On 22.11.2019 at 07:00 pm, HAEMUS in partnership with Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst – Macedonia Program organized an event entitled “Let’s Invest in Futurism: The cultural landscapes of one post-socialist city” at Kino Kultura in Skopje. After the catastrophic earthquake from 1963, Skopje was envisioned and afterward built as an example of a modern, futuristic, socialist – utopian, Yugoslavian city. The remains of this vision and this Skopje are still visible in the material and intangible culture of the city. In many of the post-socialist countries, there are debates about the architecture and the symbolism of this cultural
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Movie-like landscape. On a hill at the end of the village of Kurbinovo, overlooking the Prespa Lake, is the small single-nave church of St. George. The portrait of the donor is badly damaged, and there is no other written information about the founder of the temple except for the inscription on the altar that the frescos were painted in April 1191, and probably the church was built a year earlier. The church of “St. George” in the village of Kurbinovo is of great cultural, historical and artistic importance not only to North Macedonia, but also
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Contractor: Municipality of Center Scientific study: HAEMUS Recently, HAEMUS finished a very extensive “Study about the intangible cultural heritage of Debar Maalo – a case study for defining the Bohemian quarter as cultural attractions based on cultural – historical and anthropological context in the last century, with emphasis on the first half of the 20th century”. The study was commisioned by the Municipality of Centar, aiming to promote the Bohemian quarter located in the Debar Maalo neighborhood, in the very heart of Skopje. The purpose of this project is to create and shape a
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This year we’ve joined to the “Day of archaeology” 2016 with an article about the archaeology of the WW1 in the Republic of Macedonia. The “Day of archaeology” is a project which aims to provide a window into the daily lives of archaeologists from all over the world. The project is run by a team of volunteers who are all professional archaeologists, and taking part in the project is completely free. The whole Day of Archaeology relies on goodwill and a passion for public engagement! * * * From Monumental War to the Monuments
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Cultural heritage of the First World War in Macedonia so far has been completely unknown for both, the public and experts, within and outside Macedonia. In an attempt to discover a little piece of the modern history, HAEMUS as a center for scientific research and promotion of culture in November 2015 organized for the very first time a big international conference on topic “First World War in the collective memory – Exchange of experiences in the Balkans“. The conference was attended by experts from France, Macedonia, Greece, Romania and other countries who presented their scientific and
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ALDA International Summer School First World War on the Macedonian Front: Remembrance through the cultural heritage For this Summer school we propose a multidisciplinary approach on the subject of the First World War on the Macedonian front. The speakers on the Summer school will be various international experts and researchers who will contribute with different perspectives on this complex conflict. We offer a unique interdisciplinary, interactive experience with on the field visits of the remains of the Macedonian Front in the Republic of Macedonia. This summer school is a result of several years’ work in
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