Mapping the Mediterranean
Northwestern undergraduate students in my “ Art and Architecture of the Medieval Mediterranean World” course (ART_HIST 329) visited the Map/Geographic Information Room at the University Library this past winter. My students examined various medieval and early modern maps while learning about the geographies of the Mediterranean. Prior to this hands-on session, Northwestern Library’s Geospatial and Cartographic Specialist, Mech Frazier, gave a guest lecture about geospatial analysis and ArcGIS StoryMaps in digital humanities.
Bihter Esener
College Fellow
I am an art historian of the visual and material cultures of the medieval Islamic world, with a special interest in Armenian, Byzantine, and Persian-Islamic artistic exchange and cultural encounters in medieval Anatolia, the South Caucasus, and the Eastern Mediterranean. I teach medieval Mediterranean and Islamic art in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University. My research interests also include the collection and display of Islamic art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the history of sports, environmental studies, digital art history, visualization, and game studies.