București: conferința „Aya Yorgi of Büyükada, a Shared Pilgrimage Site in Modern Turkey”, cu Mustafa Diktaș (Turcia). Conferința se va desfășura în limba engleză

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Muzeul Municipiului București vă invită să participați la conferința de joi, 4 aprilie, ora 18.30, la Palatul Suțu, cu tema „Aya Yorgi of Büyükada, a Shared Pilgrimage Site in Modern Turkey”, cu Mustafa Diktaș (Turcia). Conferința se va desfășura în limba engleză.
Coordonator conferință: Cătălin D. Constantin.
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Dr Mustafa Diktaş holds a MA in Social and cultural anthropology from the University of Hacettepe and PhD degree from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. His research interests are in culture and religion in the Levant and Anatolia. The topic of his Phd is on two shared pilgrimage sites dedicated to St George in Turkey and Lebanon.

A Greek Orthodox Monastery, Aya Yorgi (St George) which is located on the biggest island of Princes’ Islands chain in Istanbul, host massive number of devout pilgrims every year mainly on the feast of St George (23rd April). Though at first sight, it seems to be a Christian space and a shrine, it is deemed to be „shared sacred site” and an iconic symbol of multi religious coexistence in Turkey, as the vast majority of pilgrims, oxymoronically, is consisted of Muslim women. This seminar analyzes the collective pilgrimage of Aya Yorgi and aims to contribute to the understandings of shared pilgrimages with a participant observation in the field.