ISPARTA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY NIGHT – Thursday November 19

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Ford Auditorium and Allen Memorial Library on CWRU’s campus
Free and open to the public
5:30 PM in the Ford Auditorium:
Dean Taylor will join us and sign or announce progress towards a bilaterial agreement between CWRU and Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi (Isparta,Turkey).
6:00 PM in the Ford Auditorium:
“The Isparta Archaeological Survey: the Culture, Environment, and Landscapes of Ancient Konane and modern Gönen”
by Professor Bilge Hürmüzlü, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi (Isparta,Turkey).
7:00 PM in the Allen Memorial Library:
Reception featuring Turkish Music and Food.
Professor Hürmüzlü will talk about the first full season, and future plans, of the Isparta Archaeological Survey (IAS), a newly-formed interdisciplinary research collaboration between the Department of Archaeology at Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Isparta, the Department of Classics at Case Western Reserve University (including both faculty who teach and students who take CLSC 318/418), members of Rutgers, University, and members of The University of Applied Sciences, Berlin.
Professor Hürmüzlü will detail how in the first full season we surveyed the area of the ancient city of Konane, which lies in and around the modern village of Gönen just north of the modern city of Isparta. She will also talk about how CWRU students can get involved.
Further information is available on the website of the The Isparta Archaeological Survey.
Parking available in adjacent lots or on East Blvd. Click here for a map.
Co-Sponsored by the CWRU Department of Classics, the Baker Nord Center, the Turkish-American Society of Northeast Ohio and the Cleveland Archaeological Society.

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