EVENTS
Publishing for Early Career Researchers
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 >>
How to become a PhD?
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 >>
Computational Archaeology Lab: ‘Delving into Data’
From 11-14 April 2023, the first CAA Computational Archaeology Lab will be held in or near Amsterdam, following the CAA2023 Conference. It will provide a unique opportunity to enhance your skills in archaeological Data Science, get up to date with the latest developments in this field, and discuss your project with renowned experts. More information >>
Introduction course Photography for Archaeologists
In this introductory course, you will familiarize yourself with the basic principles of photography and learn the possibilities of your camera. You will be provided with tips for photography ‘in the field’ and learn to take good photos of archaeological objects using simple means. More information >>
Global Geoarchaeology: Theory and Practice
In this course, a toolbox is presented to study geoarchaeological research problems in a range of cultural and environmental contexts. The course will run over 3 days, including theory, a day with field work, and laboratory class working out field data (micro scale). 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.
MEMBERS
NEW RATES OF ARCHON’S SUBSIDIES
We would like to inform you that our conference- and event subsidies are both raised. Read more >>
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:
The Early Career Archaeologist community created an extensive recourse including vacancies, upcoming conferences, data archives and more! More information >>
CALLS FOR PAPERS:
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:
This index offers an extensive list of upcoming conferences about archaeology. 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.
