seminar Schedule 2001-02
>http://cimic.prairienet.org/seminars.html
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>CIMIC Weekly & Special Seminars Subcommittee: WSC:
>cimic at prairienet.org
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>Upcoming Events (speakers, topics, and seminar times are subject to change):
>
>TBA: Historical Development of Masajids (Mosques)
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>Ph: 217-344-1555 or 217-344-0022 or email cimic at prairienet.org
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