International Winter School
Shaping a World-Class University
Scientific direction: Margarita Gleba and Maria Stella Busana
Organising team: Margarita Gleba, Maria Stella Busana, Vanessa Baratella, Bela Dimova, Cristina Ambrosioni, Yaqi Yan
The Winter School “Textiles make the world go round: Textile archaeology for researchers, conservators and curators” organised by the Department of Cultural Heritage: Archaeology and History of Art, Cinema and Music is an intensive one week course aimed at introducing participants to the basics of textile archaeological research, including its practical aspects.
Textiles and other organic materials constituted the overwhelming majority of material culture in the past, yet they remain grossly underrepresented in archaeological and historical research. Although the study of archaeological textiles and related evidence is an increasingly established and popular field with growing potential for interdisciplinary research, this is hampered by the lack of teaching and expertise in this area. The winter school will provide the participants with a starting package of theoretical, methodological and practical tools, as well as the network of specialists and peers. The instructors are internationally renowned experts, leading advanced research in different disciplines (archaeology, archaeometry, conservation, craft) and on different cultural and chronological contexts (Bronze Age Britain, pre-Roman and Roman Italy, Meroitic Sudan, Viking Age Scandinavia and much more).
The Winter School is funded by the University of Padua’s Shaping a World-Class University program.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM: download PDF file
USEFUL INFORMATION
Duration: 21-25 January 2025
Official language: English
4 CFU/ECTS awarded: At the end of the School, an attendance certificate will be issued, providing the opportunity to claim 4 C.F.U./ E.C.T.S. (European Credit Transfer System).
Maximum number of participants: 20
Cost of participation: 200 Euro (5 scholarships available, covering the cost of participation)
Application deadline: 1 October 2024
For further information please contact: Margarita Gleba (margarita.gleba@unipd.it)
HOW TO APPLY
Eligibility
The school will be opened to a group of 20 Italian, EU and non-EU international students enrolled in Master and PhD courses, schools of conservation and Italian “Scuole di Specializzazione” in archaeology or related fields, as well as early career researchers and cultural heritage professionals interested in acquiring skills in textile archaeological research, selected based on their CV.
BA students may also apply, but only if the subject of their thesis is consistent with the subject of the Winter School. Candidates are invited to submit their application by completing the form before the deadline (1 October 2024). Applications sent after the deadline will be considered only if the maximum number of 20 participants will not be reached.
Incomplete applications and applications presented in languages other than English will not be considered. The results of the selection will be communicated not later than 15 October 2024.
Fees
The school has a fee of 200 Euro to cover coffee and lunch breaks and the cost of the fieldtrip to Asiago and the visit to MNU. The top five students, selected by the scientific committee based on their CV, will be offered a grant covering the fee.
The registration of fee payment by 15 November 2024 will be required upon successfully completing he course admission procedure.
Application can be submitted by filling out the form (link to Google Form) by 1 October 2024.
