[History_students] Italy Summer 2010 Field School - Historic Preservation & Restoration

[Max Cardillo]

DearColleague,

I would like to inform you about oursummer 2010 field school in Italy, the San Gemini Preservation Studies Program,now in its 11th year, which is dedicated to the preservation of culturalheritage.

This year the program focuses on thestudy of architectural survey and restoration, art restoration andconservation of archaeological ceramics. The field projects involve thesurvey and restoration of medieval churches, archeological excavation in theancient Roman city of Carsulae, and work on local archivalmaterial.

The program is a collaborationbetween scholars from various universities and local preservation groups,fostering a multidisciplinary approach to historic preservation. It is now apart of the International Institute for Restoration and Preservation Studies.All academic activities are held in English.

Application deadline is March 15th.

Coursesoffered:Introductionto Art and Architectural Restoration in ItalySurveyingand Analyzing Historic Buildings NEW -Introduction to Conservation of Archaeological CeramicsNEW -Workshop on Ceramics and Ceramics ConservationFieldtrip toSienna, Florence and Rome

FieldProjects:Survey andRestoration of the 12th Century San Giovanni Battista ChurchcomplexSurvey andRestoration of the Church of SantoGemineArchaeological survey andexcavation of the public baths in Carsulae

To find out more about our programplease visit our website http://www.sangeministudies.org

If you know any students, scholarsor others interested in this type of study, please inform them about ourprogram. We would appreciate it if you could list our program on yourorganization's website as an available educational resource. Also, below is alink to a flyer that you may wish to post on your department notice board orforward to interested parties.
http://sangeministudies.info/SGS-LFT-2010.pdf
(If this link does not open when youclick on it, please copy and paste it into your browser or contact me and I’llemail you a copy.)

Thank you very much.Cordially,

MaxCardillo
Director
San GeminiPreservation Studies
US Tel: (718)768-3508
www.sangeministudies.org
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