MA and PhD Students, invited to apply to the short CIVIS course “The Heritage of Money and Coinage: Multiple Approaches to Ancient Coins and Economies”

CIVIS announces the opening of the registration for the CIVIS course “The Heritage of Money and Coinage: Multiple Approaches to Ancient Coins and Economies”. It will take place in a blended format between 21 March and 22 April 2022.

This blended mobility course is organised in two parts: a series of online lectures and seminars and a face-to-face part (from three to five days) in Rome.

This course invites students to explore the heritage, legacy and impact of pre-modern coinage and means of exchange on today’s society.

Main topics addressed

• Money and coinage – a scholarly topic of highest relevance for society and perfectly suited to be studied interdisciplinary, applying diachronic and intercultural perspectives.
• The heritage and deep impact of pre-modern coinage and means of exchange on most areas of today’s society (economy, social life, literature, museums, private collecting, and more)
• Coin’s legacy and role within heritage management and of the roles for physical means of payment that we see changing at present.
• A brief overview of monetary history, presentation of some central materials, and of central methods applied within the field.
• The cultural-historical and physical contexts of coins, including archaeological retrievement (this includes an on-site seminar at excavations in Rome)
• Practical handling of pre-modern coins (including hands-on exercises in museum collections).

This mobility course is open to Master and PhD students at the nine CIVIS member universities enrolled in the following fields of studies: Archaeology, Classical Studies, History, Economic History, Art history, Numismatics, or related. A B1 level of English is required.

Applicants should send their application, including a CV with contact details (max 500 words/2 pp) and a motivation letter (max 500 words) by 21 December 2021 to nanouschka.burstrom@ark.su.se. Selected students will be notified on approximately 10 January 2022.

The evaluation criteria are the following:

• hands-on exercises,
• participation in discussions online and onsite,
• a written individual project submission (3–5 pages).

More details about the intensive CIVIS Course “The Heritage of Money and Coinage: Multiple Approaches to Ancient Coins and Economies” are available on the CIVIS webpage here.

CIVIS is a European Civic University formed by the alliance of nine leading research higher education institutions across Europe: Aix-Marseille Université, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Universitatea din București, Université libre de Bruxelles, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Sapienza Università di Roma, Stockholm University, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and University of Glasgow. It brings together a community of more than 450,000 students and 65,000 staff members including 30,000 academics and researchers. Recently, CIVIS was joined by Paris Lodron University of Salzburg.