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NIAM-BAS Initiatives & Activities
International Academic Partnership of NIAM-BAS within the Framework of Contracts and Agreements at the Level of Institute
International project, 4-th call of the EU South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme 2007 - 2013
Project title: Extension of the Danube Limes – UNESCO World Heritage in the Lower Danube
Project acronym: Danube Limes Brand. Reference numbe SEE/D/0307/4.3/X
Research partners: University of Vienna, Department for History (Austria) – leading partner, National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) – partner, Danube University Krems, Department for Building and Environment, Center for Architectural Heritage and Infrastructure (Austria) – partner, Municipal Monument Preservation Institute in Bratislava (Slovakia) – partner, Karoly Robert College, Department of Tourism and Regional Development (Hungary) – partner, Province of Rimini (Italy) – partner, National Institute for Heritage (Romania) – partner, Archaeological Institute, Serbian Academy of Sciences (Serbia) – partner, Museum of Slavonia Osijek (Croatia) – partner.
Project director for NIАM-BAS: Assoc. Prof. Lyudmil Vagalinski
Contact info: director@naim.bg
Duration: 24 months, 2012-2014
Emporion Pistiros and its Territory. Archaeological Excavations at Emporion Pistiros and Field Surveys along the Upper Maritsa Valley and the West Rhodope Mountains. Bulgarian-Czech-British Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia), School of Humanities at Karlov University (Prague) and the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool (Liverpool)
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Alexey Gotsev, Prof. Jan Bouzek and Prof. Zosia Archibald
Contact info: alexaim@abv.bg; jan.bouzek@ff.cuni.cz; z.archibald@liverpool.ac.uk
Duration: 5 years, 2010-2014
Late Neolithic and Thracian (1st millennium BC) Settlement at the Spring Halka Bunar in the Lands of the Village of Gorno Belevo, Bratya Daskalovi Municipality (within the Area of the Chirpan Heights). Bulgarian-Greek Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Foundation of the Hellenic World – FHW (Athens)
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Milena Tonkova, Dr. Athanasios Sideris
Contact info: milenatonkova@hotmail.com; thanos_sideris@hotmail.com; thanos@fhw.gr
Duration: 5 years, May 2009 – May 2014
Roman Legionary Camp and Early Byzantine City of Novae. Bulgarian-Polish Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan)
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Evgenia Gencheva, Dr. Andrzej B. Biernacki
Contact info: gen.pop@abv.bg
Duration: 3 years, 2011-2013
Roman Legionary Camp and Early Byzantine City of Novae. Bulgarian-Polish Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Institute of Archaeology, Warsaw University (Warsaw)
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Evgenia Gencheva, Prof. Dr. Habil. Tadeusz Sarnowski, Prof. Dr. Piotr Dyczek
Contact info: gen.pop@abv.bg
Duration: 5 years, 2011-2015
Apollonia – Cemetery and Territory. Bulgarian-French Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Universite de Provence Aix-Marseille I (Marseille)
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Krastina Panayotova, Dr. Alexandre Baralis
Contact info: kpanayotova@abv.bg; alexandrebaralis@yahoo.fr
Duration: 3 years, 2010-2012
International Projects on the Archaeological Map of Bulgaria
International project “Federated Archaeological Information Management System (FAIMS). Creating eResearch tools for archaeologists”
Research пartners: University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, with participants from 41 organizations from Australia, USA, UK and Bulgaria including as a contributing organization the National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NIAM-BAS), Sofia
Lead project director: Dr. Shawn A. Ross, UNSW
Bulgarian project director: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lyudmil Vagalinski, NIAM-BAS Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgi Nekhrizov, NIAM-BAS
Contact info: shawn.ross@unsw.edu.au; nehrizov@gmail.com
Duration: 1.5 years, 5 June 2012 – December 2013
International project “Advanced Research Infrastructure for Archaeological Dataset Networking in Europe (ARIADNE)”
Research partners: 25 organizations from 24 European countries including the National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NIAM-BAS), Sofia
Project coordinator: Prof. Franco Niccolucci, PIN at the University of Florence
Deputy project coordinator: Prof. Julian Richards, University of York
Bulgarian authorized representatives: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lyudmil Vagalinski, NIAM-BAS and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgi Nekhrizov, NIAM-BAS
Contact info: franco.niccolucci@unifi.it; nehrizov@gmail.com
Duration: 4 years, 2013-2016
International Academic Partnership of NIAM-BAS within the Framework of Contracts and Agreements at the Level of Academy
Life in the Towns of the Lower Danube during the Roman Age and Late Antiquity (1st – 6st c.). Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Vasile Parvan Institute of Archaeology, Bucharest (Romanian Academy of Sciences)
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Lyudmil Vagalinski and Acad. Prof. Alexandru Vulpe
Project coordinators: Assoc. Prof. Gergana Kabakchieva and Prof. Univ. Alexandru Barnea
Contact info: gkabakchieva@yahoo.com; alex.barnea@yahoo.com
Duration: 3 years, 2012-2014
Ancient Routes for Populating Europe: Migrations via the Sea of Azov and the Balkans. Characteristics of Chipped-Stone Industries and Cultural Interaction between Human Populations. Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Institute of the Material Culture History, St-Petersburg (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Project Directors: Assoc. Prof. Maria Gurova, Assoc. Prof. Stefanka Ivanova and Prof. Vyacheslav Shchelinsky
Contact info: gurovam@yahoo.fr; shchelinsky@yandex.ru
Duration: 3 years, 2012-2014
The Lower Danube from the Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Vasile Parvan Institute of Archaeology, Bucharest (Romanian Academy of Sciences)
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Lyudmil Vagalinski and Acad. Prof. Alexandru Vulpe
Project coordinators: Assoc. Prof. Stefan Alexandrov and Assoc. Prof. Radu Bajenaru
Contact info: stefanalexandrov@abv.bg; radu.bajenaru@gmail.com
Duration: 3 years, 2010-2012
Typical Features of the Early Medieval Jewellery Production in Great Moravia and the First Bulgarian Kingdom (Origin, Manufacturing Techniques, Distribution of the Production). Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Institute of Archaeology (Czech Academy of Sciences), Brno
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Metodi Daskalov and Blanka Kavánová PhD
Contact info: m.m.daskalov@mail.bg; kavanova@iabrno.cz
Duration: 3 years, 2011-2013
The Early Mediaeval Culture (the 7th – 11th Century) in Modern Bulgaria and Slovakia. Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Institute of Archaeology (Slovak Academy of Sciences), Nitra
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Metodi Daskalov and Doc. Peter Šalkovský
Contact info: m.m.daskalov@mail.bg; peter.salkovsky@savba.sk
Duration: 3 years, 2012-2014
Archaeological Cultures on the Territory of Bulgaria and Serbia. Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Board of Archaeology at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art, Belgrade
Project directors: Prof. Dr. Habil. Vassil Nikolov and Acad. Prof. Nikola Tasic
Project coordinators: Snezhana Goryanova and Branka Popovic
Contact info: sgoryanova@gmail.com; branka.popovic@sanu.ac.rs
Duration: 3 years, 2010-2012
The End of Antiquity on the Lower Danube. Bulgarian-British Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham (Nottingham).
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Ventsislav Dinchev, Prof. Andrew Poulter.
Contact info: ventzislavdintchev@gmail.com; andrew.poulter@nottingham.ac.uk
Duration: 5 years, 2009-2013
Material culture of the earliest Roman military presence along the Lower Danube. Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Institute of archaeology and ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences
Project directors: Doc. Lyudmil Vagalinski and Prof. Andrzej Buko
Project coordinators: Assoc. Prof. Evgenia Gencheva and Dr. Krzysztof Domzalski
Contact info: gen.pop@abv.bg; domzalkc@hormail.com
Duration: 3 years, 2011-2013
International project, 4-th call of the EU South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme 2007 - 2013
Project title: Extension of the Danube Limes – UNESCO World Heritage in the Lower Danube
Project acronym: Danube Limes Brand. Reference numbe SEE/D/0307/4.3/X
Research partners: University of Vienna, Department for History (Austria) – leading partner, National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) – partner, Danube University Krems, Department for Building and Environment, Center for Architectural Heritage and Infrastructure (Austria) – partner, Municipal Monument Preservation Institute in Bratislava (Slovakia) – partner, Karoly Robert College, Department of Tourism and Regional Development (Hungary) – partner, Province of Rimini (Italy) – partner, National Institute for Heritage (Romania) – partner, Archaeological Institute, Serbian Academy of Sciences (Serbia) – partner, Museum of Slavonia Osijek (Croatia) – partner.
Project director for NIАM-BAS: Assoc. Prof. Lyudmil Vagalinski
Contact info: director@naim.bg
Duration: 24 months, 2012-2014
Emporion Pistiros and its Territory. Archaeological Excavations at Emporion Pistiros and Field Surveys along the Upper Maritsa Valley and the West Rhodope Mountains. Bulgarian-Czech-British Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia), School of Humanities at Karlov University (Prague) and the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool (Liverpool)
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Alexey Gotsev, Prof. Jan Bouzek and Prof. Zosia Archibald
Contact info: alexaim@abv.bg; jan.bouzek@ff.cuni.cz; z.archibald@liverpool.ac.uk
Duration: 5 years, 2010-2014
Late Neolithic and Thracian (1st millennium BC) Settlement at the Spring Halka Bunar in the Lands of the Village of Gorno Belevo, Bratya Daskalovi Municipality (within the Area of the Chirpan Heights). Bulgarian-Greek Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Foundation of the Hellenic World – FHW (Athens)
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Milena Tonkova, Dr. Athanasios Sideris
Contact info: milenatonkova@hotmail.com; thanos_sideris@hotmail.com; thanos@fhw.gr
Duration: 5 years, May 2009 – May 2014
Roman Legionary Camp and Early Byzantine City of Novae. Bulgarian-Polish Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan)
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Evgenia Gencheva, Dr. Andrzej B. Biernacki
Contact info: gen.pop@abv.bg
Duration: 3 years, 2011-2013
Roman Legionary Camp and Early Byzantine City of Novae. Bulgarian-Polish Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Institute of Archaeology, Warsaw University (Warsaw)
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Evgenia Gencheva, Prof. Dr. Habil. Tadeusz Sarnowski, Prof. Dr. Piotr Dyczek
Contact info: gen.pop@abv.bg
Duration: 5 years, 2011-2015
Apollonia – Cemetery and Territory. Bulgarian-French Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Universite de Provence Aix-Marseille I (Marseille)
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Krastina Panayotova, Dr. Alexandre Baralis
Contact info: kpanayotova@abv.bg; alexandrebaralis@yahoo.fr
Duration: 3 years, 2010-2012
International Projects on the Archaeological Map of Bulgaria
International project “Federated Archaeological Information Management System (FAIMS). Creating eResearch tools for archaeologists”
Research пartners: University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, with participants from 41 organizations from Australia, USA, UK and Bulgaria including as a contributing organization the National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NIAM-BAS), Sofia
Lead project director: Dr. Shawn A. Ross, UNSW
Bulgarian project director: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lyudmil Vagalinski, NIAM-BAS Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgi Nekhrizov, NIAM-BAS
Contact info: shawn.ross@unsw.edu.au; nehrizov@gmail.com
Duration: 1.5 years, 5 June 2012 – December 2013
International project “Advanced Research Infrastructure for Archaeological Dataset Networking in Europe (ARIADNE)”
Research partners: 25 organizations from 24 European countries including the National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NIAM-BAS), Sofia
Project coordinator: Prof. Franco Niccolucci, PIN at the University of Florence
Deputy project coordinator: Prof. Julian Richards, University of York
Bulgarian authorized representatives: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lyudmil Vagalinski, NIAM-BAS and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgi Nekhrizov, NIAM-BAS
Contact info: franco.niccolucci@unifi.it; nehrizov@gmail.com
Duration: 4 years, 2013-2016
International Academic Partnership of NIAM-BAS within the Framework of Contracts and Agreements at the Level of Academy
Life in the Towns of the Lower Danube during the Roman Age and Late Antiquity (1st – 6st c.). Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Vasile Parvan Institute of Archaeology, Bucharest (Romanian Academy of Sciences)
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Lyudmil Vagalinski and Acad. Prof. Alexandru Vulpe
Project coordinators: Assoc. Prof. Gergana Kabakchieva and Prof. Univ. Alexandru Barnea
Contact info: gkabakchieva@yahoo.com; alex.barnea@yahoo.com
Duration: 3 years, 2012-2014
Ancient Routes for Populating Europe: Migrations via the Sea of Azov and the Balkans. Characteristics of Chipped-Stone Industries and Cultural Interaction between Human Populations. Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Institute of the Material Culture History, St-Petersburg (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Project Directors: Assoc. Prof. Maria Gurova, Assoc. Prof. Stefanka Ivanova and Prof. Vyacheslav Shchelinsky
Contact info: gurovam@yahoo.fr; shchelinsky@yandex.ru
Duration: 3 years, 2012-2014
The Lower Danube from the Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Vasile Parvan Institute of Archaeology, Bucharest (Romanian Academy of Sciences)
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Lyudmil Vagalinski and Acad. Prof. Alexandru Vulpe
Project coordinators: Assoc. Prof. Stefan Alexandrov and Assoc. Prof. Radu Bajenaru
Contact info: stefanalexandrov@abv.bg; radu.bajenaru@gmail.com
Duration: 3 years, 2010-2012
Typical Features of the Early Medieval Jewellery Production in Great Moravia and the First Bulgarian Kingdom (Origin, Manufacturing Techniques, Distribution of the Production). Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Institute of Archaeology (Czech Academy of Sciences), Brno
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Metodi Daskalov and Blanka Kavánová PhD
Contact info: m.m.daskalov@mail.bg; kavanova@iabrno.cz
Duration: 3 years, 2011-2013
The Early Mediaeval Culture (the 7th – 11th Century) in Modern Bulgaria and Slovakia. Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Institute of Archaeology (Slovak Academy of Sciences), Nitra
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Metodi Daskalov and Doc. Peter Šalkovský
Contact info: m.m.daskalov@mail.bg; peter.salkovsky@savba.sk
Duration: 3 years, 2012-2014
Archaeological Cultures on the Territory of Bulgaria and Serbia. Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Board of Archaeology at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art, Belgrade
Project directors: Prof. Dr. Habil. Vassil Nikolov and Acad. Prof. Nikola Tasic
Project coordinators: Snezhana Goryanova and Branka Popovic
Contact info: sgoryanova@gmail.com; branka.popovic@sanu.ac.rs
Duration: 3 years, 2010-2012
The End of Antiquity on the Lower Danube. Bulgarian-British Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham (Nottingham).
Project directors: Assoc. Prof. Ventsislav Dinchev, Prof. Andrew Poulter.
Contact info: ventzislavdintchev@gmail.com; andrew.poulter@nottingham.ac.uk
Duration: 5 years, 2009-2013
Material culture of the earliest Roman military presence along the Lower Danube. Joint Research Project
Research partners: National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia) and Institute of archaeology and ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences
Project directors: Doc. Lyudmil Vagalinski and Prof. Andrzej Buko
Project coordinators: Assoc. Prof. Evgenia Gencheva and Dr. Krzysztof Domzalski
Contact info: gen.pop@abv.bg; domzalkc@hormail.com
Duration: 3 years, 2011-2013
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