Dr. Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir
Center for Science and Society
Science and Technology Museum
Middle East Technical University
e-mail:
tel: +90 (312) 210 6046
fax: +90 (312) 210
6044
EDUCATION
1997-2005 Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology,
Dissertation Title:
Continuity, Change and Innovation:
Considering the Agency of Rusa II in the Production of the Imperial Art
and Architecture of Urartu in the 7th Century B.C.
1996-99 MA.
Department of Archaeology and Art History, Bilkent University,
Thesis Title:
1992-96 BA. Department of Archaeology and
Art History, Bilkent University,
Honor's Thesis Title: Cult of Leto in Ancient
1991-92
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Museum Staff at the Science and
Lecturer at the Graduate Program of Middle
Eastern Studies,
Lecturer at the Graduate Program of Eurasian
Studies,
PUBLICATIONS
2007 “The
2007 “İnteraktif Çocuk Müzeleri
[Interactive Children’s Museums]” Tasarım Merkezi Dergisi
5:74-77.
2007 “İnanç Bilmecesinin Uzun
Yolculuğu: Arkeologlar Din Olgusunu
Nasıl Araştırırlar? [The Long Journey of the Riddle of
Faith: How do Archaeologists Study the
Phenomenon of Religion” Kırkbudak: Anadolu Halk
İnançları Araştırmaları 10:5-9.
2007 “İnançsal Mekanlarda Esnek
Koruma: Maddi ve Manevi Kültürel Mirasa
Bütüncül Yaklaşım [‘Flexible Protection’ in Religious Sites: Holistic Approach to Tangible and Intangible
Cultural Heritage]” Kırkbudak: Anadolu Halk İnançları
Araştırmaları 10:56-63 (co-authored with Aykan Erdemir).
2006 Hititler.
2006 “Bir Coğrafyanın
Belirtkeleri: Urartu
Krallığı’nda Anıtsal Yazıtlar [Signifiers in a
Landscape: Monumental Inscriptions of
the
2006 “Archaeology as a Source of
National Pride: Changing Discourses of
Archaeological Knowledge Production in the Early Years of the
2006 “Continuity, Change and
Innovation: Considering the Agency of
Rusa II in the Production of the Imperial Art and Architecture of Urartu in the
7th Century B.C.” Beyond the Steppe and the Sown: Proceedings of the 2002
2005 “Pinhan Tarih: Alevilik, Antropoloji ve Arkeoloji [Secret
History: Alevism, Anthropology and
Archaeology]” Kırkbudak: Anadolu Halk İnançları
Araştırmaları 1:89-94 (co-authored with Aykan Erdemir).
2001 “Urartu
Krallığı’nda İktidar ve Sanat İlişkileri [Art and
Its Relation to the Governance in the
2001 “20 Önemli Arkeoloji Kavramı [20 Important Concepts in Archaeology]” Cogito 28:8-11.
2001 Review of R.C. Foltz, Religions
of the Silk Road:
Forthcoming Review of Ursula Seidl, Bronzekunst
Urartus, Journal of Near Eastern Studies.
Forthcoming “Archaeological Production of
‘Western-ness’: A Study of the
Archaeologies of ‘West’ and ‘East’ in the 19th century” in The
Divided World: The Image of the Middle East in the West, ed. Recep
Boztemur.
Forthcoming “British Explorers and Archaeologists in
the
PROFESSIONAL
TALKS
2007 “Elite Mobility, Cultural
Interaction, and Institutional Design at the Margins of Europe: The Emergence of Archaeology and Museology in
the Ottoman Empire” presented at the Austrian
Academy of Sciences,
2006 “İnançsal Mekanlarda Maddi ve Manevi Kültürel
Mirasın Korunması” GAP
Bölgesinde Alevi-Bektaşi Yerleşmeleri ve Şanlıurfa Kültür
Mozayiğinde Kısas Sempozyumu, Şanlıurfa, 25-27
Mayıs 2006 [with Aykan Erdemir].
2006 “British Explorers in the Ottoman Empire:Exploring,
Excavating and Displaying the Orient” presented at the 5th ICAANE meetings,
2005 “Bir Ulusun Kökleri: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin Kuruluş
Evresinde Ulus ve Milliyet Kavramlarının Üretilmesinde Arkeoloji
Biliminin Oynadığı Değişen Roller” presented at the 9th
National Social Sciences Conference, Middle East Technical University,
Ankara, 7-9 December 2005.
2003 “Innovation, Change and
Continuity: Considering the Agency of
Rusa II in the Production of 7th century Urartian Art and
Architecture” presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Anthropological Association,
2003 “Archaeological Production of
‘Western-ness’: A Study of the
Archaeologies of ‘West’ and ‘East’ in the 19th century” lecture
presented at Anthropology Middle East Workshop, Harvard University Department
of Social Anthropology, 26 February 2003.
2003 “The Temple and the King: Urartian Ritual Spaces and Their Role in
Governance” presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America,
2002 “Remembering and Inventing an
Ancient Past for the Future: History and
Archaeology in the Early Years of the Turkish Republic” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle Eastern Studies
Association, Washington, D.C., November 2002.
2002 “Archaeological Production of
‘Western-ness’: A Study of the
Archaeologies of ‘West’ and ‘East’ in the 19th century” presented at
the panel titled “East, West, and the Limits of Civilization” at the 7th Biennial Conference of the
European Association of Social Anthropologists in Copenhagen, Denmark,
14-17 August 2002.
2002 “Innovation, Change and
Continuity: Considering the Agency of
Rusa II in the Production of 7th century Urartian Art and
Architecture” presented at Eurasian
Archaeology Conference: Beyond the
Steppe and the Sown, Integrating Global and Local Visions, at University of
Chicago, 3-4 May, 2002.
2002 “Remembering and Inventing an
Ancient Past for the Future: History and
Archaeology in the Early Years of the
2001 “A Meaningful Present:
Assessment of the Writing Workshop for the Youth” presented at the Contemporary
Alevism Conference, Garip Dede Association,
1998 “Vegetables for the Capital:
Agricultural Activity in the Vicinity of the City Walls of Constantinople”
presented at Boston University Graduate Student Conference,
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spring 2007 Lecturer for MES 528: Politics of Language
and Identity in the
Spring 2006 Lecturer for MES 528: Politics of Language
and Identity in the
Fall 2005 Lecturer for EAS 511:
Fall 2003 Teaching Assistant for the Core
Course B-21: Images of Alexander the
Great,
Fall 2001 Teaching Fellow for the Core
Lectured on:
Fall 2001 Guest Lecturer for the course A98z:
Junior Tutorial in Social Anthropology,
Spring 2001 Co-organizer and instructor of Writing
Workshop for Youth in Garip Dede Association,
Spring 2001 Instructor for the Core Course World
Civilizations II (Modernity and the Age of Globalization) in
Fall 2000 Instructor for the Core Course World
Civilizations I (Ancient and Medieval Worlds) in
Spring 2000 Teaching Fellow for the Core
Lectured on:
Fall 1999 Substitute Lecturer for Prof. Paul E.
Zimansky, for the course AR 370:
Anatolian Archaeology,
FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED
2007 Wenner Gren Foundation Grant
2006 TÜBİTAK Conference Grant
2003 Dorot Foundation Travel Grant
2003 Boston University Fellowship
towards tuition
2002 Boston University Fellowship
towards tuition
2001
2000
1997-2000 Fulbright Fellowship
1997-99 Dean's Award,
1997-98 Delta Kappa Gamma World Fellowship
for Women in Teaching
1996-97 Graduate Merit Scholarship, Bilkent
University
1992-96 Undergraduate Merit Scholarship,
Bilkent University
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AND SURVEY PROJECTS
Summer
1999-2000 Ayanis Excavations, director
Dr. Paul Zimansky,
Summer 1996-97
Elmalı-Hacımusalar Excavations, director Dr. İlknur
Özgen,
Summer 1995-96
Bozburun Shipwreck Excavation, director Dr. Fred Hocker, Texas A&M, worked
as diver/excavator and in conservation lab.
Summer 1994 Morgantina Archaeological Survey, director
Dr. Steve Thompson,
Summer 1993-94
Amorium Excavations, director Dr. Chris Lightfoot,
Summer 1993 Gavur Kalesi Survey Project, director Dr.
Stephen Lumsden,
LANGUAGE
SKILLS
Modern Languages: Turkish (native),
English (fluent), French (reading), German (reading), Persian (reading)
Ancient Languages: Latin, Akkadian (Old
Assyrian and Old Babylonian dialects), Urartian, Ottoman