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PhD Skills Course ‘R and Statistics for Archaeologists’ – 19 February – 5 March 2025

PhD Skills Course ‘R and Statistics for Archaeologists’ Date: 19 February – 5 March 2025 Location: Van Steenis building, Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC Leiden Credits: 1 EC 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, […]

Workshop ‘How to get a Postdoc’ – 24 January 2025

How to get a Postdoc – Online Date: 24 January 2025 Location: Online Credits: 1 EC ARCHON is organizing a workshop for PhD students: How to get a postdoc. This workshop will be organized with the aim to offer PhD students information about what they can expect from a postdoc position and how to (successfully) apply […]

Athens Spring School “Audio Visual Methods in Collaborative Archaeology: Exploring the Politics of Heritage” – 21-30 March 2025

Date: 21-30 March 2025 Location: The Netherlands Institute at Athens (NIA) Credits: 4 ECTS About the course Audio-visual applications are nowadays broadly used in heritage and museum studies, fostering communication between researchers and visitors as well as the promotion of heritage sites and museum collections. Furthermore, as digital media has become increasingly affordable and accessible, […]

Workshop Current Research in Stable Isotope Analysis – 2 December 2024

Date: 2 December 2024 Location: University of Groningen – Room 002, Oude Boteringestraat 34, 9712 GK Groningen Credits: 1/2 ECT Stable isotope analysis has become an essential component of (bio)archaeological research. It offers a range of valuable applications that help reconstruct past human behaviors and environments, including insights into past diets, mobility and migration patterns, […]

Perspectives on Animal Husbandry and Human-Animal Relationships: A Multi-Proxy Approach – 11 December 2024

Date: 11 December 2024 Location: Nijenborgh 6, 9747 AG, Groningen, room 62 (ground floor) Credits: 1 ECT Animal husbandry, encompassing both the domestication and management of animals, has profoundly shaped the evolutionary history of both humans and animals for millennia. This workshop will explore the intricate relationships between humans and animals, emphasising the social, economic […]

Thinking Things: An Interdisciplinary Discussion on Materiality – 19 December 2024

Date: 19 December 2024 Location: Doelenzaal, University Library, University of Amsterdam (Singel 425, 1012 WP, Amsterdam) 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 engage with well established theories, such as […]

At the Ends of the Earth? – 27 November 2024

At the Ends of the Earth? Date: 27 November 2024 Location: Reuvenshal, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, Leiden Credits: 1 ECT At the Ends of the Earth? How novel methods and approaches are changing our understanding of Central Asian Landscapes and Objectscapes Central Asian landscapes and material repertoires are often interpreted in connection […]

Data Management for Archaeologists – 22 November 2024

Data Management for Archaeologists Date: 22 November 2024 Location: University of Leiden, Faculty of Archaeology, Einsteinweg 1, Corrie Bakelszaal (room A2.02A) or MS Teams (see below) Credits: 1 ECT The University of Leiden again organizes a workshop ‘Data Management for Archaeologists’ in collaboration with ARCHON. This workshop will provide the participants with a comprehensive knowledge […]

Open Science in Archaeology: an Unconference – 7-8 November 2024

Date: 7 – 8 November 2024 Location: PLNT, Langegracht 70, 2312 NV LEIDEN, Netherlands Credits: 1-2 ECT   Introduction We aim to provide a venue, in the form of an unconference, where archaeologists with a (budding) passion for Open Science can meet to exchange ideas and experiences. During the unconference we also hope to improve […]