As part of the “Working Package 1. Methodological Debate” the team of “Measuring Ancient Thrace” project organized a seminar on terms, used in the Thracian studies. Its purpose is to initiate the discussion on the standardization of used terms and concepts in the study of Thracian (and not only) antiquity. On the one hand, some terms that have been widely used are not always appropriate. On the other hand, the adoption of many new terms from foreign literature, especially with the widespread introduction of digital technologies, necessitates the launch of such a discussion. Lecturers in the meetings are team members and young scholars with a personal invitation. The moderator of the discussions is Prof. Dr. Dr.Sc. Dilyana Boteva.
Discussed topics:
| Date | Topic | Lecturer |
| 19.5.2021 | 1. Authentication of ancient coins: Problems of the terminology in their description | Prof. Dr.Dr.Sc. Ilya Prokopov |
| 18.11.2021 | 2. In search of alternative terms: “Pre-Roman Thrace”(?); „Vowed reliefs/monuments”(?) | Prof. Dr.Dr.Sc. Dilyana Boteva |
| 08.02.2022 | 3. “Theory” and “methodology” in historical disciplines: manners of usage | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Julia Tzvetkova |
| 24.03.2022 | 4. Royal authority, ruler and ideology | Zozan Tarhan, PhD Metodiy Rozhdestvenskiy, PhD |
Тopic 4: Royal authority, ruler and ideology
Date: 24.03.2022, Thursday
Lecturers:
Zozan Tarhan, PhD, Researcher (R2), Faculty of History, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”: (Royal) Authority in the Neo-Assyrian Empire and Neighbouring Lands. Reality and Ideological Motifs
Metodiy Rozhdestvenskiy, PhD, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: The Mycenaean Wanax in Anthropological Perspective
Тopic 5: Classical and alternative methods for analysis and visual representation in Numismatics
Date: 7.04.2022, Thursday
Lecturer: Hristina Ivanova-Anaplioti, PhD, Institut for Archaeology, Department for Classical Archaeology, Zürich University