The Crisler Library at
Ephesos

Programs

 

 

 

 

 

Mission Statement: to promote scholarship, research and education in order to foster a deeper understanding of the ancient history of Asia Minor by providing a library in Ephesos, Turkey.
Goals of CLE programs
The CLE programs are designed to provide education, training and a platform for dialogue, and to promote an international cross-cultural and cross-borders understanding.

  • Scholarship: to have the most definitive library about Ephesos.
  • Research: to be the research center for scholars and students about Ephesos.
  • Education: CLE is committed to focusing on youth and university students, the next generation archaeologists, historians, business and government leaders. Its flagship program is the International Archaeology Seminar for Students, a competitive program for university students from Turkey and other countries, who come to CLE to learn about Ephesos from the archaeologists who excavated, restored and published on the major monuments at the site.

Education Programs
CLE is committed in its education programming to focus on the youth and university students, the next generation archaeologists and historians. To date, over 100 university students have participated in the programs, which are designed to provide a platform for dialogue and to promote an international cross-cultural understanding that is an important element in building bridges towards a more just and peaceful world. Through CLE’s setting in Selcuk, a Muslim community, visitors have an opportunity to meet the warm and vibrant people and experience their rich culture. During their time at CLE, the students encounter many layers of civilization in their studies and learn the great impact Ephesos had on the development of western civilization.

In outreach to local and foreign scholars, university students, youth and interested adults, CLE offers on-site teaching for the study of Ephesos with its library and meeting facilities and its availability to nearby Ephesos, the Ephesos Museum, and other historical sites. It has access to scholars, including the archaeologists who excavated, restored and published on the major monuments at Ephesos, to give lectures to groups on varied topics.

2009 International Archaeology Seminar

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IAS is CLE’s flagship program, a CLE-developed summer school study program about Ephesos, taught by an international group of archaeologists and architects. It is open to qualified university undergraduates, Master’s Degree and Ph.D. candidates in archaeology, history and philology. It was initiated in July 2009 as a one week “building bridges” and cross-cultural program, with university students coming from Turkey, the Slovak Republic, Germany and Palestine. They all attended on scholarships. Due to the pilot program’s enormous success, the program was repeated in July 2010 and expanded to two weeks with more students, including from the United States.

CLE is establishing itself as Your Branch Campus in Ephesos, hosting at its facility universities and other academic groups interested in bringing their students to Ephesos. Available to the programs are scholar experts not only for Ephesos but for the many nearby historical sites. In 2009, Boston University, University of Oslo, and University of California, Santa Barbara had student study programs at CLE, and in 2010 Boston University and UC, Santa Barbara are returning.

  • Faculty Seminars 

CLE meeting facilities are available for faculty to meet to present their findings on their subjects. In 2008, Dr. Christine Thomas, UC, Santa Barbara, coordinated a faculty seminar, which was held at CLE, on the material culture of Ephesos.

  • Travel Study Groups                    

Host to groups, as Elderhostel and museums, which focus on educational topics relating to Ephesos.

Faculty at CLE
CLE offers a number of lectures by experts in their fields. Below is a list of the scholars, with links to their CVs.