| Istanbul Dates 3 Monday Evenings March 19 - April 2, 2012 7:00 - 8:30 pm Location ( MAP ) Fleming Room St. Agnes Academy 9000 Bellaire Blvd. Houston TX 77036 Registration By Mail: Registration Form Online: Pay by Credit Card |
Dr. Neidinger holds degrees from Fordham University, University of Madrid, and Rice University. He is an archaeologist with the
Texas Foundation for Archaeological & Historical Research (TFAHR), and has been directing excavations in the Mediterranean area
for the past 30 years. During this time he has also lectured extensively at universities, colleges, adult education programs, and
churches across the state of Texas. He is currently working on TFAHR archaeological excavations in the Republic of Macedonia.
For information on Dr. Neidinger’s current and upcoming projects, please visit www.tfahr.org.
Texas Foundation for Archaeological & Historical Research (TFAHR), and has been directing excavations in the Mediterranean area
for the past 30 years. During this time he has also lectured extensively at universities, colleges, adult education programs, and
churches across the state of Texas. He is currently working on TFAHR archaeological excavations in the Republic of Macedonia.
For information on Dr. Neidinger’s current and upcoming projects, please visit www.tfahr.org.
If ever there were a city that deserved the title “Imperial” it was Byzantium:
as Nova Roma she was capital of the late Roman Empire, as Constantinople
capital of the Byzantine and Crusader Empires, and as Istanbul capital of the
Ottoman Turkish Sultanate. For nearly a millennium Byzantium was a
prosperous but not especially important port on a peninsula that controlled
the waters between Europe and Asia. But then Constantine, in the fourth
century AD, became enthralled with its strategic possibilities. The city
would never be the same again; it was catapulted into the ranks of history’s
great imperial megalopolises.
In this course we will study the great monuments, sites, and structures of
the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman eras: the ruins, churches, mosaics,
statues, mosques, and bazaars of the premier Imperial City.
The lectures will be richly illustrated with images, and course material will
include detailed lecture notes, maps and plans. (SUPPLEMENTARY
MATERIALS - see below.)
LECTURES:
as Nova Roma she was capital of the late Roman Empire, as Constantinople
capital of the Byzantine and Crusader Empires, and as Istanbul capital of the
Ottoman Turkish Sultanate. For nearly a millennium Byzantium was a
prosperous but not especially important port on a peninsula that controlled
the waters between Europe and Asia. But then Constantine, in the fourth
century AD, became enthralled with its strategic possibilities. The city
would never be the same again; it was catapulted into the ranks of history’s
great imperial megalopolises.
In this course we will study the great monuments, sites, and structures of
the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman eras: the ruins, churches, mosaics,
statues, mosques, and bazaars of the premier Imperial City.
The lectures will be richly illustrated with images, and course material will
include detailed lecture notes, maps and plans. (SUPPLEMENTARY
MATERIALS - see below.)
LECTURES:
- Nova Roma. Piqued by his poor reception in largely pagan Rome,
Constantine the Great moved the court to Byzantium, which he
renamed Nova Roma, New Rome. And it was to be a Christian
town. Soon, the city came to be called Constantinople, the City of
Constantine, and the imperial residence morphed into the new imperial
capital. - The Queen of Cities. In the Middle Ages there was no more splendid
a city in Christian Europe than Constantinople. And it could hold its
own against most Moslem cities, as well. Western European visitors
were astounded by its wealth, myriad churches, thriving port, great
collections of ancient art, imperial court ceremonial, and the goods
bartered and sold from all corners of the earth. - Istanbul from the Ashes of Constantinople. The glory of the Queen
of Cities came to an abrupt end in 1204 with the Fourth Crusade. But
Constantinople limped along for another two and a half centuries. By
the time of the Turkish conquest in 1453, the city was more ruins
than city. But for the next four hundred years the Ottoman Turks
lavished incalculable wealth and manpower into making Istanbul a
world class city once again.
About the Lecturer
Dr. William J. Neidinger
Dr. William J. Neidinger
| FEE FOR "ISTANBUL" $40 per person (includes lecture notebook) |
| A New Lecture Series by Dr. William J. Neidinger |
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS
Free slide shows are available from TFAHR at http://www.tfahr.org/PhotoArch_Present.html :
The Hippodrome of Constantinople The Walls of Constantinople Hagia Sophia The Suleimaniye
Related series on DVD are available for purchase from Stylus Productions:
The Byzantine Empire The Ottoman Turkish Empire Hagia Sophia The Crusades
Free slide shows are available from TFAHR at http://www.tfahr.org/PhotoArch_Present.html :
The Hippodrome of Constantinople The Walls of Constantinople Hagia Sophia The Suleimaniye
Related series on DVD are available for purchase from Stylus Productions:
The Byzantine Empire The Ottoman Turkish Empire Hagia Sophia The Crusades