THRACING THE PAST

From Bronze Communities

to Iron Kingdoms

Dear Madam / Sir,

We have sent a series of information regarding the organisation of the 14th

International Congress of Thracology in the first circular letter. The Congress will be held in
Deva, from the 6th to the 10th of May 2020, under the general heading:

THRACing the Past: From Bronze Communities to Iron Kingdoms

In this second circular letter, we wish to add some specifications concerning the
development of the event.

By the time you receive the present circular, you may sign up by filling in the
registration form available online on the Congress’s website at https://thracology2020.com/.
The form may be found under the Registration tab and may be completed until the 30 th of
November 2019, the deadline for registration. Please fill in this form the abstract of the paper
that you wish to communicate (presentation or poster), with its exact title, name / names of
the author / authors and a concise text. The content of the abstract should not exceed 500
words and must be in accordance with the title and the proposed topic. The abstract will be
written in the language in which the paper will be presented (or exposed) at the Congress
(English, French, German) and will be drafted in the Microsoft Office Word format (.doc or
.docx). In accordance with the Congress’s title, the themes that may be approached are: the
Thracians and their history, art, culture, language, religion, but also subjects related to
numismatics, epigraphy, and interdisciplinary studies, all of these integrated in the
chronological span of the Bronze Age and Late Antiquity.

You will find inside the registration form the option to apply for a grant, which is
addressed specifically to young, retired and non-EU researchers. The grant consists in free
accommodation and meals during the entire period of the Congress. Information regarding the
documentary field trip set for the last day of the Congress (10th of May) is comprised in the
registration form, as well. We are also offering the possibility for the participants to be
accompanied by another person. The respective partners should fill in an identical registration
form, ticking their dedicated box and providing the requested data, excepting the ones
concerning the scientific activity. Please send us this information in order to help us
organising the upcoming event in the best possible way!

After receiving the registration form, the organisers will decide on accepting or
rejecting your paper. In this respect, you will receive a written answer as soon as possible.
Therewith, the researchers who applied for a grant will be notified on the result of their
request. The programme of the Congress will be completed in the next stage following the
registration period.

We remind you the fact that attending the Congress implies the payment of a fee. This
fee can be paid starting with the 15th of July 2019, as soon as you receive the confirmation of
acceptance. The amount of the fee is 50 euro if paid until the 15th of January 2020 and 75 euro
if paid after, but no later than the 15th of March 2020. Exceptionally, the payment of the fee is
accepted until the beginning of the Congress (6th of May 2020), under the condition of
confirming the participation by e-mail. In this case, the amount of the fee will be 100 euro.
The young researchers who would not have turned 35 years old until the beginning date of the
Congress will be charged with reduced fee of 30 euro if paid until the 15th of January 2020
and 45 euro if paid until the 15th of March 2020. The payment account is
RO63BRDE220SV93562352200, opened at BRD - Groupe Société Générale.

Information on how to travel to Deva and the accommodation possibilities will be sent
in the next circular letter.

Please share this second circular letter to everyone you know who might be interested
in attending the 14th International Congress of Thracology. You will find all the information
on the Congress on the website https://thracology2020.com/. For any questions and further
data, feel free to contact us at thracology2020deva@gmail.com.

Honour Committee

Mr. Mircea Flaviu Bobora, president; President of Hunedoara County Council / Mr. Sorin
Adrian Vasilescu, Vicepresident of Hunedoara County Council;
Mrs. Liliana Țolaș, vice president; manager of Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation
from Deva;
Mr. Prof. Dr. Eugen Nicolae, vice president; manager of Romanian Academy’s ‘Vasile
Pârvan’ Institute of Archaeology from Bucharest.

Organizing Committee

Prof. dr. Cristian Schuster, president; director of the Thracology Centre of Romanian
Academy’s ‘Vasile Pârvan’ Institute of Archaeology, Bucharest;
Dr. Cătălin Rișcuța, vice president; Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation, Deva;
Prof. dr. Valeriu Sîrbu, general secretary; International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric
Sciences; Romanian Academy’s ‘Vasile Pârvan’ Institute of Archaeology, Bucharest.

Secretariat

Ardeu Adriana, director, Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation, Deva;

Dr. Bodó Cristina, senior researcher, Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation, Deva;
Dr. Ferencz Iosif Vasile, senior researcher, Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation, Deva;
Dr. Cristescu Cătălin, scientific researcher, Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation, Deva;
Dr. Marc Antoniu Tudor, archaeologist, Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation, Deva.