Constantin Emil Ursu

Archaeologist, Director General of the Museum of Bucovina, Romania.

Dr. Ursu excavated and studied Precucuteni and Cucuteni Culture in Romania for many years. In 2005 he published number of volumes on Anthropomorphism and Symbolic Behavior in the Neolithic and Copper Age Communities of South-Eastern Europe (co-author, 2014), the first maps of Bukovina (coauthor, 2013) and Bucovina District Plan in 72 sections (coauthor, 2011).

Dr. Ursu was nominated in Memory and History categories for the activities in The Bucovina Museum. In August 2015 with his participation was completed restoration of the Citadel of Suceava and started construction of a permanent exhibition that will present this work as a military entity.

In collaboration with specialists from Ukraine and Moldova was started work on Encyclopedia Cultural Complex Precucuteni-Cucuteni-Tripoli which is scheduled for completion in 2016. It will be the largest initiative of its kind in Europe.

Dr. Ursu participated in organisation of the editions of the Festival of Medieval Arts “Stefan cel Mare”, the fifth edition of the Festival Bucovina Rock Castle (2007-2019) and the ninth edition of the International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic Bucovina (“Ukraine: War and Peace”), etc. The six volumes about Museum was published between 2007-2016. The Bukovina were honored with many awards from the Romanian Academy.