1st Phase: Online seminars
Three blocks of online seminars on different topics were held and taught by different teachers from August to October. Each included two sessions of about 90 minutes chaired by one docent. Aim: The exchange of ideas between students and host in order to create a proper communication/dialogue.
| Date | Topic | Host |
| August 17th 2023 | “Cultural Exchange in the Mediterranean between Byzantium, the west and the Fatimid Empire” | Dr. Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie |
| August 31st 2023 | “The Role of Spatial Uncertainty in the Religious Architecture of the Early Christian, Byzantine and Early Islamic World” | Dr. Rico Franses |
| “The Aesthetics of Uncertainty in the Art and Architecture of the Early Christian, Byzantine and Early Islamic Worlds” | ||
| September 14th 2023 | “Urban Space and Urban Identity in the Early Islamic Period” | Dr. Oya Pancaroglu |
| “Innovation Theory and diffusion of ideas” | Dr. Pia Maiorano | |
| October 18th 2023 | „Digital History of Byzantine Constantinople: Modelling the Ritual Landscape and Street Network between Walls.” | Dr. Pelin Yoncaci |
| January 19th 2024 | “The Meaning of Abstract Forms in Byzantine Art, and their Relation to abstraction in Islamic Art” | Dr. Rico Franses |
| January 29th 2024 | “Shared Preferences Shaping the Built Environment: Byzantine Influence on Early Islamic Settlements and on Turco-Islamic Architecture of Anatolia” | Dr. Bilge Ar |
| “An Investigation of Byzantine Cityscape through History, Visuality and Kinaesthetics” | Dr. Pelin Yoncaci | |
| February 2nd 2024 | “Aesthetics of Surfaces: The Membrane of Medival Art and Its Morphology” | Dr. Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie |
| April 4th 2024 | “Female Patrons in Architecture in Late Byzantine Period” | Dr. Hayrie Bilici |