The Blog Express Newsletter
Season 2: Volume 3
An Update to Our BlogAbroad.com Bloggers
Jon
Nessie
Amy
Kez
Dear Readers,
We apologize for the delay in sending you this BlogAbroad.com Express, but we've been so busy following the lives of our amazing bloggers. Even though you haven't heard from us in a while, we remain determined to bring you fascinating insights about our bloggers, blogging in general, and study abroad. Please let us know if there is anything you would like us to cover in an upcoming issue. Also, if you would like to write an article, please send an e-mail to kim@blogabroad.com.
Thank you and enjoy the ride.
Sincerely
~The BlogAbroad.com Team (John, Matt, & Kim)
The University of New Orleans Study Abroad Programs Are Open for Enrollments. Apply Now.
By Irene B. Ziegler, Ph.D.
Katrina will not keep us or you from going abroad next summer! More than 30 years of experience in international programming and our good contacts with established partner universities abroad allow us to offer all of our fully accredited academic programs in 2006. Thus, you can earn six to nine fully transferable university credits in any of these exciting locations next summer:
- Madrid, Spain
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Montpellier, France
- Rome, Regello, or Merano, Italy
- Greece and the Greek Islands
- Innsbruck, Austria
- San Ramon, Costa Rica
For more information and links to the specific programs, please visit our web site at www.unostudyabroad.com.
Above transferable credits help to make friends to the USA
By Dr.Alfonz Lengyel
In 1990, the Fudan Museum Foundation in collaboration with Xi'an Jiaotong University, and the Archaeological Research institute of Shaanxi Province, established the Sino-American Field School of Archaeology (SAFSA). Since c. 1906 China was closed for foreign archaeologist, SAFSA was the first foreign group which had a permit to excavate in Xi'an together with Chinese archaeologists. Presently more foreign groups are excavating under Chinese supervision.
The basic principle of the school is not only the summer archaeological practice, but also a good will gesture toward the Chinese people. Through archaeological fieldwork, we want to build up a mutual respect and pave the road of further peaceful and prosperous collaboration.
There are a great number of foreign specialists on Chinese art but until 1990 none of them excavated in China. Through the field school of SAFSA, the participants could establish under the umbrella of SAFSA future contacts with leading Chinese archaeological experts. In China every program should be attached to a "unit". SAFSA within Xi'an Jiaotong University is a unit. The mission of SAFSA is to exchange methodology and to teach the future generation of American or foreign archaeologists who want to specialized or just gain an exposure in Chinese archaeology.
The program of SAFSA is an archaeological practicum, and not a spectacular campaign. In China, because its rapid building programs, except some monumental excavations, the concentration is on salvage archaeology. SAFSA helped to unearth a late prehistoric village from the matrimonial Yangshao culture. During other campaign SAFSA unearthed great many built tombs from the Qin and Han Period. One tomb was accidentally discovered in the perimeter of Xi'an Jiaotong University, which dates back c.50 BC. On its barrel vault, it was painted the first Chinese Sky-map which up to now was discovered.
From the Eastern Han period (c.50 AD), in a tomb of an officer we discovered a child's secondary burial. The child died earlier and re buried with the father. SAFSA helped also to unearth one of the Treasuries of the First Emperor of China ( r.221-210 BC.). It was already robbed and burned in antiquity.
Furthermore SAFSA helped to unearth the Mausoleum of Han Emperor Jing Di, and that of Li Xian, the grandson of the only Chinese woman Emperor Wu Zetian, and the Han Dyn. city of Yang LingYi. In addition to field archaeological methodology, the participants are studying the site conservation and preliminary restoration, in the laboratory, which was given by the Germans. SAFSA trying to persuade the US Government, US companies working in China, and individuals to donate an earth resistively station to the Shaanxi archaeology Institute in Xi'an.
For further information write to:
Dr.Alfonz Lengyel
Professor and American Director of SAFSA
FUDAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION
Sino-American Field School of Archaeology (SAFSA)
4206 - 73rd Terrace East, Sarasota, Fl 34243
T.& F: 941-351-8208--- E-mail: fmfsafsa@Juno.Com
And once again, this train isn't called Express for nothing. It continues moving whether you hop on board or not. So make sure you get in before the doors close. Uh oh, I think I hear the whistle. All aboard!
This is the third of Season 2's many action packed newsletters detailing the adventures of Jon, Nessie, Amy, and Keri. We will continue to follow them as they explore the world. We will also continue providing useful information about studying abroad and blogging, as we feature different programs, provide answers to your questions, and more. Tell us what you would like to see in this newsletter.
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