You are cordially invited to the launch of NIT's most recent publication Archaeological Heritage and Liveable Cities. Revalorizing the Archaeology of Roman Ankara on 22 May 2026 at METU TAÇDAM.

The mini symposium and the book launch is organized as a part of METU TAÇDAM's International Museum Week activities that will take place throughout the week of 18 - 22 May 2026 organized with the theme of Uniting Museums. You can find the full program of the week here. 

METU ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM /2026 MUSEUMS WEEK EVENTS: MUSEUMS UNITING A DIVIDED WORLD, 22 May 2026, Friday

ODTÜ ARKEOLOJI MÜZESİ / 2026 MÜZELER HAFTASI ETKİNLİKLERİ: BÖLÜNMÜŞ BİR DÜNYAYI BİRLEŞTİREN MÜZELER, 22 Mayıs 2026, Cuma

Program / Program

13.30-13.45 | Welcome / Açılış

13.45-14.15 | From Ankyra to Ankara: Multilayered Heritage Sites as Unifying Traces of Collective Memory / Ankyra’dan Ankara’ya: Kolektif Hafızanın Birleştirici İzleri Olarak Çok Katmanlı Kentler

Güliz Bilgin Altınöz

14.15-14.45 | Ankara’s Museums as Connectors Between the City’s Layers and Its People / Kentin Katmanları ve Kentliler Arasında Bağ Kuran Mekanlar Olarak Ankara’daki Müzeler

Pınar Aykaç

14.45-15.00 | Break / Ara

15.00–15.30 | Roman Ankara / Roma Ankarası

Musa Kadıoğlu

15.30-16.00 | UHL and Archaeological Heritage Book Presentation and Q&A / UHL ve Arkeolojik Miras Kitap Sunumu ve Soru-Cevap

Fokke Gerritsen, Aysel Arslan, Gülşah Günata, Özgün Özçakır

Moderator / Moderated by: Sander van Alphen

16.00-16.15 | Book Presentation and Acknowledgement / Kitap Takdimi ve Teşekkür

Ms. Nathalie Lintvelt (Deputy Head of Mission, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Türkiye)

Bekir Ödemiş (Coordinator of Cultural and Natural Heritage Projects, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality)

16.15-16.30 | Break / Ara

16.30-17.15 | Kapanış Değerlendirmesi Closing Discussion

Archaeology and Museum in a Divided World / Bölünmüş Bir Dünyada Arkeoloji ve Müzeler

Moderatör/moderated by: Güliz Bilgin Altınöz

17.30 | Flute Recital / Flüt Resitali

Ayça Malkoç

18.30 | Cocktail / Kokteyl