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4th International Conference, 26-27 November 2025
The 4th International Conference: Studies in Art History and Archaeology of the Adriatic from Antiquity to the Middle Ages: Heritage and Communications was organized as a planned activity within the project Material, Interpretation, Communication, Memory: Early Medieval Stone Monuments of the Northern Adriatic – MIKOM. The conference was held at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Rijeka on the 26 November and at Grobnik Castle one the 27 November 2025, with the support of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka, the Čakavian Assembly of Grobnik Region and the Municipality of Čavle.
The working sessions assembled 24 speakers from Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Serbia, Spain, and Croatia, who shared the results of their research. Their contributions highlighted various aspects of communication within the context of cultural heritage from Antiquity to the Late Middle Ages, mostly focused on the north Adriatic region, being one of the important topics in the project.
In the final part of the conference, Dr Dolores Oštrić from the Conservation Department in Rijeka presented on site the results of recent research, conservation interventions, and the challenges in the presentation of Grobnik Castle. Ivo Bogović of the Čakavian Assembly of Grobnik Region introduced the activities organized within the Grobnik Castle complex, as well as the ways in which the site communicates with the local community and other visitors.
Welcome
Welcome to the web pages of the research project Material, Interpretation, Communication, Memory: Early Medieval Stone Sculpture of the Northern Adriatic – MICOM, launched on 1 October 2025 as a part of the research program funded by the European Union (NextGenerationEU). The project will be managed and administrated at the Department of Art History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, under the leadership of Prof Marina Vicelja-Matijašić until 1 October 2029. The project team consists of 10 experts from seven academic and research institutions, who will explore and study early medieval stone sculpture of the northern Adriatic in an interdisciplinary approach.
More about the project read on the “About the project” link on this page.
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