EVENTS
PhD Skills Course ‘R and Statistics for Archaeologists’ 19 February – 5 March 2025
This course equips archaeologists with fundamental statistical concepts and practical skills in R programming, focusing on data analysis and effective communication of results. Participants will learn essential statistical techniques, including descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, and basic regression analysis, specifically tailored to archaeological research. More information >>
Skills course: Academic Poster Workshop – 5 March 2025
Presenting an academic poster at a conference can be a daunting prospect, and sometimes a frustrating experience. How should you prepare for presenting your poster, and how do you get people to engage with you? More information >>
Publishing for Early Career Researchers – 10 March 2025
Though publishing your work is very appealing, it can seem a daunting process. Where to start? How to approach this? Do I publish part of my work now or all of it later? And what are the implications for me of open access publications instead of traditional publishing? More information >>
Language and Cultural Interactions in the Roman World: The Impact of Inscriptions – 6-7 March 2025
The conference ‘Language and Cultural Interactions in the Roman World – The Impact of Inscriptions’ explores cultural interaction through the lens of inscriptions. More information >>
Dutch Symposium of the Ancient Near East 2025: ‘Go down in flames’ – 17 April 2025
The DUSANE 2025 ‘Go down in flames’ is a collaborative work between Nabu Na’id (a subgroup of the L.A.S. Terra study association) and Pleyte, which both contribute towards this year’s edition of the yearly Dutch Symposium of the Ancient Near East. More information >>
Symposium: Current Studies in Roman Settlement and Landscape Archaeology: Exploring Regional Dynamics – 15 May 2025
This symposium aims to provide a platform for recent studies that explore the structure and typology of Roman settlement landscapes, their chronological evolution, the multifaceted factors that influence their formation and development, and the societal dynamics that result from the structure of the settlement landscape. More information >>
How to Become a PhD – 16 May 2025
ARCHON is organizing a workshop meant especially for RMA students: How to become a PhD student. This day will be organized with the aim to offer RMA students information about what you can expect from a PhD position and how to get one. More information >>
Continuous online courses
ARCHON has selected some skills courses that can be followed online at your own pace:
- QGIS course
- ArcGIS course
- Working with databases course
- Rchon statistics course
- Drone Archaeology course
ARCHON members can obtain credits by submitting a report afterwards.
NEWS
NEW BOARD MEMBER
As of May 2024, Dr. Heleen van Londen is taking the place of Prof. Vladimir Stissi in the ARCHON Board on behalf of the University of Amsterdam. We are looking forward to have her on board, and extend our thanks to Vladimir for his long service in the ARCHON Board.
NEW ARCHON COORDINATOR
We are happy to announce that from 1 January onward Myrthe Sassen will be the new coordinator of ARCHON. Myrthe is a former RMA student from the University of Leiden, and will take over from Yannic Rabou who has chosen a new direction in her career. We want to thank Yannic for her commitment and enthusiasm over the past two years, and are looking forward to having Myrthe on board.
NEW CCvD REPRESENTATIVE
As of 13 December 2023, Dr Rien Polak (Radboud University Nijmegen) is the ARCHON representative in the Centraal College van Deskundigen (CCvD) of SIKB. In this position, he will advocate the interests of academic archaeological research within Dutch archaeological heritage management, in collaboration with Femke Tomas (Saxion University), who holds the seat for education.
TRAVEL TO AND FROM GRONINGEN
In order to facilitate student mobility, ARCHON reimburses up to 60 euros per year (per student) for traveling to and from Groningen for attending educational activities. Travel is only reimbursed for students who send in an evaluation report in order to claim ECTs. Contact our secretary for more information.
ARCHON NEWSLETTER AND MAILINGS
Do you want to stay up to date on ARCHON supported events, funding opportunities and calls for poster/papers/abstracts? Both ARCHON members and non-members can subscribe to out mailinglist. Her you can find the sign up form to the ARCHON mailing list.
MEMBERSHIP
RMA students, PhD students and staff members of the participating institutions can all become members of ARCHON. Membership of ARCHON will give you access to its educational activities, bring you into contact with fellow students and researchers and will provide opportunities to present your work. Read more >>
EVENT FUNDING
Are you a staff member, PhD researcher or RMA student and are you considering organizing an event on your research topic? Did you know that Archon can help you organize and host such events? Read more >>
CONFERENCE SUBSIDY
ARCHON encourages PhD and RMA students to attend and speak at conferences abroad. Therefore we annually award a limited number of conference subsidies to RMA and PhD students for presenting a paper or poster at an international conference. Read more >>
PUBLISH YOUR RESEARCH
ARCHON wants to motivate PhD and RMA students to publish their research! To help you get started, we organize a workshop Publishing for Early Career Researchers, and we have listed a number of online journals that are are open to, or especially meant for, publishing research from Graduate and PhD students. Read more>>
JOBS ETC.
VACANCIES:
The Early Career Archaeologist community created an extensive resource including vacancies, upcoming conferences, data archives and more! More information >>
CONFERENCES:
This index offers an extensive list of upcoming conferences about archaeology. More information >>
PRIZES AND AWARDS:
A number of prizes and awards are available for RMA and PhD students in the Netherlands. We keep track of them in a spreadsheet that you access here.
PHD AND POSTDOC POSITIONS:
Check out Erik Rossenberg’s blog postgraduate opportunities in Archaeology for an up-to-date list of PhD and postdoc positions in archaeology.
John’s Hopkins University has set up a continuously updated repository of federal and private funding opportunities that are intended for postdoctoral investigators. The opportunities are pre-sorted chronologically and alphabetically, and can be searched by funding amount and subject matter.
Arches project (open source software platform) job opportunities.
Fund┋it collects and presents on a single website all research grants and fellowships (post-PhD) available for scholars in the social sciences and humanities in France.
