BALKAN HERITAGE FIELD SCHOOL PROJECTS 2012
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Balkan Heritage (BH) Field School has just opened the application session for eight projects (in 2012) in the following areas: Archaeology, Art History, Restoration and Conservation of Artifacts, Monuments and Christian Art and Culture. Thank to the partnership with New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria 6 academic credits (for two-week projects) and 9 academic credits (for four-week projects) will be granted upon request to students who attend to these projects.
Affiliated partner institutions/organizations: New Bulgarian University, Blagoevgrad Regional Museum of History, Archaeological Museum of Sozopol (Bulgaria), Fulbright Commission (USA/ Bulgaria); Youth Cultural Center - Bitola, National Institute of Stobi, National Institute and Museum - Bitola (Macedonia), Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Nanterre (France).
Balkan Heritage (BH) Field School (est. 2003) functions as a legal part of Balkan Heritage Foundation – a Bulgarian public, non-profit, non-governmental organization. It implements various educative projects in the areas of Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Folklore, Art History, Restoration and Conservation of artefacts and monuments, Fine Arts and Theology with participation of students, scholars and volunteers from all over the World. Balkan Heritage Mission is to support study, protection, restoration and promotion of sites, artefacts and practices belonging or related to the cultural heritage of South-Eastern Europe.
Projects’ location: Bulgaria, Macedonia
Projects’ language: ENGLISH
"FRESCO-HUNTING" PHOTO EXPEDITION TO MEDIEVAL BALKAN CHURCHES (Western Bulgaria)
An expedition for documentation of medieval frescoes preserved in abandoned churches and chapels in remote areas of Western Bulgaria.The task of the expedition envisioned for 2012 is to enhance the database created during the previous seasons by documenting frescoes and their condition as well as collecting new data on history, architecture, artefacts and environment of the ecclesiastical buildings they belong to.
Standard Field School Session: 12 – 26 May 2012
Extended Field School Session: 12 May - 2 June, 2012
Academic credits available for students: up to 9
BIRTH OF EUROPE - EXCAVATION OF THE EARLY NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT ILINDENTSI
Excavations of one of the very first Neolithic settlements in Europe (6200-5500 BC), near Ilindentsi, Southwestern Bulgaria. Two field school sessions are available:
Session 1: 17 June - 1 July, 2012
Session 2: 2 - 16 July, 2012
Academic credits available for students: up to 9
new project WORKSHOP FOR CONSERVATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ROMAN MOSAICS
The workshop will guide the participants through the history, techniques and consequent stages of archaeological study, conservation and documentation of Roman and Late Roman (first - sixth century AD) mosaics. Both the theoretical and practical courses will be based on authentic Roman mosaics / mosaic fragments found in the ancient city of Stobi – the capital of Macedonia Secunda.
Dates: 16 - 29 June, 2012
Academic credits available for students: 6
WORKSHOP FOR CONSERVATION, RESTORATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ROMAN POTTERY
The workshop will guide the participants through the history and technology of Roman and Late Roman pottery and consequent stages of archaeological conservation, restoration, documentation and study. Both the theoretical and practical courses will be based on Roman pottery found in the ancient city of Stobi. During the workshop participants will work with authentic Roman shards.
Dates: 16 - 29 June, 2012
Academic credits available for students: 6
HERACLEA LYNCESTIS EXCAVATIONS
Excavations of the ancient
(Hellenistic, Roman, Late Roman) town of Heraclea Lyncestis in Bitola,
Macedonia.
Two field school sessions are available:
Session 1: 30 June - 14 July, 2012
Session 2: 15 - 29 July, 2012
Academic credits available for students: up to 9
Excavations at the sacred precinct (temenos) of the Ancient Greek city of Apollonia Pontica on St. Kirik Island, Sozopol, Bulgaria. Periods of occupation: Archaic and Classical Greek and Early Byzantine (seventh - fifth century BC and fifth - seventh century AD). Two field school sessions are available:
Session 1: 1 - 15 August 2012
Session 2: 16 - 30 August 2012
Academic credits available for students: up to 9
Excavations of the impressive ancient (Late Hellenistic, Roman, Early Byzantine) city of Stobi, Macedonia. Two field school sessions are available:
Session 1: 29 July - 12 August 2012
Session 2: 13 - 27 August 2012
Academic credits available for students: up to 9
WORKSHOP FOR RESTORATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ANCIENT GREEK POTTERY
The workshop will guide the participants through the history of ancient Greek pottery, its production and consequent stages of archaeological conservation, documentation, study, and restoration. It will take place consequently in Emona and Sozopol (ancient Apollonia Pontica) on the Black sea coast, Bulgaria. Both the theoretical and practical courses will be based on Ancient Greek pottery found in Sozopol. During the workshop participants will work with authentic Ancient Greek shards.
Dates: 3 - 16 September, 2012
Academic credits available for students: 6
Detailed information about all Balkan Heritage Field School Projects in 2012 is available on our website at: http://www.bhfieldschool.org/ !
On-line applications can be submitted at: http://www.bhfieldschool.org/
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