1st Cracow Maya Conference, 25-27 February 2011

Archaeology and Epigraphy of the Eastern
Central Maya Lowlands


Special thanks

We would like to express our gratitude to all of those who devoted their energy, work and time to make the 1st Cracow Maya Conference such a succesfull event.

We would especially like to thank our tutors and speakers:
Sven Gronemeyer
Christophe Helmke
Harri Kettunen
Guido Krempel
and Sebastian Matteo
for incredible work that they had put in preparing their speaches and workshops.

To all our friends that helped us, especially to:
Marcin Bartoszek
Piotr Kołodziejczyk
Jan Niedośpiał
Joanna Religa
Mateusz Rosół
Ivan Savchenko
and Magdalena Skowrońska

To all our sponsors that made this event possible and to all participants for taking part in the conference and being an inspiration to continue our work.

Thank you!

 Monika Banach, Beata Golińska, Katarzyna Radnicka, Magdalena Rusek and Jarosław Źrałka





Plan of the conference and workshop  >>>
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The Institute of Archaeology of the Jagiellonian University is pleased to announce the First Cracow Maya Conference which will take place in Cracow, Poland on February 25-27, 2011. The main subject of the conference is: Archaeology and Epigraphy of the Eastern Central Maya Lowlands. Several papers devoted to the archaeology, epigraphy and iconography of the eastern Maya sites will be presented, including lectures on some recent and unpublished research data from several different projects. Among the speakers at the event there will be:



Sven Gronemeyer (La Trobe Univeristy, Melbourne)
Christophe Helmke (University of Copenhagen)
Harri Kettunen (University of Helsinki)
Guido Krempel (University of Bonn) & Sebastian Matteo (SAB, Brussels)
Katarzyna Radnicka (Institute of Archaeology JU)
Jarosław Źrałka & Wiesław Koszkul (Institute of Archaeology JU)





The conference will be followed by a two-day long Maya hieroglyphic workshop (February 26-27) at the beginners and intermediate levels.
- beginners level: is open to all participants with no prior or little knowledge of Maya writing. This workshop does not have a thematic focus but concentrates exclusively on teaching “newcomers”, in a structured and didactic way, how to read Classic Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions
- intermediate level: improving skills and deciphering various Maya inscriptions for the participants that have a basic knowledge of the Maya hieroglyphic writing


Workshops will be taught by experienced tutors: Christophe Helmke (University of Copenhagen), Harri Kettunen (University of Helsinki), Guido Krempel (University of Bonn), Sven Gronemeyer (La Trobe Univeristy, Melbourne) and Sebastian Matteo (SAB, Brussels) .

Workshops will be taught in English.

Fee: 50 zł (Polish participants), 20 € (foreign participants)

Venue:
Institute of Archaeology
Jagiellonian University
Gołębia 11 Street
Cracow
Poland

Applications: 1 November - 30 January
on the following address: maya.epigraphy@gmail.com

Contact:

Magdalena Rusek
tel. +48 784 075 038
magdalena.rusek@gmail.com

Monika Banach
tel. +48 504 547 058
mj.banach@gmail.com



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