BEMA Online Seminars - Balkan Heritage Field School
BEMA ONLINE SEMINARS
in Balkan and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology are a series of online archaeology seminars covering topics from the prehistoric, classical and medieval periods. All lectures are presented in English.
GEOGRAPHICAL FOCUS
The seminars' geographical focus falls on Southeastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Caucasus region but can be expanded to include other areas thematically or geographically related to them.
BEMA
‘Bema’ (βῆμα) also means orators’ podium in Greek. The seminars offer a platform for specialists in archaeology, but also other related fields like anthropology, conservation, art history and museum studies to share their knowledge with a global audience.
ORGANIZERS & PARTICIPATION
The seminars are co-organized by the Balkan Heritage Foundation and the Department of Archaeology at New Bulgarian University. They take place on Zoom and are available for free upon subscription.
by Dr. Petya Ilieva
Institute of Balkan Studies and Center for Thracology,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
by Dr. Matthew Shueller
Department of Classical Studies,
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
by Dr. Nayden Prahov
Director of the Center for Underwater Archaeology in Sozopol, Bulgaria,
Founding Member of the Balkan Heritage Foundation
by Dr. Vassil Tenekedjiev
Balkan Heritage Foundation Branch Manager – Varna
Assistant professor at the Department of Archaeology,
Varna Regional Museum of History.
by Dr. Tsenka Tsanova
Department of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany