Faculty of Archaeology

Prof.Dr. Ahmed Mahmoud M. Ameen Ameen

Contact Information
Phone Number: 084 6300587                          
Fax Number: 084 6302350
E-mail Address: amm00@fayoum.edu.eg
Office: Bulding Of Faculty Archaeology - Islamic Department
Post Address: Fayoum University - Faculty of Archaeology - Islamic Department - POBox: 63514
Academic Qualifications
B. A.: Islamic Archaeology – Faculty of Archaeology – Cairo University – 1999 .
M.A. Preliminary year: Passed successfully (87%) the Preliminary year examination for M.A. degree from the department of Islamic Archaeology in May 2001 in themes: (Islamic and byzantine Art, Painting, Architecture and History).
M.A. degree in Archaeology (Architecture), Faculty of Archaeology- Cairo University (2005), with grade "Excellent", with title: Damascene Existing Residential Buildings in 12th A.H./18th A.D. Century. "Archeological & Architectural Study". [Abstract]
Ph. D. Preliminary year:Passed successfully (9/10) the Preliminary year examination for PhD degree from the department of Archaeology and History of Art in Faculty of Philosophy, University of Athens May 2007 in themes: (Byzantine and Post Byzantine Archaeology), with two seminars for two semesters.
Ph. D. degree in Islamic and Byzantine archaeology, Faculty of History and Archaeology, Department of Archaeology and the History of Art – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2010) with grade "Excellent", with title: "Byzantine influences on early Ottoman architecture of Greece". [Abstract]
Academic Positions
Demonstrator: from 1999 to 2005 .
Assistant Lecturer: from 2005 to 2010
Lecturer: from 2010 to 2015
Assistant Professor: from 2015 To 2020
Professor: from 2020Until Now
Research Interests
Islamic Art and Architecture
Islamic Civilization
Byzantine Art and Architecture
Coptic Art and Architecture
Teaching Courses
Ottoman History [syllabus]
Ottoman Architecture [syllabus]
History of Art 1 (Hellenistic, Sassanid, Byzantine and Coptic Arts) [syllabus]
History of Art 2 (Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo Arts) [syllabus]
Basics of Architectural Drawing [syllabus]
Academic Rank
Coordinator, Faculty of Archaeology - Fayoum University Website, 2012 - Present
Director of the executive team of the Development of Students' Assessment System in the Faculty - (2011)
Head of Items Banks Committee in Faculty of Archaeology – Fayoum University - 2010
Fellowships and Grants
Dec. 2005 - Dec. 2009. Doctoral scholarship from State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of History and Archaeology, Department of Archaeology and the History of Art.
Sep. 2011. Travel grant by the Max Van Berchem Foundation for the study “The meaning of the Arabic dedicatory inscriptions of the ottoman monuments of Greece”.
Publications
The meaning of the Arabic dedicatory inscriptions of the ottoman monuments of Greece, a paper was given in the 14th International Congress of Turkish Art, Paris, Collège de France, 19-21 September 2011,
The Mehmet Khalil Agha Mosque in the Greek city of Drama .
The Inscriptions of the Damascene Ottoman Residences .
Interpretation of the concept of the Universality as a characteristic feature of Islamic civilization .
Byzantine Influences on the Ottoman Architecture of Greece: The case of the Mosques at Nafpaktos.
The K üçük Cami of Athens: Some considerations in the light of the Travelers' works.
Characteristics of the Ottoman traditional houses in the Libyan old city of Ghadames: Case study of the Da Babanei House
Ottoman use of the existing public buildings in former Byzantine towns: Greece as case study
Patrons of Ottoman Mosques in Greece reconsidered in light of the Ierapetra Mosque of Crete
The Ottoman architecture in Greece then and now: quantitative approach
Bilingual and trilingual inscriptions of the Ottoman buildings in Greece: a search for the history of late ottoman period
The significance of the Qur’anic quotation ‘M? sh?' All?h’ on both Ottoman and Greek heritages in the Balkans, with a special reference to the extant inscriptions on Ottoman buildings in Greece
The bedesten “bezzâzistan”: a commercial building in the centre of the Ottoman city with a special reference to the bedestens in Greece
Ottoman Waqf–Medreses in Greece “Archival & architectural study”
Presentations at International Conferences
Sep. 28-30, 2010. “Was There A Coptic Community in Greece? Reading in the Text of Evliya Celebi”, a paper was given in the symposium of "Life in Egypt during the Coptic Period, Towns and Villages, Laymen and Clergy, Bishops and Dioceses”, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt, [in English]. [Abstract]
Oct. 15-16, 2011. Ameen A. and Kamal. M., “Constantinopolitan masonry and its deterioration types: applied on some historical and archaeological buildings of Egypt”, a paper was given in The 14th symposium of Arab Archaeologists 1432 A.H / 2011 A.D, [in English]. [ Abstract]
Languages
Arabic (native)
English (very good)
Modern Greek (Excellent)
Italian (reading ability)
Turkish (reading ability)