09:15 - 09:45
Opening Speeches (Ömer M. Koç, Ayla Ödekan)

09:45 - 10:30
Albrecht Berger
The Byzantine Court as a Physical Space

10:30 - 10:45
Discussion

10:45 - 11:00
Break

11:00 - 11:20
Asuman Denker
Excavations at the Byzantine Great Palace (Palatium Magnum) in Former Sultanahmet Prison Area

11:20 - 11:40
Çiğdem Girgin
Excavations at Sultanahmet Former Prison Area: Gate Opening to the Augusteum and the Surrounding Architecture

11:40 - 12:00
Örgü Dalgıç
The Great Palace Mosaics between Isolation and Context

12:00 - 12:15
Discussion

12:15 - 13:30
Lunch

13:30 - 13:50
Philipp Niewöhner
The Palace at the Myrelaion: Mosaics, Marble Revetment, Brick Stamps, and Dating of the Early Byzantine Phase

13:50 - 14:10
Peter Schreiner
The Architecture of Aristocratic Palaces in Constantinople in Written Sources

14:10 - 14:30
Ferudun Özgümüş
Some Byzantine Palace Remains in Istanbul

14:30 - 14:45
Discussion

14:45 - 15:00
Break

15:00 - 15:20
Yıldız Ötüken
The Episkopeion of Myra/Demre

15:20 - 15:40
Zeynep Mercangöz
The Byzantine Court and the Provinces: Archaeological Reflections from the Byzantine Life in Western Anatolia in the 13th Century

15:40 - 16:00
James Crow
Water and the Palaces of Constantinople

16:00 - 16:15
Discussion

16:15 - 16:30
Break

16:30 - 16:50
Antony R. Littlewood
Byzantine Palatial Gardens as Symbols of Imperial Power

16:50 - 17:10
Scott Redford
A Comparison of Middle Byzantine and Seljuk Palace and Garden Culture

17:10 - 17:30
Simon Malmberg
The New Palace of Mehmed Fatih and its Byzantine Legacy

17:30 - 17:45
Discussion

09:15 - 10:00
Paul Magdalino
Power Building and Power Space in Byzantine Constantinople: The Ethics and Dynamics of Construction and Conservation

10:00 - 10:15
Discussion

10:15 - 10:30
Break

10:30 - 10:50
Alicia Walker
The Middle Byzantine Emperor as Cosmopolitan Ruler

10:50 - 11:10
Marie-France Auzépy
The Great Palace and the Iconoclast Emperors

11:10 - 11:30
Judith Herrin
Female Space within the Byzantine Court

11:30 - 11:45
Discussion

11:45 - 12:00
Break

12:00 - 12:20
Pagona Papadopoulou
The Emperor, the Palace and the Mint

12:20 - 12:40
Cécile Morrisson
Imperial Court Expenditures in and out of the Palace

12:40 - 13:00
David Jacoby
The Interplay between the Imperial Court and the Western Maritime Powers: the Impact on the Economy of Late Byzantine Constantinople

13:00 - 13:15
Discussion

13:15 - 14:30
Lunch

14:30 - 14:50
Koray Durak
Court as a Shop-window: The Role of Diplomatic Gift Exchange between the Byzantine and the Near Eastern Courts in Promoting Commerce

14:50 - 15:10
Ioli Kalavrezou
Symbols of Power: Imperial Self-Presentation to the East and West

15:10 - 15:30
Nevra Necipoğlu
Circulation of People between the Byzantine and Ottoman Courts

15:30 - 15:45
Discussion

15:45 - 16:00
Break

16:00 - 16:20
Robert Ousterhout
Emblems of Power in Palaiologan Constantinople

16:20 - 16:40
Frouke Schrijver
Daily Life at the Blachernai Palace

16:40 - 17:00
Anestis Vasilakeris
Intellectual Painters: A Phenomenon Related to the Palaiologan Court?

17:00 - 17:15
Discussion

09:15 - 10:00
Henry Maguire
Art, Ceremonial and Spiritual Authority at the Byzantine Court

10:00 - 10:15
Discussion

10:15 - 10:30
Break

10:30 - 10:50
J.Michael Featherstone
Ceremonial in the Great Palace

10:50 - 11:10
Brigitte Pitarakis
Entertainments of the Hippodrome: A Window of the Great Palace on the Exterior World

11:10 - 11:30
Leslie Brubaker
Processions and Public Space

11:30 - 11:50
Ruth Macrides
Ceremonies in the City in the Palaiologan Period

11:50 - 12:05
Discussion

12:05 - 12:20
Break

12:20 - 12:40
Maria G.Parani
Dressed to Kill: Middle Byzantine Military Ceremonial Attire

12:40 - 13:00
Taxiarchis Kolias
The Emperor’s Horses

13:00 - 13:15
Discussion

13:15 - 14:30
Lunch

14:30 - 14:50
Meryem Acara Eser
The Cultural Face of the Byzantine Imperial Power: Court as the Patron of Arts as Represented in Metalwork

14:50 - 15:10
Vera Bulgurlu
The Office of ‘Kanikleios’ at the Imperial Palace as Represented on Byzantine Lead Seals

15:10 - 15:30
Ivana Jevtic
The Antiquarianism and Revivalism in Late Byzantine Court Culture and Visual Arts

15:30 - 15:45
Discussion

15:45 - 16:00
Break

16:00 - 16:20
Athanasios Markopoulos
The School in Byzantium: Structure and Problems

16:20 - 16:40
Apostolos Karpozilos
History Writing as Political Propaganda in Late Byzantium

16:40 - 17:00
Margaret Mulletl
Byzantine Court Literature

17:00 - 17:20
Maria Mavroudi
Byzantine Intellectuals Translating from Greek into Arabic at the Court of Mehmed the Conqueror

17:20 - 17:35
Discussion

17:35 - 17:50
Break

17:50 - 18:30
Closing speech