Meltem Özkan Altınöz

Meltem Özkan Altınöz graduated from Art History Department at Ankara University in 2001. She completed her master studies in Architectural History Department of Middle East Technical University at Ankara, in 2006. Her thesis “Zócalo: Transformation of an Aztec Religious Center into a Colonial Town Square in México City” is completed after her three months research period in Aesthetic Research Center of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in 2005. She completed her graduate studies in the same department. She wrote her dissertation “Idiosyncratic Narratives: Mudéjar Architecture and its Historiography in Spain” in 2013. For doctoral studies she spent five months of research period in Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) in 2011. She became a post-doctoral researcher in Anthropology Department/branch of Heritage Studies at Maryland University, USA, where she perused her researches on industrial heritage preservation difficulties 2014-2015. She is an associate professor at Art History Department of Ankara University. Her research field encloses Modernism, Iberian Studies, Industrial Heritage Studies, and Jewish Studies.