Conference Series 2025 “Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World” Jurtin Hajro Ballie Mosque Architect Jurtin Hajro, designer of the Ballie Mosque in Elbasan, Albania, will be the seventh speaker in the conference series “Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World”. The event is co-organized by the Dominican Studies Institute-Istanbul (Dost-I) and Assoc Prof. Dr. …
Conference Series 2025 “Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World” Pablo Millán Chapel of the Holy Sacrament Spanish architect Pablo Millán will be the sixth speaker at the conference series title “Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World”. The event is jointly organized by the Dominican Study Institute-Istanbul (Dost-I) and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erhan Berat …
Conference Series 2025 “Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World” Volkan Taşkın Büyükada Nizam Mosque Architect Volkan Taşkın one of the designers of the Büyükada Nizam Mosque will be the fifth speaker at the conference series title “Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World”. The event is jointly organized by the (Dost-I) Dominican Study Institute-Istanbul …
Conference Series 2025 “Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World” Elisa Valero Churches of the Holy Spirit and Saint Josefina Bakhita Spanish architect Elisa Valero Ramos, who designed the Holy Spirit and Saint Josefina Bakhita churches in Granada, will be the fourth speaker of the conference series on ‘Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World’ …
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Ecumenism and Eucharist The video of the conference (in Turkish) https://youtu.be/k_k0oKQiUes The theme of the last appointment of the conference series dedicated to the mystery of the Eucharist is the thorny and challenging question of the relationship between ecumenism and the Eucharist. Although Orthodox and Catholic Christians share the same Eucharistic faith, they cannot …
The Eucharist according to Thomas Aquinas The video of the conference (in Turkish) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21k3GntIACc In the third appointment of the series of lectures on the mystery of the Eucharist, Fr Luca Refatti presented the thought of the medieval theologian Thomas of Aquino. After briefly introducing the figure of Thomas, Luca Refatti compared the Eucharistic mystery …
Emre Arolat: The Sancaklar Mosque Conference Series 2025 “Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World” – Speaker: Emre Arolat Emre Arolat, one of the most important architects of Turkey, will be the second speaker of the conference series on ‘Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World’, which is jointly organised by the Dominican Study Institute-Istanbul …
Strange Encounters in the Middle Kingdom Two Podcasts on Christians and Muslims in China (one in English and one in Turkish) In the fifth appointment of the conference series ‘Middle Ages on the Move‘, whixh took place the 26th of April, Ermanno Visintainer talks about how Christians came into contact with Chinese culture in the …
The Malatya Mosque and the Izmir Balçova Cemevi Series of Conferences 2025 “Contemporary Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean World” – Speaker: Nevzat Sayın Nevzat Sayın, one of the Turkey’s prominent contemporary architects, has been contributing to the field of contemporary design, architectural thought, and practice since 1986 through his work at NSMH. He is a …
Religious Space | Sacred Space An Interreligious Conversation The sacred is a space/time in which, often through a series of rites, the faithful attempt to pay homage to God, or even to supernatural forces. The reality of holy places is universal, regardless of cultural area. It is a quest for the absolute, a search for …
