Program Description

Mediterranean Histories is a 4 weeks intensive summer program focusing on ancient and modern history of Sicily and Italy. It includes two 3 credits courses: Ancient Mediterranean History and Archaeology’ and ‘Italy and Sicily in World War I and World War II’; and 1 credit course: Italian Language and Culture.
The program is structured with an array of on site classes and field studies in the most significant archaeological and historical sites of Siracusa and of Sicily, including the archaeological park and museum of Siracusa, the Valley of Temple in Agrigento, the Roman Villa of Piazza Armerina, the archaeological parks of Morgantina, Selinunte, Segesta, the museum of Allied landing in Catania, plus an historical tour of Palermo and a three days field study in the Aeolian islands, Sicily’s finest for natural and cultural importance.
The program will be located at the Sicily Center for International Education (SCIE), located in the late 18th century Palazzo Borgia del Casale, in the island of Ortigia, the historical center of Siracusa, the most attractive and fascinating city of eastern Sicily (Italy).
The SCIE center, established in 2015, by a team of professionals with a solid and long term experience in the field of the study abroad, offers partnership to American universities and colleges having programs in Sicily in a vast range of fields, from classics and archaeology, from modern and contemporary history to environmental sciences, from creative writing to theater studies, from Italian language and literature to food sciences. The SCIE center already currently manages semester and summer programs for Morningside College (Iowa), University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Ohio University (Ohio), Arcadia University (Pennsylvania), Portland State University (Oregon), Rosemont College (Pennsylvania), University of Texas at Austin (Texas), LaTrobe University (Australia).

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SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY SUMMER ARCHAEOLOGY PROGRAM

Apply by February 15, 2017.

Program dates: May 22 – June 16, 2017.

Course Offered: SOA/CHP 390 : Field School in Historical Archaeology (3 or 6 credits)
Dr. Jon Bernard Marcoux
All course fulfillments are subject to approval by an advisor.
Program Highlights

• Receive training in archaeological excavation techniques while working at a major 18th century plantation site.
• Learn about the early history of European settlers, Native Americans, and enslaved Africans in New England.
• Explore the unique historical and cultural landscape of South County and Newport, Rhode Island.

Eligibility Requirements

• Open to all students
• Minimum 2.7 cumulative GPA
• Availability of academic credits to fulfill degree requirements
• Good disciplinary, financial and academic standing at the time of program departure.
• Participation in mandatory pre-departure orientation sessions

Program Fee with housing: $2695 (3 credit) $3950 (6 credits)
Included in this fee:
3-6 credits Salve Regina University tuition
Ground transportation as needed by group itinerary
Three group meals
Official excursions and entrance fees
Housing and Accommodations at Salve Regina University in double occupancy rooms with a shared kitchen
*The fee for students who do not require accommodations can be ad-justed, amount TBD.
Not Included in this fee:

• Transportation to and from Rhode Island
• Most meals
• Personal Expenses (recreation, tips, laundry, snacks, etc.)
• Personal transportation in free time/vacations
  *Note: No flights should be booked until programs are confirmed and meeting times and locations are officially communicated to partici-pants.

Payment Schedule
$1200 Deposit due by Friday, March 4, 2017. Your deposit holds your space in the program. Please be aware that there is a withdrawal and refund policy outlined in your Participation Agreement. Final Pay-ment due by Sunday, May 1, 2017. The Business Office will generate an invoice for the remainder of the program fee in April.
Financial Aid
Consult with your Financial Aid Counselor. Generally, only parent plus loans are applicable to short-term study abroad programs.
Scholarships
Salve Regina study abroad scholarships are reserved for full-time se-mester and year-long programs. Research your non-Salve Regina scholarship options at: www.salve.edu/study-abroad/study-abroad-scholarships
How to Apply
Complete online application and submit all required supplemental materials to the Office of International Programs by the application deadline. Detailed application instructions available at: salve.edu/study-abroad/short-term-programs
Questions? email Dr. Marcoux (jon.marcoux@salve.edu)
Office of International Programs, Salve Regina University Drexel Hall | 100 Ochre Point Avenue | Newport, RI 02840

ROMAN FORUM
Summer 2017
Archaeology Field School

SIGNUM VORTUMNI The Tarquins and Rome
26 June – 31 July 2017

isarome.org

A project to unveil, on the slopes of Rome’s Palatine Hill, signs of
Etruscan cultural and religious influence which gave rise to the
birth of Roman civilization
ISAR announces a summer field school season which will present a sequence of lessons, both in the classroom and on-site, to provide
students with the basic skills and understanding to discern
multiple phases of the site at the base of the Palatine Hill. Lessons
will address urban, architectural and artistic history and
topography of ancient Rome with the aim of helping students
recognize and, especially, to identify architectural elements and
their time periods. Further lessons will focus on helping students
to understand techniques of stratigraphic investigation, including
the use of topographic instruments, combining hand-drawing with digital record-keeping.
Accurate completion of survey records will give students valuable
experience in cultural heritage documentation.
Finally, specific lessons will also focus on ceramic, stone and other
finds from Roman, medieval and Renaissance periods which may
come to light in the stratigraphic contexts uncovered by the
archeological probes.
Each of these pedagogic components will combine clear, illustrated
instruction by experts in the field with readings, interactive
discussions and practical applications.
Located in the Horrea Agrippiana section of the Roman Forum, at
the base of the Palatine Hill, the 5-week field school will provide:
• classroom lessons and visits to archaeological sites and
museums
• hands-on experience in a prestigious excavation with a
respected team of international archaeologists and architects
• lodging in central Rome (optional)
Participation
Field School Cost: Euro € 4,500/participant (€2,500 without housing)
Fee covers:
• Tuition
• public transportation within the city of Rome
• entry fees for archaeological sites and museums visited during the first week,
• printed materials,
• welcome and farewell dinners
• Lunch and snacks provided onsite from Monday to Friday
• Optional: housing in the historic center of Rome in shared  apartments (Wi- Fi connection included)

Deadline for application is 30 April 2017

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION – PANI LORIGA 2017

ISTITUTO DI STUDI SUL MEDITERRANEO ANTICO (ISMA-CNR)

DIRECTOR MASSIMO BOTTO

The ISMA – CNR Archaeological Mission at Pani Loriga (Santadi – south-western Sardinia) will focus on the excavation of the Punic settlement, archaeological documentation and the study of ceramic finds. The 2017 campaign  will be divided into three three-week rounds:

• 1st round: 15 May – 3 June (Area B)
• 2nd round: 5 June – 24 June (Area B)
• 3rd round: June 26 – 15 July (Area C)

Participation is open to students, graduates, postgraduates and  doctoral students who are particularly interested in the archaeology of Phoenician and Punic Sardinia. The Mission provides food and lodging to participants and will issue an attendance certificate valid for academic purposes. Interested people can request further information and must submit  their application by 20 March accompanied by a brief presentation and CV, giving any  preference for the rounds, to: paniloriga@isma.cnr.it
Participants will be contacted by March 31 and receive all necessary  organizational information.
For information and application submission: paniloriga@isma.cnr.it
http://paniloriga.isma.cnr.it
www.facebook.com/PaniLoriga

“la Biagiola” Summer School, Archaeological Fieldwork in Sovana di Sorano (GR) Tuscany, Italy for summer 2017.
An exciting seven-week program uncovering ancient Etruscan, Roman, and Lombard civilization!
The “la Biagiola” program is open to any archaeology or anthropology students, or simply to students interested in learning more about the subject. We provide an exciting opportunity for a first-hand experience in archaeological fieldwork. You’ll take part in the exploration of an ancient site in Tuscany, working alongside expert archaeologists and foreign students.
The school also provide a complete formation in standing building archaeology, survey and medieval castles studies. This program is offered in collaboration with the cultural heritage office of Tuscany, the regional authority that manages archaeological sites and monuments. In addition to the archaeological experience, you will be able to enjoy a wide range of cultural sites, historic monuments, and natural sites of Tuscany.
For further information, visit www.culturaterritorio.org, or contact me at info@culturaterritorio.org.

School of Archaeology  in Abruzzo (Italy) – summer program 2017

A new call for applications is now open for the summer program of the Archaeological School in Abruzzo (Italy) 2017 organized by University of Pisa.
After the positive results obtained in the previous years, also this year the university of Pisa with the important collaboration of the Superintendence for the Archaeological Heritage of Abruzzo and with the support of other centers and Universities: University of Lecce, ICCOM-CNR U.O.S. of Pisa and INGV of Rome has chosen to continue supporting this summer program.
The aim of the school is to increase awareness and competencies about archaeological and methodological issues through an intensive four weeks program of lectures, laboratory experiences and field activities.
This program is a new approach in studying and understanding of ancient civilizations and offers its participants a diachronic (multi-period) approach to the study of archaeology. The school gives to the students the opportunity to  work in two different excavations and practise different archaeological research methods. With this program, students will gain the skills and a deeper knowledge of the archaeology from the prehistoric to the roman period.
The school will last from July 9th to August 6th 2017
NEW registration deadline is May 30th 2017
Each participant will earn 10 undergraduate credits and a certificate of participation through the University of Pisa.
Costs includes all the school activities, accommodation and meals.
We would appreciate if you could share the information about our program with your  students
Please don’t hesitate to contact our staff:  summerschool.abruzzo@arch.unipi.it
For more information and to apply visit our:
Official website at: http://www.cfs.unipi.it/summerschool-abruzzo/
Facebook page at:https://www.facebook.com/SummerSchoolAbruzzo/

The Apolline Project is an open research network, which sheds light on the hitherto neglected past of the area to the north of Mt. Vesuvius, in the Bay of Naples, and the Apennines. The project has run actively since 2004 and has several components, with current major work focusing on the Suburban Baths of Pompeii, a post-79 Roman villa with baths on the northern slope of Mt. vesuvius, and the Roman city of Aeclanum, along the Via Appia in inland Campania. The results gained so far have been presented worldwide and published in an edited book and in several articles, which you can download (http://www.apollineproject.org/academics/publications.html).

The Apolline Project is now accepting applications for its Spring/Summer 2017 lab and field activities, which can be divided into: dig at the ancient city of Aeclanum, boot camp of human osteology, study of the pottery assemblages from the Suburban Baths in Pompeii and the late antique villa in Pollena Trocchia, and courses on epigraphy, geophysics, and restoration!
For the Spring classes on pottery study and restoration, participants will have the opportunity to spend additional time before and after the program at the project’s accommodations for no additional charge in order to better explore the region.

For the Summer study season at the late antique villa in Pollena Trocchia, a select number of scholarships to participants are offered.

For further information, including course descriptions and fieldwork opportunities, visit: http://www.apollineproject.org/dig.html.

Messors Educational Workshops

Preservation of food culture, cultural heritage and Byzantine sites in Puglia region, Italy

Culinary & Shepherding. The connection between food, culture, and landscape.
June 1 – 8, 2017
http://messors.com/culinary-shepherding-workshop/
The Rhythms and the Connections between Food, Culture, and Landscape.
The program offers an opportunity for understanding and learning about the Mediterranean culinary culture and improving its conservation.
The workshop goes to the core of the people and the love for their food and their land.
Explore the food culture shaped by millennia of migrations on the paths of transhumance and the trading route of the ancient Via Appia.
Seek the food provenance of Puglia and Basilicata. Experience the pace of the pastures and make cheese with the shepherd and his family. Explore the rupestrian cave dwellings, where a food culture has been crafted over centuries, spanning from the Greek and Roman influence thru the Byzantine monks to the current shepherd and his plight to preserve his way of life. Celebrate the durum wheat of the Murgian plains and its modern farmers committed to the crop. The agricultural cycle of planting and harvesting. Bake the crusty DOP bread of Altamura prized by Horace in his 1st century BC. odes. Venture through limestone rooted centenarian olive orchards for olive oil tasting to learn the fundamentals of real olive oil, its cultivars, and ancient origins. Source the daily catch from the Adriatic port and prepare dinner at the fishermen house on the cove.
Cook, eat, share and exchange with friends and families. Get close to the people and the local dialect over long table dinners and picnic in the fields with unique regional wines.
Live in the land of the masserie, the fortified farmhouses and cave settlements that represent in Puglia the sum of labor, bounty, and beauty.
The venerated cuisine of the Mediterranean has been created and re-created through the course of history by geography, social customs, migration and the mythical and religious universe wrapped around ‘eating’. The food culture is inclusive of ‘lifestyle’ which upholds traditional methods of farming and fishing and nurtures the practice of family meals, and social festivities.
The workshop is led by Puglian native Tonio Creanza, the Founder and Director of Messors, along with his colleagues of local farmers, cheese makers, shepherds, historians, restauranteurs, etc.
Tonio grew up on his family farm tending to durum wheat, vineyards, and olive tree cultivation in the historical and archeological rich setting of Puglia. As a cultural heritage conservator and 6th generation olive oil producer, his knowledge and passion for food and history is echoed in the workshops he has been running for the past 25 years. The hands-on and in-situ approach of the workshops creates an enriching living school model and culturally connecting experiences for travelers and locals.
The session is open to a group of maximum 14 participants.

Art Restoration Workshop Fresco & Canvas.
June 13-28
http://messors.com/art-restoration-and-conservation/
The Art Restoration and Conservation workshop is an opportunity for participants to learn about the history of the region, conservative methods, and techniques, while contributing to the conservation of the rich art and cultural heritage of Southern Italy.
After the introduction to the methods of conservation and restoration of art and antiquities through practical hands-on work and lectures that is applicable to all fields or art restoration, -in the second week, participants may choose to have a focus whether it be fresco or canvas.
The Frescoes that are worked on and studied are part of the rupestrian Byzantine cave settlements located in the Alta Murgia area, which include the Masseria (“farmhouse”) of Jesce, the Masseria of Carpentino, the Masseria of Fornello, dating from 12th to 16th century.
In these rural settings, the ipogei settlements (underground habitations) represented important centres of social and religious activities. The communities of this area created their own cultural identity, finding artistic expression in works of religious iconographic art. Between the 8th and the 12th centuries, small monastic and lay communities emigrated to Southern Italy. This area was one of the places of major activity due to it being the point of contact between two religious currents: the Latin Monastic tradition and the Basilian monks from Cappadocia (Turkey) and Armenia, of Greek Orthodox origin.
Participants will also create their own frescoes employing traditional techniques and materials- from making the plaster, sinopia underdrawings, and paint with natural pigments.
Paintings on canvas are provided by local churches and private collectors and will be worked on onsite at Masseria La Selva. Participants will be introduced to examples of 17th to 19th centuries paintings that are unique to the history of the Altamurgia region.
After introductions which are common to all areas, participants may choose a specific area of focus. The workshops are complemented by seminars in Art History, Geomorphological Studies and Byzantine Iconography and include several site visits: Sassi of Matera (Unesco World Heritage site), the Rupestral Churches Park, museums and art exhibitions, Altamura, Gravina, Botromagno, an Adriatic coastal town, Bari Department of Antiquity Lab, Pompeii and Napoli.

Fornello Sustainable Preservation Project.
July 3 – 14; July 19 – 30
http://messors.com/fornello-cave-project/
The Fornello Sustainable Preservation Project focuses on the site in its early days of research and cultural landscape conservation. The program is an opportunity for experiencing a wide spectrum of elements and aspects involved in cultural heritage preservation, as well as implementing conversations around sustainable preservation and the positive impact of these programs on local communities.
The site of Fornello is made up of a Byzantine fresco cave, twelve additional cave dwellings, and evidence of a settlement dating back to the 3rd century B.C.
The ancient settlement includes a shepherd’s house that dates to the 1700s and dry-stone courtyards that outline a pre-existing sheep farm. It is one of the most interesting and historically important sites in the Murgia region of Puglia. The frescoes are comprised of three layers that date to 1100, 1200, and 1350. The fresco paintings document a link and a time in history when Byzantine communities spreading from the Balkans were establishing themselves in Puglia in the rupestrian settlement.
The aim of the project is the complete restoration of the historical landscape, highlighting the importance of the site by converging interests and actions toward the preservation of the original settlement as well as promoting sustainable living practices.
Through hands-on activities, educational workshops and lectures on food anthropology and history of biodiversity related to the production of cheese, bread and wine, the project aims to support and promote the local agro-pastoral community, the history and the heritage of the local food culture practices, strongly bound to the geomorphological characteristics and climate of the region.
The goal is to restore the site to the point in which it can function as its original settlement: as cave dwellings, a place of congregation, sheep milk collection, cheese making and cheese cave aging, wine storage.
Once restored, local shepherds will be offered the site to use as their own as a milk collective and caves to age their cheeses.
Throughout the 12-day workshop session, you will be a part of the restoration and continuation of a historically significant site. You will learn the art of dry-stone-wall techniques, be introduced to practices of fresco restoration and the history of Byzantine Frescoes. During your time there you will be given instruction on archeological methods, techniques, and documentation while operating in a historic site. Also, time will be dedicated engaging in the culturally rich areas of southern Italy by partaking in lectures, learning about traditions of the area, make cheese and visiting historical towns and sites of the region.
The workshops is open to a group of maximum 14 participants.
For inquiry and registration, please email to messors.tonio@gmail.com
Watch for the upcoming documentary ”Shepherds in the Cave”. The documentary followed us during our Fornello workshop in the summer of 2015. Shepherds in the Cave has been awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival (Lafayette, Lousiana) and has been selected to screen at the Royal Anthropological Institute RAI Film Festival taking place in Bristol (UK) from 29 March to 1 April 2017. The film has been selected for the Archaeology and Material Culture Film category.