EVENTS
New online course: Drone Archaeology
We are now offering a new continuous online course on Drone Archaeology! This course will provide the stepping stone for those wishing to deploy drones in archaeology, for either research purposes or commercial activities. More information >>
Developments in Mortuary Archaeology
This one-day meeting aims to focus on both the innovations and the problems that researchers face within the field of mortuary archaeology. Innovative research in various aspects of mortuary archaeology will be highlighted while Archon members (ReMA, PhD, post-docs, staff) are invited to present papers that problematize their research. More information >>
Steentijddag (in Dutch)
De jaarlijkse Steentijddag is bedoeld voor iedereen die interesse heeft in de archeologie van de Steentijd. Het dagprogramma bestaat uit lezingen over allerlei aspecten van de Steentijd-archeologie, van het Midden-Paleolithicum tot en met het Laat-Neolithicum. More information >>
How to become a PhD?
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. Topics such as different kinds of PhD-positions, how to apply for PhD-positions and how to write an application will be discussed. More information >>
CRASIS Annual Meeting & Masterclass
The Annual Meeting and Masterclass is an annual two-day event, designed to promote discussion and the exchange of ideas about the ancient world across traditional disciplinary boundaries among graduate students, postdocs, and established scholars. This year, the theme will be exemplarity. More information >>
The Impact of Rome in the East
Between indigenous identities, Hellenization, Romanization and the impact of colonization, how did the different regions of the Roman East experience their incorporation into the Empire? More information >>
Funnel Beaker junior conference
Students from the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen are organising a junior congress themed: the Funnel Beaker period. The number of people working within this area of study is vastly growing, therefore they would like to take the opportunity to connect one another in the same discipline. More information >>
Continuous online courses
ARCHON has selected some skills courses that can be followed online at your own pace:
ARCHON members can obtain credits by submitting a report afterwards.
MEMBERS
New coordinator!
From 1 February 2022, ARCHON’s coordinator Eline Verburg will step down to focus on her PhD-research. We are happy to announce that Yannic Rabou will take over the role as coordinator of ARCHON! We wish her good luck!
ARCHON Day Review
Congratulations to Suzanne den Boef! KLEOS (Amsterdam Bulletin for Ancient Studies and Archaeology) selected her review of the ARCHON Day to be published in their fifth issue, which is expected late Spring 2022. Are you interested in publishing your research in KLEOS as well? Have a look at their website!
Credits 140 p. literature
From 1 January 2022 the possibility to earn an additional EC if students process at least 140 pages of literature, is no longer available. Additional EC’s can be obtained by following one of our ‘continuous courses‘ online and at your own pace, wherever you want!
Recap Sensing the Past
From October 7th-9th 2021, the international workshop ‘Sensing the Past: A workshop in applied sensory archaeology and heritage assessment’ was held in Amsterdam. Organised by PhD-students Pamela Jordan and Sara Mura, the workshop brought together established scholars and early-stage researchers across disciplines who apply sensory approaches to their heritage and archaeology research. Read a summary of the event here >>
RMA-MEMBERS STEERING COMMITTEE
We are looking for 2 RMA students to represent their university in our Steering committee! We are searching for one student from Groningen University and one student from University of Amsterdam. More information>>
Open Archaeology special issue
New issue of KLEOS
The Amsterdam Bulletin of Ancient Studies and Archaeology (KLEOS) published a new issue! In the open-source peer reviewed journal the work of starting scholars of (R)MA, PhD and BA level is presented. Interested? You can read the publication online >>
Huibregtsenprijs 2021
The six nominees for the annual Huibregtsenprijs have been announced! ARCHON nominated PAN (Portable Antiquities in the Netherlands) of dr. Stijn Heeren, but unfortunately the project was not selected among the six to win the prize. Nevertheless the jury was very enthusiastic and expressed their appreciation for the project. Curious which projects were selected? Have a look here >>
NEW ARCHON STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER
Welcome to Joris Aarts as a new member of the ARCHON steering committee! Joris is Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He will replace Jan Paul Crielaard who is now a member of the ARCHON Board. Welcome Joris!
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 >>
TRAVEL TO AND FROM GRONINGEN
In order to facilitate student mobility, ARCHON reimburses up to 40 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.
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:
Newcastle University
Bones of the Northumbrian landscape: a new zooarchaeology of early medieval Jarrow. More information >>
Deadline 31 January 2022
University of Oslo
Vacancy at Museum of Cultural History: Data Curator with substantial experience in GIS (1.0 fte, permanent). More information >>
Deadline: 19 January 2022
CALLS FOR PAPERS:
CRASIS invites applications for its eleventh Annual Meeting and Masterclass. This year’s theme will be exemplarity. More information >>
Conference ‘The impact of Rome in the Eastern Provinces’ is looking for papers and posters to be presented on 22 April 2022! More information >>
Graduate Archaeology at Oxford is looking for papers to be presented at their online conference 11-13 March 2022. More information >>
Are you interested in governance and science? Check out Platform JOng, a new online platform for young researchers. You can contact them if you want to write a contribution for their platform and share your knowledge!
CONFERENCES:
24 January – 4 February 2022 – Winter School ‘R 4 Archaeologists’. More information >>
29 March – 1 April 2022 – LYNX Spring School ‘Movement in Space – Space in Movement’. Deadline 17 December. More information >>
31 January – 2 March 2022 – online classes on the ‘Conservation and Physicochemical study of Metal Artefacts from the Crusader Period’. Organised by Leiden University, the Netherlands Institute in Athens (NIA), the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities of Euboea, and the Greek Research Center/Laboratory ‘NCSR Demokritos’ at Athens. More information >>
More PhD & 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.
