Aleksandra Nikoloska

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name:                                                             Aleksandra Nikoloska

Date and place of birth:                     4. April 1977, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Address:                                             Naroden Front 5/I-11 1000 Skopje, Republic of

Macedonia

Nationality:                                        Macedonian

Telephone:                                          +389(0)71572542

E-mail:                                               nikoloska­_aleksandra@yahoo.com

EDUCATION

2002 – 2007                              UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB, Croatia,

D. Phil. in Archaeology

Thesis title: Aspects of the Cult of Cybele and Attis on the

Material from the Republic of Croatia

1996 – 2001                             Ss. CYRIL AND METODIUS UNIVERSITY – Skopje,

Republic of Macedonia,

-B. A. in Art History and Archaeology

1994 – 1995                             BRICK TOWNSHIP MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL,

New Jersey, U.S.A.

– high school senior year

SCHOLARSHIPS

2002, 2006                              MINISTRY OF CULTURE, Skopje, Macedonia,

WORKING EXPERIENCE

1996 – 1999                            MACEDONIAN HERITAGE, magazine for History, Art

History, Archaeology and Ethnology. Skopje, Macedonia.

2001                                        ART GALERY «OLIVER», Skopje, R. of Macedonia,

-galerist and professional associate

2005 –                                     ART REPUBLICA, magazine for Culture and Art. Skopje,

Macedonia

-correspondent

2007 – 2009                             ESRA, European Film Academy, Skopje, Macedonia

-lecturer in Art history and Iconology

2008 – 2009                            “EURO – BALKAN” Institute, Skopje

-Director of the Visual and Cultural Research Centre;

2009-                                      Assistant profesor at “EURO – BALKAN” Institute, Skopje,

postgraduate program

2009-                                      Assistant profesor at the Ss. CYRIL AND METODIUS UNIVERSITY – Skopje

EXCAVATIONS

June – July 1996                      Classical site of Vardarski Rid, Gevgelija, Macedonia

September 1996                       Survey of Gjupsko kale, Slepče, Macedonia

September 1997                       Survey of Hisar, Štip, Macedonia

October – November 1998       Late antique site of Davina kula, Čučer, Macedonia

September 2000                       Early medieval site Nova Tabla, Murska Sobota, Slovenia

2001                                              LATE ANTIQUE FORTRESSES IN EASTERN

MACEDONIA

-science research project

May 2006                                 Bronze Age site of Kaptol, Požega, Croatia

March 2007                              Survey of the Zagreb – Sisak highway, Croatia

September 2007,

September 2008                       Survey of Korça Basin and Devoll Valey, Albania

July – August 2008                  PAVA Project, LAP&T (Landscape Archaeology & Remote

Sensing), University of Siena, Italy

October 2008                         Geophysical survey of Vardarski Rid, Gevgelija and Kale

Fortress, Skopje, Macedonia (co-operation with “Geo –

Arheo”, Zagreb)

June – July 2010                      Royal Tomb of a Macedonian type within the project “Visoka

and Staro Bonche”, Macedonia

September 2010                       Geophysical survey of St. Holy Mother Peribleptos,

Ohrid, Macedonia (co-operation with “Geo – Arheo”, Zagreb)

PUBLICATIONS

1996                                       “English and American researchers and archaeologists in Macedonia” Macedonian Heritage 1, 74 – 78

1996                                       “The Diplomacy of Perseus” Macedonian Heritage 2, 85 – 88

1997                                       “The Woman in the Macedonian Kingdome” Macedonian Heritage 4, 53 – 57

2000                                       “Davina kula, Čučer. Student’s research campus 1998, 1999” Macedonian Heritage 12, 14 – 43

2007                                        “New cult finds from Sisak”, OPUSCULA    ARCHAEOLOGICA 31 (co-authored with J. Burmaz)

2008                                       “Megalensia as a Pastime in Republican Rome”, Histria Antiqua 16.

2008                                       “Cybele and Attis in Rome”, Antiqité Vivante 58

2009                                       “The Mystery Aspects of the Cult of Cybele and Attis on the Material from the Republic of Croatia” Acta Musei Varnaensis (in print)

2010                                       “Goddess between Dioscouroi” Macedonian Heritage in honour of Blaga Aleksova

2010                                       “Genesis, Developement and Prevalence of the Iconographical Motif Cybele in a Naiscos” Patrimonium 7-8

2011                                       “Dionysus and The Bacchic in Stobi”, Folia 2, Skopje (in print)

2011                                       “Pagan Monotheism and the Cult of Zeus Hypsistos”, Antiqité Vivante (in print)

MONOGRAPHIES

2010                                       Aspects of the cult of Cybele and Attis on the Monuments from the Republic of Croatia, British Archaeological Reports (BAR)

OTHER PROJECTS

2006 –                                     MACEDONIAN SEMINAR

-organising lectures of visiting professors from the Ss. Cyril and Metodius University – Skopje, Macedonia at the University of Zagreb, Croatia

2010 –                                     “Visoka and Staro Bonche”, Macedonia

-project secretar Ss. CYRIL AND METODIUS UNIVERSITY – Skopje

2011-                                      “Statues from the Roman Forum – Stobi”, Museum of

Macedonia

2011-                                      “Temples and Sanctuaries in R. of Macedonia”, Ss. CYRIL AND METODIUS UNIVERSITY – Skopje

PAPERS AND TALKS GIVEN

January 2007                                     THE CERAMIC RELIEFS OF THE VINICA KALE

– Department of Art history, University of Zagreb

June 2007                               THE CULT OF CYBELE AND ATTIS, genesis, prevalence and iconography

– Department of Art history, University of Zagreb

September 2007                     MAGNA MATER’S SANCTUARY OF MYSTERIES FROM

IADER – INTERPRETING THE FRESCO DECORATION,

–13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Zadar

November 2007                      MEGALENSIA AS A PASTIME IN REPUBLICAN ROME –

-“Otium – Leisure from Prehistory to the Middle Ages”,

International Archaeological symposium Pula, 21 –

24 November 2007

December 2007                      THE CULT OF CYBELE AND ATTIS, genesis, prevalence and

iconography with special attention on the material from the Republic of Macedonia

-Ss. CYRIL AND METODIUS UNIVERSITY – Skopje, Macedonia

July 2008                                THE MOTIF OF WARRIORS IN THE ICONOGRAPHY OF

THE METROAC CULT,

-“Proagon”, Konferenz zu Ehren von Erwin Pochmarski, Institut

für Archäologie Karl – Franzens – Universität, Graz, 12. – 14.

Juli 2008

September 2008                     THE MYSTERY ASPECTS OF THE CULT OF CYBELE

AND ATTIS ON THE MATERIAL FROM THE REPUBLIC

OF CROATIA,

-“Gods and humans”, International Conference of archaeology,

Varna 18. – 20. September 2008

May 2009                               PAGAN MONOTHEISM AND THE HERITAGE OF ZEUS

HYPSISTOS,

Days of Justinian, Skopje

May 2009                               THE ICONOGRAPHY OF MAGNA MATER ON THE MONUMENTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA,

–11^th International Colloquium on Roman Provincial Art “Rome and the Provinces: Models and Diffusion”, Mérida, 18-21 May 2009, Museo Nacional de Arte Romano

September 2009                     THE SEPULCHRAL CHARACTER OF THE CULT OF CYBELE AND ATTIS ON THE MONUMENTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA,

-”Funerary Sculpture of the Illyricum and Neighbouring Regions of the Roman Empire“, International Scholarly Conference from 27^th to the 30^th of September 2009, Split.

May 2010                                           THE POSITION OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE POLITISIZED

PAST IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA,

-“Archaeology und Macht”, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ur- und

Frühgeschichte, Aschaffenburg 13-16 Mai.

October 2010                         MYSTERY CULTS IN THE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA,

-Macedonian Archaeological Society

January 2011                          ORIENTAL AND MYSTERY CULTS IN THE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA,

“Egypt and the Orient in the Hellenistic and Roman worlds: new perspectives and current research”, hosted by the VIDI research group Cultural innovations in a globalising society: Egypt in the Roman world, Leiden University.

May 2011                               STATUES FROM THE ROMAN FORUM – STOBI,

–12^th International Colloquium on Roman Provincial Art

CONFERENCES ONLY ATTENDED

July 2001                                THE EPOCH OF THE EMPEROR JUSINIANUS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, Skopje, Macedonia

May 2003                               VIII International Colloquium on Problems of Roman Provincial Art, Zagreb, Croatia

April 2005                              BETWEEN THE AEGEAN AND THE BALTIC SEAS:

PREHISTORY ACROSS BORDER, Zagreb, Croatia

June 2006                               ELITE AND THE ARCHITECTURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES,

Motovun, Croatia

October 2007                         PHILOSOPHIZING AND THE SEA, Philosophical symposium,

Orebić, Croatia.

MEMBERSHIPS

2010-                                      Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte e.V.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2000 –                                     KIWANIS CLUB, JUNIOR, Skopje, Macedonia

-founder, active member and participant in numerous humanitarian projects

2006 –                                     SPECTRUM, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatian – Macedonian Association for Promoting Cultural Values and Relationships

– founder, active member and participant in projects.

2006                                       BEAT PER INCH, art exhibit of Nikola Kovač, Zagreb Croatia

-author of the foreground

November 2006                      MACEDONICA, workshop for Macedonian language and culture, eco village Žumberak, Croatia

May 2008                               KORYBANTES, Reconstruction of an antique ritual within the manifestation “Night of the Museums”, Museum of Macedonia.

– PADI Divers licence II

LANGUAGES

ENGLISH                              -fluent

GERMAN                              -good

CROATIAN                          -fluent

RUSSIAN                              -passive knowledge

ITALIAN                              -passive knowledge

SPANISH                              -basic