Month: February 2010

MA in Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage at Alexandria University

Applications are now being accepted for the Diploma and MA programs in Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage at Alexandria University, Egypt.

The Diploma program lasts for one academic year (September to May) during which students study six courses (2 core courses + 4 elective courses). The MA program lasts for two academic years during which students study nine courses (3 core courses + 6 elective) and produce an MA dissertation.

Tuition fees for international students are 2000 Euros/year. For more information and details on the courses please visit (www.foa.edu.eg/cma)

An initial application form is available to download from the website.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

All the best

Emad Khalil
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Emad Khalil, PhD.
Director
Centre for Maritime Archaeology & Underwater Cultural Heritage
Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University
Hussein Sobhi Street
El-Shatbi 21526
Alexandria, Egypt
Tel: +2 010 520 3650
Fax: +2 03 4810 599
www.foa.edu.eg/cma

University College London’s MA in Maritime Archaeology

Applications are now being accepted for entry on to University College London’s MA in Maritime Archaeology for the academic year 2010-11 and beyond.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/masters/summary/ma-maritime.htm

The MA programme at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology lasts one year, running annually from October to September.

Students are required to take two core courses, choose one other Masters option, and write a dissertation. The core courses comprise:

▪                Global Issues in Maritime Archaeology
▪                Underwater Archaeology: Techniques and Methods

Students also get to follow further options from an outstanding range of Masters course options available.

The Institute of Archaeology’s many attractions include:

•                A unique location: a purpose-built central London location only ten minutes from the British Museum, British Library and a host of other archives and galleries;
•                Outstanding facilities: over 80 faculty offering a genuinely global subject coverage, based in a building housing one of the finest archaeological libraries in the world as well as laboratoryand other research facilities;
•                A ‘bespoke’ experience: small class sizes and flexible options allow students to pursue their own research interests during the MA;
•                A friendly and supportive community: over 250 postgraduate students join us every year from across the world, with a wide array of extra-curricular activities on offer.

UCL is also host to the Thames Discovery Programme, currently undertaking maritime archaeological fieldwork along the River Thames than many Institute students are involved in.

UCL is consistently ranked within the top 10 of global universities and within the top 5 of British universities.

The Institute of Archaeology is one of the largest, oldest, and most respected departments of archaeology anywhere in the world. Previous MA students have gone on to pursue careers in virtually every aspect of archaeology, both maritime and terrestrial.

For more information, please contact:

 Dr. Joe Flatman

j.flatman@ucl.ac.uk

+44 (0)207 679 4666

Information packs will gladly be mailed out; alternatively, you can
download materials from:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate-study/

Opportunities also exist for MPhil/PhD study: please contact us for more information.

Sincerely,

Joe

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Dr Joe Flatman, MIfA, FSA

Lecturer in Archaeology          County Archaeologist
Institute of Archaeology          Surrey County Council
31-34 Gordon Square                130 Goldsworth Road
London                                            Woking
WC1H 0PY                                     GU21 6ND

j.flatman@ucl.ac.uk               joe.flatman@surreycc.gov.uk
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Saint Mary’s College-University of Rhode Island Summer Field School in Maritime Archaeology in Bermuda

Saint Mary’s College-University of Rhode Island Summer Field School in Maritime Archaeology

The Summer Field School in Maritime Archaeology is a joint research expedition conducted in Bermuda by faculty and students of Saint Mary’s College of California and the University of Rhode Island.  The field school is a research-based learning experience that will expose students to a variety of activities including archival research, artifact conservation, remote sensing survey, and underwater documentation of historic shipwrecks.

The field school will be conducted in the three week period from July 19 -Aug 8, 2010. Classroom work related to maritime history and maritime archaeological field methods will comprise week one. Underwater research and
documentation of 16th and 17th century shipwrecks will be conducted in Bermuda during the remaining two weeks. Students will receive 3 units of upper division anthropology credit.

Course enrollment will be limited to 6 students from each institution. There are no academic prerequisites, but all participants in the field school must obtain both scuba and AAUS certification prior to the beginning of the field school and must have their own diving equipment (no tanks or weights required).  While in Bermuda, students will participate in each of three research modules: laboratory training in the museum’s conservation facility, archaeological survey and documentation of historic shipwrecks, and archival research in the Bermuda Archives, located in the nearby city of Hamilton.  In addition, students will attend periodic lectures on such topics as archival research methods, archaeological survey (magnetometer and visual survey), site excavation and mapping, analysis of archaeological
data, conservation of waterlogged artifacts, etc. 

Application Procedures

For applications or additional information, please contact Professor James M. Allan of the Saint Mary’s College Anthropology Department jallan@stmarys-ca.edu or Professor Roderick Mather of the University of Rhode Island History Department roderick@uri.edu, who are the co-directors of the program.