LAST CHANCE TO APPLY FOR THE FANTASTIC JUNE 2015 SUMMER SCHOOL IN POMPEII & HERCULANEUM !!

VESUVIAN ARCHAEOLOGY STUDY PROGRAMME 2015

Discover the ancient Romans in the shadow of 

Vesuvius

The Herculaneum Society is pleased to announce two outstanding summer schools at Herculaneum for university students and adult learners. The schools will be operated by Dr Christian Biggi, Director of BIG Heritage Consultancy, with the assistance of by Dr Joanne Berry, author of The Complete Pompeii. You will be taught by a team with many years' experience in operating schools, and who have been closely involved in major initiatives in Vesuvian archaeology. You will stay in a luxurious 4* hotel in Ercolano, with easy access to the Herculaneum excavations. Appearances by guest specialists in archaeology and  history add an extra dimension. On this year's courses, provisional guests include Dr Dirk Obbink of Oxford University, world-renowned papyrologist and trustee of the Herculaneum Society, and Professor Christopher Smith, Director of the British School at Rome. 

The Society can offer up to four scholarships of £500 (€650) each to deserving students currently registered on an undergraduate or postgraduate programme. In addition, there are two free places on each course (numbers permitting) for accompanying staff to help with oversight of students. Please enquire with the Society if you are interested in taking this task on (herculaneum@classics.ox.ac.uk).

For full details of programme and registration procedures, please click here. You can register as an individual, or a group. In the latter case, please contact the Society as soon as possible (herculaneum@classics.ox.ac.uk) . 

Angels for Travellers

Are you planning to visit the Vesuvian sites or other stunning localities in Southern Italy in the near future? Well we have just the perfect website for you then! Thanks to an MoU between the Association Angeli per Viaggiatori, 10 associations including the Associazione Herculaneum, the University of Naples Federico II and thanks, also to a little funding from Fondazione con il Sud we have launched an initiative called 'Benvenuti al Sud' ("Welcome to the South"). The primary objective is to create a web-based social network that supports a sustainable form of tourism in southern Italy. Basically when you travel to a new city it is fun to be guided by local people or to receive suggestions from locals on special places to visit, where to eat and what events are on. It's all about discovering new places that are off the beaten track, making new friends and getting a welcoming that no organized tourism can match! Angels for Travellers is a community of people (Angels) who are willing to help other people (Travellers) planning to visit their hometown. This service is totally free of charge. All a potential visitor needs to do is register on the website www.angelsfortravellers.com and ask an Angel for help in planning his/her next trip.