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Dear friends!

In 2025, the work of the XII International Archaeological Field School will take place in two stages:

Stage I – will be held from August 12 to 25, 2025 on the basis of the Bolgar State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve, Russian Federation.

Stage II – will be held from September 18 to September 28, 2025 on the basis of the International Kazakh-Turkish University named after Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Turkestan, Republic of Kazakhstan under the auspices of the International Institute of Central Asian Studies (IICAS)

As part of the work of the first stage of the School (Bolgar), sections will be organized in the following scientific areas:

  • Restoration of archaeological ceramic and stone products
  • Restoration of archaeological items made of non-ferrous and ferrous metals
  • Restoration of archaeological items from organic products (birch bark and bone)
  • Field conservation, restoration and reconstruction of paleoanthropological material

As part of the work of the second stage of the School (Turkestan), sections will be organized in the following scientific areas:

  •  Documentation of UNESCO archaeological sites

  • The basic principles of the methodology of experimental and tracological study of ancient tools

The final stage of the School’s work will be the International Youth Scientific and Practical Conference “Interdisciplinary Research in Archaeology: achievements and Challenges” –  in Bolgar – August 24, 2025, in Termez – September 27, 2025.

The project aims to consolidate Russian and foreign scientific and educational resources. Among other goals is a practical application of the latest scientific developments into investigation and preservation of the Eurasian cultural heritage.The School will held nearby the territory of the Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex (that was declared as the World Heritage Site in 2014).

The School is co-organized by  Khalikov Institute for Archeology of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Bolgar State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve and Kazan Federal University. With the support of the International Institute of Central Asian Studies.

Along with the scientific and practical work within the sections of the areas, the school program will involve a general course of lectures on the theory and methodology of preserving and studying the historical and cultural heritage and modern technologies of field research.

The final stage of the School will the International Youth Scientific and Practical Conference “Interdisciplinary research in archeology: achievements and challenges”. This year, participation in the Conference of the School is a prerequisite for selection.

At the end of the conference, the seventh edition of the Source Book of the final conference of the International Archaeology School prepares for release.

BIAFS is open to both undergraduate and postgraduate students, regardless of nationality. Recent graduates up to the age of 45 are also welcome.

Languages of BIAFS: Russian and English.

We will glad to see all the participants!

Applications are submitted online till June 30, 2025.

This year, the Bulgarian International Archaeological School will be held with the support of the History of the Fatherland Foundation within the framework of the “Archaeological Research of the Bolgar Site project with the XII Bolgar International Archaeological School”

 

Sincerely, Organizing Committee.