The Return of the "the Dome"
Ideas on the Study of History

A Colloquium

Saturday, May 11, 2002    9:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture, Princeton University

Morning Session Afternoon Session
9:00 Registration; Coffee
9:30 Opening Remarks (S. Curcic, O. Grabar)
10:00 M. Johnson (Brigham Young University)
Domed Rotunda as Mausoleum in Late Antiquity
10:45 A. Kirin (University of Georgia, Athens)
Under the Same Dome: Baths, Church, and Mosque
11:30 Break
12:00 C. Maranci (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
Building Domes in Armenia and Byzantium: The Career of the Architect Trdat
12:45-2:30 Lunch Break
2:30 I. Sinkevic (Lafayette College)
Formation of Sacred Space in Later Byzantine Five-Domed Churches: The Role of Domes
3:15 L. Geymonat (Princeton University)
The Cupola of the Baptistery of Parma
4:00 N. Bakirtzis (Princeton University)
Aspects of Domed Towers in Byzantine Domed Monastic Architecture
4:45 Break
5:15 Y. Tabbaa (Ann Arbor)
The Expressive Dimensions of Fragmented Domes
6:00 T. Leisten (Princeton University)
Abode in the Hereafter: The Meaning and Function of the Qubba in Islamic Funerary Context
6:45 Concluding Remarks (S. Curcic, O. Grabar)
7:30 Reception


Cosponsored by: Department of Art and Archaeology
Program in Hellenic Studies
Program for the Ancient World
Program in Near Eastern Studies
Group for the Study of Late Antiquity