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