The Friday Seminar Series, organised by Girne American University’s (GAU) Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts, has begun in the GAU Karmi Campus Millennium Complex Senate Congress Saloon.

The Friday Seminar Series began with ‘Reproduction of Social Spaces’ and the first session was aired live on GAU TV. Dr Hossein Sadri, lecturer at the Architecture Department, attended the seminar as the main speaker.
Student development

Girne American University announced that their aim is to share the arguments discussed with the architectural world and help student’s develop to their highest potential and added that they want to further current discussions about architecture and urban design. He said that thanks to these activities GAU has the chance not only to show the quality of their lecturer’s studies but also to distinguish the education offered at GAU.

GAU also aims to publish these presentations in the future to contribute GAU’s academic successes.

The seminars will be attended by the lecturers from GAU as well as prominent scientists and lecturers from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and Koç University, both of which are in Turkey, Oxford Brookes University in England, King Fahd University in Saudi Arabia and the Central European University in Hungary.

The ‘Friday Seminar Series’ is open to the public and they are held every Friday at Girne American University’s Karmi Campus Millennium Complex Senate Congress Saloon.

The programme is:

25 February 2011: ‘An Opinion on Protection and Social Identities’
Dr Murat ÇETİN - Kral Fahduniversity of Suudi Arabia

4 March 2011: ‘Urbanisation and the Internet’
Dr Jakob Rigi – Central Europe University of Hungary

11 March 2011: ‘Symbolism for Urban Planning: A Critical Comment’
Assoc. Prof.Üstün Alsaç - GAU-North Cyprus

18 March 2011: ‘The Balance between Citizens and People in Need: An Argument on the Rights of Disabled People in Istanbul’
Assist. Prof. Dikmen Bezmez- Koç University-Turkey

25 March 2011: ‘Architecture and Human Rights’
Graeme Bristol – King Mongkut University - Thailand

1 April 2011: ‘Considering the Locals: Opposing Globalisation of Istanbul’
Assoc. Prof. Murat Cemal Yalçıntan – Assist. Prof Erbatur Çavuşoğlu- Mimar Sinan University- Turkey

8 April 2011: ‘Globalisation in Southern Urban and Urban Development: A Review’
Dr. Ramin M. Keivani – Oxford Brookes University-England

15 April 2011 ‘Architectural Criticism of the Monuments in the Kyrenia District.’
Ayer Kaşif – Assoc Prof. Devrim Yücel Besim GAU - North Cyprus

22 April 2011 – ‘The Public Domain and Democracy’
Assist Prof. Senem Zeybekoğlu Sadri – GAU North Cyprus

29 April 2011: ‘Le Corbusier in Algeria’
Hassina Nafa – GAU North Cyprus

06 May 2011: ‘A Critical Analysis of Housing Production in North Cyprus within the Context of Social Sustainability’
Assoc Prof. Nesil Baytın – GAU-North Cyprus

20 May 2011: ‘The Policies Adopted Before Building’
Assit Prof. Balkız Öztemir GAU-North Cyprus