Education • Lectures • Workshops
Invite Atira Ruthenia to your university, college or school for a guest lecture, historical demonstration or hands-on workshop. From medieval everyday life and warfare to HEMA, historical writing, dance and crafts, we transform historical sources into experiences students can see, discuss and explore.
9 educational programmes
Lectures + demonstrations + workshops
Programmes adapted to your audience
Universities • Colleges • Schools
Programmes
Lectures
Explore everyday life in a medieval household — food, work, tools, money and ordinary objects preserved through archaeological evidence.
Demonstrations
Discover how medieval weapons and armour were made, worn and used through safe replicas, demonstrations and discussion of the surviving evidence.
Demonstrations
Explore what surviving fencing manuscripts tell us about historical combat, including techniques, stance, distance and footwork, with controlled practical demonstrations where appropriate.
Lectures
Discover what medieval clothing revealed about status, occupation, trade and identity — from fabrics and production to the laws that regulated dress.
Lectures
Explore the lands of Rus' and Ruthenia — cities, rulers, crafts, warfare and trade routes — and their connections with Central and Western Europe.
Lectures
Explore the wider medieval world through warfare, pilgrimage, education, trade and cultural exchange — including the opportunity to place Ireland and Ruthenia within the same European story.
Workshops
History becomes tangible. Explore reconstructed objects, historical crafts and the process of transforming archaeological and written evidence into physical reenactment.
Workshops
An interactive introduction to historical dance, music and social culture, with an opportunity for participants to learn basic movements and experience a reconstructed historical dance.
Workshops
A hands-on workshop exploring historical writing, manuscript culture and everyday medieval technologies.
Session length, group size and fees are agreed with each school individually.
Not sure which programme fits?
If you are not sure which option matches your class or event, these pathways will help you find the right fit.
Describe your subject, module or age group and we will recommend a programme.
Filter the programmes above by lecture, demonstration or workshop.
Have a quick question before committing? Send us a message or email and we will come back to you.
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Build your own programme
Programmes can be combined or adapted to suit your visit or event. Tell us what you have in mind and we will shape a programme together.
How it works
Tell us about your institution, audience and goals through the enquiry form below, or by contacting us directly.
We discuss your students, timing, venue and objectives, and recommend or tailor a programme to fit.
Our team delivers the session at your venue (or ours), with authentic equipment, reconstructions and hands-on material.
We check in for feedback and, where useful, share follow-up materials or discuss an ongoing partnership.
Partners
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Voices
“The team showed exceptional historical accuracy in everything they did, from their daily camp activities to their reconstruction of a late 14th-century Ruthenian noble household. Their workshops were consistently full and engaging… Atira Ruthenia is a welcome and valuable partner for any event that brings history to life.”
Austėja LuchtanaitėFestival Project HeadState Cultural Reserve of Kernavė — Days of Live Archaeology, July 2026“The participation of the representatives and reenactors of Atira Ruthenia was a significant contribution to this cultural and educational event… Thanks to your professional work in historical reconstruction, festival visitors were able not only to learn about historical eras, but also to feel their atmosphere through the recreation of the culture, everyday life and traditions of past centuries. (Translated from Ukrainian)”
Oleksandr AlforovChairpersonUkrainian Institute of National Memory — Festival at the Museum of Kyiv HistorySchool enquiry
Write to us as the teacher or coordinator and we will come back with a programme shaped to your class.
