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UvA RMA students are organizing their annual seminar again: Thinking Things - An Interdiscplinary Discussion on Materiality. Call for papers is open until 21 November

Thinking Things: An Interdisciplinary Discussion on Materiality - 19 December 2024 - Archonline Date: 19 December 2024 Location: University of Amsterdam, room TBA Credits: 1/2 ECT Materiality theory and material culture in archaeology has lately become more and more concerned with interdisciplinarity across disciplines, as well as the relationships between things. The conference seeks to engag...

On 31 October a free, Dutch-language seminar will be organized at the RCE, focusing on methods and techniques to investigate diet and health in archaeological research. For more information see

E-RIHS Kennisdialoog Dieet & Gezondheid op 31 oktober 2024 - SIKB Methoden en Technieken in de spotlight: Macrobotanie,  Tandsteen, Osteoarcheologie/paleopathologie in samenhang met socio-economisch &  historisch onderzoek, kunsthistorisch onderzoek en epidemiologie Wanneer en hoe laat: donderdag 31 oktober 2024 09.30 tot 12.45 uurInloop met koffie en thee vana...

Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie (TMA) invites beginning and senior scholars to submit abstracts for an article in its 73rd issue. Deadline for abstracts is 4 October, instructions for submission can be found here:

Voor auteurs – Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie Bijdragen en reacties De redactie van TMA is altijd geïnteresseerd in bijdragen van nieuwe auteurs. Hiervoor kunt u contact opnemen met tijdschrift @ mediterrane-archeologie.nl . Voor vragen over recensies en voorstellen voor de aanvraag van een recensie-exemplaar kunt u contact opnemen met ons via...

Looking for something completely different after graduation? PhD position available in Melbourne (in collaboration with KU Leuven) on settlement functionality in the Mediterranean - potentially lots of GIS and network analysis involved!

Analysis of settlement functionality in the Ancient Mediterranean through archaeological network analysis and geographical modelling : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne The project aims at formulating methodological solutions for the problem of site functionality in Archaeology, specifically from a geographical perspective. Field surveys often register a range of different sites whose functionality is determined through a few diagnostic pottery sherds recovered...

The Netherlands Research Integrity Network (NRIN) Happy Hour offers free monthly webinars on topics related to Research Integrity, Research Ethics, Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR) and more. The webinars aim to provide a space for the mutual exchange of learning and promote informal discussions on issues related to good scientific practices. The webinars are in English and open to anyone interested in these topics!

The next webinar will take place on the 14th of March 2024, 16:00 CET and host Andrea Kis (TU Eindhoven), who will share her insights about her research on PhD attrition and unhealthy research environments.

N.B. This is not an ARCHON event!

NRIN Happy Hours From 2014, the Netherlands Research Integrity Network has been to raise awareness, to provide relevant information, and to be a platform for discussion of issues of research integrity (RI) and responsible conduct of research (RCR).

Our annual workshop 'How to Become a PhD' will run again on 4 April - recommended for all RMA students considering applying for a PhD position!

Workshop How to Become a PhD - 4 April 2024 - ARCHON 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.

An exciting course at NIA Athens on Audio Visual Methods in Collaborative Archaeology from 21-30 March 2024! ARCHON members can gain 4 ECTs for participating. A limited number of bursaries is available to cover travel costs. Registration deadline is 9 February, so sign up now!

Audio Visual Methods in Collaborative Archaeology - 21-30 March 2024 - NIA Athens - Archonline Audio Visual Methods in Collaborative Archaeology: Exploring the Politics of Heritage   Date: 21-30 March 2024 Location: Netherlands Institute in Athens Credits: 4 ECT Audio-visual applications are nowadays broadly used in heritage and museum studies, fostering communication between researchers and...

Vereniging SAMPL will organize its annual conference on 1 March 2024 at the RCE. ARCHON members can obtain 1 ECT for attending and writing a reflection report. Extended deadline for registration is 15 February. NB This conference is Dutch language only!

SAMPL congres - 1 March 2024 (in Dutch) - Archonline Mortuary archaeology poses a lot of challenges to archaeologists. These problems are shared between archaeologists regardless of periods and regions of interest. This workshop focuses on bringing those problems forward and debating about them. Of course, we also hope that the workshop will provide s...

Not an Archon event, but of interest to PhD researchers: CLUE+ organizes an information session on 8 February where the Netherlands eScience Center will show what they can do for Humanities researchers

CLUE+ meets the eScience Center - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Are you working with digital methodologies or would you like to apply digital solutions in your research? Find out what’s possible with experts from the...

You can now sign up for the masterclass "Bioarchaeological advances in the Eastern Mediterranean" in Groningen on 7 February! Please be aware that in order to claim credits, you need to hand in an extended report of 3000 words.

Bioarchaeological advances in the Eastern Mediterranean - 7 February 2024 - Archonline Bioarchaeological advances in the Eastern Mediterranean Date: 7 February 2024, 13:30 – 16:20 Location: Groningen Institute of Archaeology Credits: 1 ECT Advances in the field of bioarchaeology have long demonstrated the importance of human bones and teeth in the study of several strands of past hu...

Not an ARCHON event, but of interest to anyone working with ecosystems and modelling. Call for papers still open until 2 February, expenses paid!

Workshop Ecosystemmodelling Organizers: Eleftheria Paliou (Institute of Archaeology, University of Cologne), Andreas Angourakis (University of Cologne, University of Bochum) Location: University of Cologne, Institute of Archaeology, Cologne Digital Archaeology Laboratory (CoDArchLab)

Only two days to go ... Check the final programme on the Archon website!

(Un)Common Grounds - 20 December 2023 - Archonline (Un)Common Grounds, Interdisciplinary Approaches toward Everyday Materialities Date: 20 December 2023 Location: University of Amsterdam, University Library, Singel 425, room: Doelenzaal Credits: 1/2 ECT The graduate students of the UvA-RMA course Matter Materiality and Material Culture, are organizi...