Anatolian Weights and Cultural Heritage Seminar

Seminar

December 14, 2024 / 10:30

Pera Museum presents Anatolian Weights and Cultural Heritage Seminar for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers within the scope of the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection. This seminar, which examines ancient measuring instruments within the framework of cultural heritage studies, aims to provide new perspectives on preservation and cultural heritage through a thematic approach offered by the collection. This intensive one-day program consists of seminars and workshops.

In the program’s first session, the Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection and the cultural heritage studies conducted within this framework are explored. The second session addresses the illicit trafficking of cultural assets, focusing on archaeological artifacts with examples from the past to the present and case studies. In the third session, archaeological cultural assets are discussed in the context of art crimes. The workshop analyzes the inventory status of Anatolian-origin cultural assets by using current databases and accessible collections worldwide.

 For a detailed seminar schedule and application requirements, please click here.

The seminar will be held at Istanbul Research Institute. The program is free and in Turkish. Students traveling from outside the city are responsible for covering their accommodation and transportation expenses.

Temporary Exhibition

The Art of Weights and Measures

As the measurement of discovery became the substance of myths, weighing and measuring, beyond being mere physical actions, became an important means of self-expression to those captivated by the universe and what lay beyond the boundaries of knowledge. 

The Art of Weights and Measures

Midnight Stories: The Soul <br> Aşkın Güngör

Midnight Stories: The Soul
Aşkın Güngör

The wind blows, rubbing against my legs made of layers of metal and wires, swaying the leaves of grass that have shot up from the cracks in the tarmac, and going off to the windows that look like the eyes of dead children in the wrecked buildings that seem to be everywhere as far as the eye can see.

Paris Without End (1959-1965)

Paris Without End (1959-1965)

In the 60s, Alberto Giacometti paid homage to Paris, the city where he lived, by drawing its streets, cafés, and more private places like his studio and the apartment of his wife, Annette. These drawings would make up his last book, Paris sans fin (Paris Without End). 

Soothsayer Serenades I Beautiful People by Sarp Dakni

Soothsayer Serenades I Beautiful People by Sarp Dakni

Today we are thrilled to present the second playlist of Amrita Hepi’s Soothsayer Serenades series as part of the Notes for Tomorrow exhibition.