In-Person Meetings
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Workshop in Rudnik
Report from the Rudnik Workshop From 15–19 of September 2025, participants of the Rudnik Workshop spent five intensive days working together in Serbia. Locations & fieldwork at Rudnik From 15 to the morning of 18, the group was based in…
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EU-PoTaRCh Training School: Environmental History of Resin and Charcoal
The EU-PoTaRCh (COST Action – CA22155) Training School brought us closer to the fascinating history and traditions of resin and charcoal production in Lower Austria. Over three days, participants experienced first-hand the cultural and environmental heritage of these practices, guided…
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PoTaRCh related session at World Economic History Congress
Special session was organised by Jakob Starlander and José-Miguel Lana and was held at the WEHC in Lund on the 30th of June. The session discussed uses and management of forests and the historical importance of major non-timber forest raw…
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Workshop at Šelmbek Castle
Workshop „Presentation of PoTarCh technologies to tourists and general public with a specifal focus on experimental tar making” was organised by the Institute of Ethnology CAS in cooperation with other institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic…
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2nd Training School Environmental History of Resin and Charcoal
Organized by WG4 – Environmental History Working Group (EU-PoTaRCh)Date: 1–5 September 2025Venue: Gutenstein, Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Austria We are pleased to announce the upcoming Environmental History of Resin and Charcoal Training School, taking place from 1 to 5 September 2025 in Gutenstein, Austria.…
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Call for PoTaRCh Workshop on Tar, Resin and Pitch, Selmberk Castle, Czech Republic, June 18-20, 2025
The next PoTaRCh workshop will be held in the living-history area at the Šelmberk Castle near the town of Mlada Vozice (Mladá Vožice), Czech Republic,June 18 – 20, 2025. The workshop will focus on tar, resin and pitch, especially in…
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2nd General Meeting and Conference
We’re pleased to announce the successful completion of the 2nd General Meeting and Conference of the COST Action EU-PoTaRCh, hosted by Poznań University of Life Sciences and the Archaeological Museum in Biskupin, Poland (19–21 March 2025).
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Report – WG1, WG3, WG4 Workshop in Ljubljana, 2025 EU-PoTaRCh
The main aims of the COST Action in general are to increase networking, to support interdisciplinarity, and to include new ideas based on existing scientific and other stakeholder knowledge.
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We are delighted to share the news of the upcoming EU-PoTaRCh Hybrid Workshop!
The workshop will focus on the deliverables of the working groups WG1 – Heritage, WG3 – Archaeology and WG4 – Environmental History.
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Call for PoTaRCh – Workshop WG3, July 2-3, 2024, Brussels
COST Action CA22155 PoTaRChCall for PoTaRCh – WG3 workshop (Brussels, 2-3/07/2024) The next PoTaRCh-WG3 workshop will be held over two days (2 and 3 July) in Brussels (Belgium), with the first day consisting of plenary sessions discussing the preparation of…