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Gonca Papuccu serves as a full-time Lecturer in the Department of Handicrafts at Kafkas University's Kazım Karabekir Technical Sciences Vocational School since 2020, specializing in art historical research and vocational education.
Her academic credentials include a PhD in Art History from Akdeniz University (2023), a Master's in Turkish Islamic Arts from Atatürk University (2019), and a BA in Art History from Atatürk University (2016), demonstrating progressive expertise in historical artistic traditions.
Her research focuses on Turkish-Islamic artistic heritage, particularly examining painting evolution, architectural development, and ceramic traditions within medieval Islamic contexts. This work bridges material culture analysis with socio-historical frameworks to illuminate artistic transmission across Anatolia and neighboring regions.
Recent publications reveal consistent specialization in Anatolian and broader Islamic material culture, with particular emphasis on ceramic artifacts and religious architecture. Her 2025 study of Kars Museum's medieval ceramics and 2023 analysis of mosque traditions demonstrate methodological rigor in artifact interpretation and cross-cultural architectural influences.
She actively contributes to archaeological fieldwork as a researcher in six consecutive Ani excavation projects (2020-2024), collaborating with multidisciplinary teams on documentation and analysis while securing institutional funding through public archaeological programs.
