beate bolhendorf arslan
Name Prof. Dr. Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan
Contact Philipps University Marburg
Christian Archaeology and Byzantine Art History
Biegenstr. 11
D-35037 Marburg
+49 6421 2822347
Academic Career
2017 Professor and head of department in Christian Archaeology and Byzantine Art History in Marburg
2016 Visiting professor in Christian Archaeology and Byzantine Art History in Freiburg
2015 Habilitation in Christian Archaeology and Byzantine Art History, Mainz
2013 – 2017 Scientific Associate RGZM Mainz (DFG-Projekt Assos)
2008 – 2013 Scientific Associate in Freiburg, Heidelberg, Cottbus and Mainz
2011 Certificate of the Associate Professorship in Christian Archaeology and Byzantine Art History in Turkey
2001 – 2007 Lecturer, since 2003 Assistant Professor in Byzantine Archaeology, ÇOMÜ Çanakkale / Turkey
1999 Dissertation in Prehistory in Heidelberg (with focus on Byzantine Archaeology by Harald Hauptmann and Christine Strube)
Selected Projects
Since 2013 Excavations and researches on the transformation and development of the late Antique and Byzantine city Assos
2007 – 2012 Excavations of the Ayazma Church in Assos
2006 – 2018 Field survey in the Southern Troad with the focus on late Antique and Byzantine landscape development
Other Activities
2005 – 2020 Organization of numerous conferences and workshops focusing Transformations of city and countryside, Living cultures in Byzantium, Small finds and pottery in Marburg, Mainz, Istanbul and Çanakkale.
Five key publications:
Die Oberstadt von Hattuša: Die mittelbyzantinische Siedlung in Bogazköy. Fallstudie zum Alltagsleben in einem anatolischen Dorf zwischen dem 10. und 12. Jahrhundert. Bogazköy-Hattuša, Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen 26 (De Gruyter: Berlin 2019).
The glorious sixth century in Assos. The unknown prosperity of a provincial city in western Asia Minor, in: I. Jacobs – H. Elton (eds.), Asia Minor in the Long Sixth Century. Current Research and Future Directions (Oxford 2019) 223-245
Die Ayazmakirche in Assos: Lokales Pilgerheiligtum und Grabkirche, in: N. Arslan – E.-M. Mohr – K. Rheidt (eds.), Assos: Neue Forschungsergebnisse zur Baugeschichte und Archäologie der südlichen Troas. Asia Minor Studien 78 (Bonn 2016) 205-220.
Nothing to remember? Redesigning the ancient City of Assos in the Byzantine era, in: B. Poulsen – P. Pedersen – M. Seifert (eds.), Cityscape & Monuments of remembrance in western Asia Minor (Oxford 2017) 21-28.
Leben in der Provinz. Ländliche Siedlungen im spätantiken und byzantinischen Troas, in: F. Daim – J. Drauschke (eds.), Hinter den Mauern und auf dem offenen Land - Leben im Byzantinischen Reich. Byzanz zwischen Orient und Okzident 3 (Mainz 2016) 63-87.