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Transnational Heritage Workshop (THW)
Chair: Omri Paz
Chair: Omri Paz
Levinsky-Wingate Academic College will host the “Transnational Heritage Workshop: Bridging Cultures Through Regional Cooperation” in Tel Aviv, May 26–29, 2025.
This hybrid event brings together scholars and professionals from Georgia, Bulgaria, Israel, and beyond to explore technological and educational approaches to preserving cultural and religious heritage. Sponsored by Israel’s Ministry of Regional Cooperation, the workshop promotes cross-border collaboration, innovation in heritage conservation, and policy development.
This hybrid event brings together scholars and professionals from Georgia, Bulgaria, Israel, and beyond to explore technological and educational approaches to preserving cultural and religious heritage. Sponsored by Israel’s Ministry of Regional Cooperation, the workshop promotes cross-border collaboration, innovation in heritage conservation, and policy development.
27.5.25, Wingate Campus
09:30-10:30
Registration, Lobby
10:00 - 10:15
Religious Groups, Conference Room
A Polyphonic City: Georgian-Jewish Cultural Dialogue Through the Centuries, Tatia Gvinieria, Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts, Georgia
Ottoman Censuses, Jewish Family Networks and Heritage, and Public History, Omri Paz, Levinsky-Wingate Academic College, Israel
Transnational Online Platform for Cultural Contacts: Georgia, Israel, Bulgaria, Nikoloz Vacheishvili, Ilia State University, Georgia
Teaching Religious Cultural Heritage through Virtual Reality: Best Practices from Bulgaria, Georgeta Nazarska, University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Bulgaria
11:45 - 12:15
Coffee Break, Room 309
12:15 - 13:45
Plenary Session, Danai Hall
Greeting, Ronnie Lidor, President of Levinsky-Wingate Academic College
Commoning Education: A Cultural, Pedagogical and Policy Shift Towards a Regeneration of Education,
Uri Kandel, Beit HaYa'ar, Merom HaGalil
13:45 - 14:00
Active Break
14:00 - 14:45
Lunch, Room 264
14:45 - 15:45
Digital Humanities Heritage (Zoom Session)
Virtual Museum Concept: Exhibition, Research, and Education in Multicultural Heritage Studies,
Mikheil Elashvili, Ilia State University, Georgia
Early Printed Cyrillic books at the Library of the Rila monastery: Practices of Preservation of Religious Heritage at ULSIT, Polly Mukanova, University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Bulgaria
Digitization of the Bulgarian Archival Heritage – Opportunities and Good Practices in Student Education, Tina Petrova, University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Bulgaria
15:45 - 17:00
Archeology, Conference Room
Islamic Archaeology in Israel: Challenges and Fate of Multi-Cultural Heritage Sites, Katia Cytryn, The Hebrew University, Israel
Unearthing Common Ground: Archaeological Imagination in Heritage Education, Ido Gideon, The Levinsky-Wingate Academic College, Israel
Maritime Cultural Heritage in Israel: Between Preservation and Public Engagement, Maayan Cohen, Haifa University, Israel
17:00
Jaffa Tour
Registration, Lobby
10:00 - 10:15
Religious Groups, Conference Room
A Polyphonic City: Georgian-Jewish Cultural Dialogue Through the Centuries, Tatia Gvinieria, Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts, Georgia
Ottoman Censuses, Jewish Family Networks and Heritage, and Public History, Omri Paz, Levinsky-Wingate Academic College, Israel
Transnational Online Platform for Cultural Contacts: Georgia, Israel, Bulgaria, Nikoloz Vacheishvili, Ilia State University, Georgia
Teaching Religious Cultural Heritage through Virtual Reality: Best Practices from Bulgaria, Georgeta Nazarska, University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Bulgaria
11:45 - 12:15
Coffee Break, Room 309
12:15 - 13:45
Plenary Session, Danai Hall
Greeting, Ronnie Lidor, President of Levinsky-Wingate Academic College
Commoning Education: A Cultural, Pedagogical and Policy Shift Towards a Regeneration of Education,
Uri Kandel, Beit HaYa'ar, Merom HaGalil
13:45 - 14:00
Active Break
14:00 - 14:45
Lunch, Room 264
14:45 - 15:45
Digital Humanities Heritage (Zoom Session)
Virtual Museum Concept: Exhibition, Research, and Education in Multicultural Heritage Studies,
Mikheil Elashvili, Ilia State University, Georgia
Early Printed Cyrillic books at the Library of the Rila monastery: Practices of Preservation of Religious Heritage at ULSIT, Polly Mukanova, University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Bulgaria
Digitization of the Bulgarian Archival Heritage – Opportunities and Good Practices in Student Education, Tina Petrova, University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Bulgaria
15:45 - 17:00
Archeology, Conference Room
Islamic Archaeology in Israel: Challenges and Fate of Multi-Cultural Heritage Sites, Katia Cytryn, The Hebrew University, Israel
Unearthing Common Ground: Archaeological Imagination in Heritage Education, Ido Gideon, The Levinsky-Wingate Academic College, Israel
Maritime Cultural Heritage in Israel: Between Preservation and Public Engagement, Maayan Cohen, Haifa University, Israel
17:00
Jaffa Tour
28.5.25, Levinsky Campus
8:30-9:00
Reception, Hallway (Adjacent to Room 437)
9:00 - 10:30
Exhibitions, Room 434
Institutional Heritage Exhibition: Lessons from a Low-Tech Design Approach, Einav Argaman, Levinsky-Wingate Academic College, Israel
Technologies Application in the Research and Teaching of Cultural Heritage at the ULSIT, Nina Debruyne, University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Bulgaria
Churches’ Storytelling, Eugenia Petrova Kovatcheva, University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Bulgaria
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break, Hallway (Adjacent to Room 437)
11:00 - 12:00
Reflection and Future Collaboration, Room 434
12:00 - 12:45
Tour of the Pedagogical Technology Generator Center, Room 434
12:45 - 13:30
Lunch, Cafeteria
13:30
Jerusalem Tour
Reception, Hallway (Adjacent to Room 437)
9:00 - 10:30
Exhibitions, Room 434
Institutional Heritage Exhibition: Lessons from a Low-Tech Design Approach, Einav Argaman, Levinsky-Wingate Academic College, Israel
Technologies Application in the Research and Teaching of Cultural Heritage at the ULSIT, Nina Debruyne, University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Bulgaria
Churches’ Storytelling, Eugenia Petrova Kovatcheva, University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Bulgaria
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break, Hallway (Adjacent to Room 437)
11:00 - 12:00
Reflection and Future Collaboration, Room 434
12:00 - 12:45
Tour of the Pedagogical Technology Generator Center, Room 434
12:45 - 13:30
Lunch, Cafeteria
13:30
Jerusalem Tour
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