International Conference
„Castle. Archaeology. Museum. The 100th Birthday of Archaeologist Jānis Graudonis”
organized in cooperation with the Institute of Latvian History at the University of Latvia
on 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
Riikka 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
Aleks Pluskowski, Dr.hist. (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., 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
16.30 – 17.00 – Collective picture in the Turaida castle yard
19.00 – 19.45 – Visit to the Castle of Livonian Order
Working languages: English and Latvian.
Simultaneous interpreting will be provided.
Registration until 27th August by e-mail: turaida.muzejs@apollo.lv