UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY

CAMPUS SAVARIA

2nd Eurasian Silk Road Universities Convention

Atatürk University

AMBER ROAD – SILK ROADCULTURE CONNECTIONS

Antonio Donato Sciacovelli, PhD

The Amber Road

• The Amber Road (Kehribar Yolu) was an ancient trade route for the transfer of amber. As one of the waterways and ancient highways, for centuries the road led from Europe to Asia and back, and from northern Africa to the Baltic Sea.

• An important raw material, amber was transported from the North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts overland by way of the Vistula and Dnieper rivers to Italy, Greece, the Black Sea, and Egypt thousands of years ago, and long after.

• In Roman times, a main route ran south from the Baltic coast in Prussia through the land of the Boii (modern Czech Republic and Slovakia) to the head of the Adriatic Sea (modern Gulf of Venice).

The Amber Road

• The Egyptian pharaon Tutankhamon had Baltic amber among his burial goods, and amber was sent from the North Sea to the temple of Apollo at Delphi as an offering. From the Black Sea, trade could continue to Asia along the Silk Road, another ancient trade route.

• The Old Prussian towns of Kaup and Truso on the Baltic were the starting points of the route to the south. In Scandinavia the amber road probably gave rise to the thriving Nordic Bronz Age culture, bringing influences from the Mediterranean Sea to the northernmost countries of Europe.

The Amber Road

Cultural Connections on the Amber Road, Yesterday and Today

• Literary Studies• Foreign Language Studies• European Studies• History • Visual Arts• Religions• Minorities • Economical Integration Studies• Cultural Cooperation

University of West Hungary

University of West Hungary (2000-2007) (2008- )Due to the rationalisation policy of the Hungarian higher education the university was expanded by incorporating the Apáczai Csere János Faculty of Gyõr, the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences of Mosonmagyaróvár and the Benedek Elek Faculty of Pedagogy of Sopron in 2000. On 1st January 2008, it incorporated the Berzsenyi Dániel College of Szombathely. Since the union the University of West Hungary has its headquarters in Sopron, and operates 10 faculties in 5 cities.

Faculties

Faculty of Forestry (EMK)

Faculty of Geoinformatics (GEO)

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (MÉK)

Faculty of Sciences (TTK)

Faculty of Wood Sciences (FMK)

Apáczai Csere János Faculty (AK)

Benedek Elek Faculty of Pedagogy (BPK)

Faculty of Artistic, Pedagogy and Sports Sciences (MNSK)

Faculty of Arts (BTK)

Faculty of Economics (KTK)

The Campus Savaria in the Hungarian HE integration process

• The history of the Savaria Campus started with the establishment of teacher training in Szombathely in 1958, and has covered more than half a century. (The institute regards the teacher training institutes of Pápa and Kõszeg as its legal predecessors.) In 1959 tertiary level training started in Szombathely; in 1974 the Teacher Training College of Szombathely was founded, which took the name of Dániel Berzsenyi in 1984. In 2002 the institute was divided into three faculties. Because of the changes in the training structure, and after the merger of the Berzsenyi Dániel College with the University of West Hungary, the Savaria Campus was established within the university on 1st January, 2008. It comprises the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences and the Faculty of Artistic, Pedagogy and Sports Sciences.

CAMPUS SAVARIA

SZOMBATHELY

CAMPUS SAVARIAPresident: Prof. Dr. K. Gadányi

Central Administration

Faculty ofArts

Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences

Faculty of Artistic,

Pedagogical

and Sports Sciences

Education: tradition and innovation

Mobility

• Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Rep., Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Poland, Lituania, Germany, Norvegia, Italy, Russia, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey

International Activities

• Erasmus-days• AEGEE-days• Students Conferences

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International Scientific Symposia

Cultural meetings

Networks for the cooperation

International Networks (International Network on Sport and Health Sciences, Maribor Group, International Association of Finno-ugric Universities (IAFUU), Danube Rector’s Conference, DRC)

(DRC): Maribor 2005

Embassy-University Relations

Building bridges

Opening to Russian, Turkish and Chinese HE institutes…

…to connect cultures and education systems

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