Día de Muertos at North Burial Ground

On October 27, 2025

Halloween is on everyone’s mind, but just around the corner is our favorite day of remembrance, Día de Muertos. This year, North Burial Ground’s (NBG) Día de Muertos celebration will look a little different than in years past. Because the day falls on a Sunday, they want to allow folks to come and leave ofrendas on their altar all weekend. They will have the base of the altar constructed and ready on 10/31, and you’re welcome to come through Saturday and Sunday to leave an ofrenda or add decoration to the altar, whenever is convenient for you. They will have extended evening hours at the cemetery with the car gates closing late (time still TBD) during the week.

On Sunday, 2 November, volunteers from Brown University will arrive at 11 AM, and they’ll have paper flower kits, paper frames to decorate your photo, and children’s books about Día de Muertos. They invite you to bring your friends and family, a picnic, and to celebrate Día de Muertos in their cemetery. Especially if you are far from the graves of your ancestors and loved ones, we want you to think of this place as your go-to.

At 5:30, they’ll be gathering for a short candlelighting ceremony, with the opportunity to share stories of our beloved friends and family who have started their journey before us. If you can’t join them for the ceremony, you can leave a name to be read out loud as we welcome the spirits to the land of the living

They’re keeping things simple this year, but the spirits of our friends, family, and ancestors will be welcome at North Burial Ground, and they hope you’ll join them for a few moments to remember them.

Across Time and Terrain: Exploring Eurasia’s Burial Mounds

By gsychter

On October 27, 2025

In In the News

Dr. Regina Uhl is a researcher and specialist in prehistory and archaeological cultural heritage of the Black Sea region at the Eurasia Department of the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin. She was also a visiting scholar at the Joukowsky Institute from 2024 to 2025. Recently, Dr. Uhl spoke about her work on Eurasian burial mounds in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the Mediterranean and, to some extent, Western Asia, on the American Institute of Archaeology’s website.

Read the full artic le here.

Open Access Archaeology publishing from Cambridge

By gsychter

On October 27, 2025

In Uncategorized

Read the latest open access articles in Archaeology, potentially published through one of Cambridge’s open access publishing agreements, with highlights including:

Turning-the-edge, Tranchet, and Social Signalling at Boxgrove, Ceri Shipton, Frederick Foulds, Aaron Rawlinson, Mathieu Leroyer, Nick Ashton and Mark White, Cambridge Archaeological Journal
The Chinese identity of St Mark’s bronze ‘Lion’ and its place in the history of medieval Venice, Gilberto Artioli, Roberto Ciarla, Ivana Angelini, Valentina Cantone, Antonella Gnutti and Massimo Vidale, Antiquity
Local Responses to a Fourteenth-Century AD Immigration Event on the Georgia Coast, Brandon T. Ritchison, American Antiquity
Current Key Intersections between Theoretical and Computational Archaeology, Martin Hinz, Jan Kolář, Monika Baumanova, Julian Laabs, Maria Wunderlich, Margaux Depaermentier, Michael Kempf, Advances in Archaeological Practice
Eastern European sheath-ends during the Final Bronze Age and the beginning of the Early Iron Age, Danylo Klochko, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society
Carthaginian bronze coins from a hoard found off the coast of Tunisia, Håkon Roland, Paolo Visonà, Libyan Studies
Economic Change in the Mediterranean between the Principate and Late Antiquity, Paulina Komar, European Journal of Archaeology

Find all these articles and more on Cambridge Core.

ARIT online lecture

By gsychter

On October 27, 2025

In News and Events

The American Research Institute in Turkey is pleased to announce its online lecture: An ‘Age of Decay and Decadence’ or Transformation? Safavid and Ottoman Critics on the End of Empires in the 18th Century

Given by Dr. Fariba Zarinebaf, University of California, Riverside

October 30, 2025

Time: 6 pm Istanbul, 11 am EDT

Please register for online access.

ARCE’s Conference Program Now Available

By gsychter

On October 27, 2025

In News and Events

The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is pleased to announce that their program for the conference, “Cross-Cultural Interaction in Egypt Through the Ages,” is now live on their website. In partnership with the American University in Cairo, this conference celebrates Egypt’s long and complex history, marked by continuous interaction with diverse peoples, empires, and cultures. Egypt’s history is not just a story contained within its borders; it is a narrative of sustained exchange, influence, and transformation.

View the program here!

Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowships

By gsychter

On October 27, 2025

In Funding & Fellowships

The American Institute of Archaeology (AIA) is pleased to announce the Colburn Fellowship. The fellowship supports studies undertaken at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, for a period of no more than one year.

Deadline: December 15, 2025

Eligibility: Applicants must be at the pre-doctoral stage or have received a PhD within the past five years, be citizens or permanent residents of the US or Canada, and be current AIA members.

Award: Grant, up to $9,000

For more information, please visit https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/fellowships-and-grants/graduate-and-postdoctoral#Colburn

Predoctoral Fellowship, National Gallery of Art

By gsychter

On October 20, 2025

In Funding & Fellowships

Description

Predoctoral dissertation fellowships support graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts. Each of the following 10 fellowships has specific requirements and intents, and most fellowships include a one-year residency at the Center. All predoctoral fellowships support the completion of a doctoral dissertation as well as research travel.

Requirements

Applicants must be nominated by the chair of a graduate department.
To be eligible, the nominee must have advanced to candidacy for the doctorate before the application deadline.
Candidates must be either US citizens or enrolled in a university in the United States.
The Center has no foreign language requirements. However, applicants should list foreign language proficiencies related to their dissertation research.
All predoctoral dissertation fellowships begin on September 1, 2026.
Predoctoral fellowships may not be postponed or renewed.

Application Instructions

A complete application includes:

a dissertation proposal
a publication list
a brief writing sample
an autobiography
a critical bibliographic essay
a summary of research to date
a research schedule
official transcripts from all academic institutions
two letters of support from individuals who have directed the applicant’s work (one may be from outside the department)

After a preliminary selection, several candidates for each fellowship will be invited to interview in early February 2026.

Applications are due on November 15, 2025, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

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Getty Museum Year-Long Grad Internships

By gsychter

On October 20, 2025

In Fieldwork Opportunity

Description

Graduate Internships are offered in the four programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust—the Getty Museum, the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Research Institute, and the Getty Foundation—and in Getty Publications, Getty Digital, Communications, and Development. Placements are typically available in areas such as curatorial, education, conservation, research, publications, web and new media, public programs, digital projects, and grantmaking.

Requirments

Internships are open to students of all nationalities. Individuals from groups underrepresented across the fields of art history, conservation, and museums are encouraged to apply.

Applicants must be: students currently enrolled in a graduate program (Master of Arts (M.A.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), graduate conservation certificate, or their equivalents for international applicants) in a field relevant to the internship(s) for which they are applying, or idividuals who have completed a relevant graduate degree (Master of Arts (M.A.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), graduate conservation certificate, or their equivalents for international applicants) on or after January 1, 2023, with postgraduate activities in their field, paid or unpaid.

Application Instructions

Applicants are required to submit a complete online Graduate Internship application form by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on November 4, 2025. Materials received after the deadline will result in an incomplete application. They cannot accept applications hand-delivered to the Getty Center or those sent by e-mail or fax.

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Job Posting: PostDoc Fellow (Modern Architectural History), Oberlin College

By gsychter

On October 20, 2025

In Funding & Fellowships, Position Announcements

Description

The Department of Art History at Oberlin Collegeinvites applications for the Clarence Ward and Ellen B. Weiss ’57 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Architectural History, a full-time non-continuing faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences. Initial appointment to this position will be for a term of two years [4 semesters], beginning fall 2026. Agreement between the department and the incumbent can renew the position for a third year as Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Architectural History.

Requirments

Ph.D. degree (received after May 1, 2021 or expected by August 1, 2026). Additionally, candidates must demonstrate interest and potential excellence in undergraduate teaching. Successful teaching experience at the college level is desirable, as is the ability to teach from original objects and works of architecture.

Application Instructions

Candidates should visit the online application site found at https://jobs.oberlin.edu. A complete application will be comprised of

1) a Cover Letter describing your teaching, scholarship, mentorship, and service, detailing any connections to supporting an inclusive learning environment;
2) a Curriculum Vitae;
3) an unofficial graduate transcript;
4) a statement (or statements) on your teaching philosophy and expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion;
5) Letters of Reference from three recommenders.

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CFP: Nostalgia: A Religious Studies Conference

By gsychter

On October 20, 2025

In CFP

Nostalgia: A Religious Studies Graduate Conference (April 10-11, 2026), Brown University

The Department of Religious Studies at Brown invites graduate students across disciplines to participate in this conference centered upon nostalgia in the study of religion and related fields. They welcome proposals from perspectives outside the academic study of religion, including scholarship in the social sciences, literature, critical theory, arts, theater studies, history, and cognitive studies.

Conference participants will have 20 minutes to present. Each panel will include 3-4 papers, a faculty respondent, followed by an open Q&A session.

All graduate students are welcome to apply. Please submit a 350-500 word abstract in PDF format to brownrsconference@gmail.com by December 12, 2025. Abstracts should include your full name, institutional affiliation (university department or research center), and contact information. Participants will be notified of their acceptance by February 6, 2026.

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