
International Conference. Organized in cooperation with the Institute of Latvian History at the University of Latviaon August 29, 2013. Turaida Museum Reserve
PROGRAMME
9.30 – 10.00 – Registration, coffee
10.00 – 10.30 – Opening of the conference
1st plenary session
10.30 – 11.00 Archaeological investigation and museum exhibitions
Anna Jurkāne, Director of the Turaida Museum Reserve
11.00 – 11.25 Archaeological excavations in the Turaida castle under guidance of Jānis Graudonis
Guntis Zemītis, Dr. hist., Director of the Institute of Latvian History at the University of Latvia
11.25 – 11.50 Cooperation between two archaeologists in research of medieval castles
Zigrīda Apala, Dr. hist. h.c., Institute of Latvian History at the University of Latvia
11.50 – 12.00 Archaeologist Jānis Graudonis
Ēvalds Mugurēvičs, Dr. habil. hist.
12.15 – 13.15 – Lunch
2nd plenary session
13.15 – 13.40 – Excavate, conserve and display – from pit into cabinets
Rikka Saarinen, The Museum Centre of Turku (Finland)
13.40 – 14.05 – Making history matter: The world heritage potential of Nyborg Castle and city
Janus Moller Jensen, Nyborg Castle Museum (Denmark)
14.05 – 14.30 – Castle Museum as a tool for heritage dissemination
Ugnius Budvydas and Tomas Petrauskas, Trakai History Museum (Lithuania)
14.30 – 14.55 – The role of castles in physical and conceptual landscape transformation in the
medieval eastern Baltic
Dr.hist. Aleks Pluskowski (Great Britain)
14.55 – 15.15 – Coffee break
3rd plenary session
15.15 – 15.40 - Historic burial sites in Northern Courland. Ventspils museum.
Armands Vijups, dr. hist., Faculty of History and Philosophy at the University of Latvia, Ventspils museum
15.40 – 16.05 – Contribution of Jānis Graudonis to the research of Latvain protohistory
Jānis Ciglis, National History Museum of Latvia
16.05 – 16.30 – Discussions
Working languages: English and Latvian.
Simultaneous interpreting will be provided.
Registration until 27th August, e-mail: turaida.muzejs@apollo.lv
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