Research Interests

MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS


Main fields of interest are Greek architecture and topography, in particular:

The Origin of the Corinthian Capital and its forerunners in Ionic architecture (Zwei ornamentierte Säulenhälse aus Halikarnassos. JdI 98, 1983, p. 87-121. Parthenon and the Origin of the Corinthian Capital. (1989))

The topography and monuments of ancient Halikarnassos, the town plan, the fortifications, the Maussolleion Terrace, the Palace of Maussollos, the Stadion, the Salmakis fountain, Two Late-Classical Ionic temples in Halikarnassos, the Theatre etc. (eg. Town-planning in Halicarnassus and Rhodes in: S. Dietz (ed.), Ar¬chaeology in the Dodecanese (1988). The Maussolleion Terrace and accessory Structures. The Maussolleion at Halikarnassos vol, 3:1 and 3:2 (1991). “The Palace of Maussollos in Halikarnassos and some Thoughts on its Karian and International Context”. In: F. Rumscheid (Hrsg), Die Karer und die Anderen (2009). Pedersen P., “The Fortifications of Halikarnassos” Revue des Études Ancien¬nes 96 (1994), p. 215-35.“The City Wall of Halikarnassos” in: van Bremen, R.; Carbon, J.-M.(eds.), Hellenistic Karia. (2011). Articles in: Halicarnassian Studies vol. 1, 4 and 5 and regularly in: AST and KST (Ankara).

The Ionian Renaissance – the Late-Classical revival of East-Greek culture and civilization in Western Asia Minor. (The Ionian Renaissance and some aspects of its origin within the field of architecture and planning. In: "The Ionian Renaissance" (Halicar¬nassian Studies vol. I (1994). Reflections on the Ionian Renaissance in Greek Architecture and its Historical Background. In: Hephaistos 19/20, 2001/2002. Halikarnassos and the Ptolemies II. The Architecture of Hellenistic Halikarnassos. In: Halikarnassian Studies IV (2004). ”Pergamon and the Ionian Renaissance”. In: Istanbuler Mitteilungen 54 (2004). “The Ionian Renaissance and Alexandria in: Karlsson, L.; Carlsson, S.; Labraunda and Karia, Proceedings of the International Symposium commemorating Sixty Years of Swedish Archaeological work in Labraunda. (2011). “Skopas the Architect: Architectural Relations between the 4th Century BC Ionian Renaissance and Mainland Greece” in: Dora Katsonopoulou and Andrew Stewart (eds), Skopas of Paros, vol. Paros III. (forthcoming) Pedersen, P.; “Architectural Relations between Karia and Lykia at the time of the Ionian Renaissance”. In: L. Cavalier (ed.), “Colloque Euploia. Carie et Lycie Mediterraneennes: Échanges et Identités”(Bordeaux) (forthcoming).

Greek architecture in the Classicisms and Renaissances of European History. (Classicisms, Renaissances and Postmodernism. ActaHyp 2, p. 267-281. (1990). ”Aarhus Banegård og det nyklassicistiske gennnembrud”. I: V. Nørskov (red.), Antikken i Aarhus (2008) s. 94-109.
Græsk arkitektur og det klassiske i europæisk arkitekturtradition. (2013-14). (Book (in Danish) in preparation).