First Excursion to Frankfurt, Autumn 2023
| Activity | Date | Subject | Host |
| Visits to archaeological sites and Frankfurt landmarks |
Oct. 28th | Guided city tour with a historical perspective | Local tour guide |
| Visit to the Staedelmuseum | Dr. Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie | ||
| Visit to the Cathedral of St. Bartholomew | |||
| Visit to the Dommuseum | Museum guide | ||
| Oct. 29th | Visit to the Monastery and Museum of Lorsch, UNESCO World Heritage | Dr. Katarina Papajanni | |
| Exhibition: “Drawing History” | |||
| Nov. 2nd | Visit to Limburg City and Diozesanmuseum | Dr.Kloft | |
| Nov. 3rd | Visit to Mainz: Visit of the Leibniz Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) |
Dr. Jörg Drauschke, Dr. Henriette Baron, Stephan Patscher |
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| Visit to Mainz: Visit to the churches of St. Augustin and St. John (first cathedral of Mainz) |
Prof. Dirk Wicke | ||
| Visit to Mainz: Visit of the Cathedral St. Martin as well as its treasury and the exhibition “Incomparably precious Carthaus”. The oldest German Charterhouse: 700 years Carthusian Monastery Mainz |
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| Visits to academic institutions |
Oct. 30th | Institute of Art Education | Prof. Kerstin Gottschalk |
| Institute of History | Prof. Hartmut Leppin | ||
| Oct. 31st | Introduction of the MA program “Aesthetic” at Goethe University Frankfurt | Dr. Nathan Taylor | |
| Nov. 1st | Institute of Art History | Prof. Kristin Bose | |
| Nov. 1st | Plaster casting collection | ||
| Lectures by docents | Oct. 27th | Opening Lecture: “Byzantine Aesthetical Theories: Points of Departure in Pre-Modern Context | Prof. Dr. Sergei Mariev |
| Oct. 30th | “Discreet Discrepancies: Aesthetics of Asymmetry and Incompleteness in Byzantium” | Dr. Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie | |
| Oct. 31s | “The Twilight Aesthetics of Byzantine and Islamic Art” | Dr. Rico Franses | |
| Nov. 1st | “Material Culture of the Islamic World-Pottery” | Dr. Hagit Nol | |
| Students’ presentations | Oct. 30t | “Mobility of artisanship/ artisans in diplomatic gift-exchange between the Islamic polities and Byzantium during the Macedonian and Kummerian periods” | Supervisor: Dr. Oya Panacaroglu Presentation by: Michael Kiefer Ömer Faruk Ulusoy Ömer Akbacak |
| Oct. 31s | “Aesthetics of Uncertainty in Its Late Antique Urban Context” | Supervisor: Dr. Rico Franses/Dr. Pelin Yonacaci Presentation by: Aylin Yeni Vera Craemer Gökhan Duman, |
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| Oct. 31st | “Visual Theology vs. Spatial Theology | Supervisor: Dr. Rico Franses Presentation by: Orçun Sena Saracoğlu Merve Yildirim, Ikbal Sezen, Ufuk Tanyeri |
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| Nov. 1st | “Materiality and meaning of Byzantine and Islamic decorational elements: an inquiry to cultural interaction” | Supervisor: Dr. Antije Bosselmann-Ruickbie Presentation by: Chiara Pohl, Serap Ermis |