NAS Conservation Course Both an online and in person conservation course was run by the Nautical Archaeology Society in September and October 2022. The Foundation supported five students to attend the online course, and one to attend the practical session. The course focussed on the conservation oof waterlogged material. The online session included a pre-recorded …
Rawda Abdelhady – Training Bursary – Underwater Conservation, Italy- September-December 2022 I participated in a self-designed three-month training program, divided between practical and theoretical work between Rome, Naples and Calabria in Italy. In Naples, the training took place in Baia and Gaiola to study the deterioration factors that the region is exposed to, whether natural or …
Under the Mediterranean II, Malta The Foundation awarded twelve bursaries for scholars and researchers from the eastern Mediterranean to attend the Under the Mediterranean conference, the majority were also presenting their work either through a paper or a poster presentation. This was the second Under the Mediterranean conference and took place from the 2nd – …
HFF PhD Scholar Maria Michael graduates from the University of Southampton Congratulations Maria on your graduation! Maria started her PhD with a scholarship from the Foundation in January 2018 at the University of Southampton, under the supervision of Dr. Julian Whitewright, Dr. Anna Collar, and Dr. Jaco Weinstock. Her PhD thesis entitled “To fish or …
Filip Hajek – 2020 – University of Cyprus MA Scholar The Programme Field Archaeology on Land and under the Sea is the great opportunity to discover aspects of coastal and maritime archaeology in both theoretical and practical ways. Each course enabled me to get a background and basic knowledge for various topics, which subsequently facilitated …
Christelle Kabboul – 2022 – Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle I have completed my undergraduate studies in Translation in 2015 then in Arts and Archaeology in 2018 at the Lebanese University. As my interest in environmental archaeology in general and in archaeobotany in particular grew, I applied to the MSc in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution – …
Pat Tanner – 2022-2024 – Swansea University Post Doc Dr Pat Tanner has been building, repairing and sailing boats for over 25 years, and is currently working as a consultant maritime archaeologist specialising in the reconstruction of shipwrecks. He is a pioneer of 3D scanning full size boats in the field, and developed the laser …
HFF MA Scholar Elissa Nader graduates from the University of Southampton Congratulations to Elissa who has graduated from her Master’s at the University of Southampton! I have recently graduated from my MA at the University of Southampton, supported by the HFF. Over the last year, I have developed many skills that took my academic journey …
Mohammad Ali Itani – 2022-2023 – AUB Scholar I am currently pursuing a BA in Arts and Archaeology at the Lebanese University. Coming from a scientific background, as I hold a BSc in Physics from Beirut Arab University, I am going through my archaeology studies with an advertency to the applied sciences’ approach towards the …
Jean Chaccour – 2022-2023 – AUB Scholar I completed both my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Interior Architecture at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture (LU). I am currently studying for a Bachelor’s degree in Arts and Archaeology at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences (LU). The minor in Marine Sciences and Culture …
