Training

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‘Alexandria: (Re)activating Common Urban Imaginaries’ offered a training process that aimed to nurture the historical, societal and artistic knowledge and skills of both heritage and arts professionals. This collective knowledge was generated through a series of 5 workshops specifically addressed at a general audience and professionals such as archaeologists, historians, curators, urbanists, architects, students, artists and scientists.

The themes and set-up of each workshop were developed and communicated over the project’s course. Each address one or more of the exhibition’s themes and was tailored to the organising partner’s area of expertise. The trainings took place in Leiden (Leiden University), Morlanwelz (Musée Royal de Mariemont) in October 2022, Brussels (BOZAR – Centre for Fine Arts),Aarhus (Kunsthal) and Alexandria throughout 2023.

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From Past to Present: Euro-Mediterranean Cultural Insights

Final conference – October 25, 2023 – Organized at BOZAR – Centre for Fine Arts

How can we deal with the complexities of Euro-Mediterranean cultural cooperation in a world marked by geopolitical tensions and post-colonial relationships? What are the contradictions in Mediterranean urban landscapes and the cities that we live in? How can artists and activists take position against the destruction of cultural heritage or, more globally, generate critical reflections and creations through nomadic residency formats across the Mediterranean? […]

Alexandrian Echoes: A dialogue

Symposium – June 8, 2023 – Organized at Institut français d’Egypte à Alexandrie

Symposium organized by Leiden University, Mucem and Marwa Benhalim. The ambition of the project “Alexandria: (re)activating common urban imaginaries” was to ‘think with Alexandria’ in order to create new ideas at the intersection of heritage, cultural innovation and the development of (Mediterranean and European) metropoleis. […]

Introspective reflections on ‘Caravan: Thinking with Alexandria’

Workshop – March 30, 2023 – Organized at Kunsthal Aarhus

The workshop focused on introspective reflections on the project’s showcase ‘Caravan – Thinking with Alexandria’. Led by guest lecturers Marie Koldkær Højlund and Marie Markman, both experienced in arts and research, the workshop explored the intersection of contemporary art, artists, and EU projects […]

Training of professionals: ‘Ancient Alexandria and its cultural heritage’

Workshop – October 28-29, 2022 – Organized at Royal Museum of Mariemont and BOZAR – Centre for Fine Arts

The Royal Museum of Mariemont organised two days of conferences for the general public, presented by international specialists on ancient Alexandria. Friday 28 October at BOZAR was devoted to ancient and recent archaeological research, both on land and underwater, with an overview of the […]

Public symposium: ‘The global cosmopolis. Past, present and future of the city of Alexandria’

Public symposium – January 20-21, 2022 – Organized at Leiden Univeristy – Old Observatory and online

Founded by Alexander the Great, Alexandria developed into the economic and cultural centre of the ancient world during the third century BCE. In the final two centuries BCE, Alexandria truly was a world city, a cosmopolis […]