Fourth year doctoral student Rachel Kalisher has published groundbreaking research on a Late Bronze Age site in modern day Megiddo, Israel investigating access by class to early brain surgery in the region. Her article is titled “Cranial trephination and infectious disease in the Eastern Mediterranean: The evidence from two elite brothers from Late Bronze Megiddo, Israel,” and can be viewed here. It has received media attention from 164 news outlets – way to go Rachel!
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Yale’s Archaia program is very excited to announce a two-year postdoctoral position in “premodern cultures and civilizations,” for which applications are due soon: http://apply.interfolio.com/121632.
They are open to all applicants and especially encourage applications from candidates who are minoritized and/or who study what are (for Archaia) less represented aspects of global antiquity: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, and Meso-America.
Past postdocs—one now in a tenure track job, the other a curator at a major university museum—have been tremendous contributors to the community, and they seek to mentor postdocs and encourage them on their academic path.
ARCE is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 74th ARCE Annual Meeting.
For 2023, ARCE will continue to host a dual access meeting consisting of both an in-person meeting and a live-virtual meeting held on two separate weekends, with each portion featuring new content.
The In-Person Annual Meeting will take place from April 21-23, 2023, at the Minneapolis City Center in Minneapolis, MN. The in-person registration fee includes access to the Virtual Meeting.
The Virtual Meeting will be held online May 20-22, 2023. The Virtual Meeting will consist of new, live paper sessions. Virtual registrants will also receive access to the recorded sessions of the in-person meeting (for presenters who agreed to have their presentations recorded).
While ARCE is committed to following all CDC and local health guidance, we are not requiring masks or proof of vaccination to attend.
Please visit arce.org/annual-meeting to register and learn more.
For assistance, please email AMHelp@arce.org
Join the Department of German Studies for a graduate student conference surrounding “The Meaning of Negation in a Moral Universe.” There will be a lecture by Paul North, a professor of German from Yale University, followed by a discussion by panelists. All are invited to attend. All proceedings will be in English.
Date: 17-18 February
Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Petteruti Lounge, 75 Waterman St.
The Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory (MAC Lab) at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum in St. Leonard is seeking a student for a paid internship. You will work on the park’s Public Archaeology program, assisting staff archaeologists in working with the public to excavate an 17th-century site on the park grounds. The fieldwork portion of this program will be held on Thursday, Fridays, and Saturdays in May/early June. After completion of the fieldwork, the intern will wash, label, and catalog artifacts excavated during the field session, and do data entry for the project. Some additional archaeological fieldwork might also take place.
This internship will give you valuable archaeological field and lab skills that could be applied to your future education or a career in museums or archaeology. The internship pays $15/hour for 400 hours of work. It will run through the late spring and early fall of 2023, but the weekly schedule can be flexible once the May/early June fieldwork has been completed. If you want class credit for the internship, we will work with you and the College/University to try to make that happen.
If you are interested in the MAC Lab internship, send your resume to Scott Strickland at scott.strickland@maryland.gov or call 410-586-8554 for more information. Applications will be accepted until March 10, 2023.
Join the Disabled Archaeologists Network for their Professional Development Seminar Series: “Finding A Field School and Arranging Accommodations.”
The Professional Development Seminar Series is a series of panel discussions about different elements of archaeology careers, with a disability-specific spin. They hope that hearing about the experiences and perspectives of disabled archaeologists helps the next generation succeed in their careers, and helps all of us build a more equitable and accessible discipline.
Date: February 15, 2023
Time: 11:30am–12:30pm PCT /2:30–3:30pm EST /7:30–8:30pm GMT
Panelists: Dr. Katrina Eichner, Dr. Alex Fitzpatrick, and Mason Shrader
Moderator: Dr. Laura Heath-Stout
Register now here!
The Choices Program offers all 40 of our history and current issues curriculum units as individual units or in one of five series: U.S. History, World History, Current Issues, Geography, and the Complete Series. Check them out to see which ones are the best fit for your classroom.
Order a series and save 10 percent off the regular price of individual units. (This is our usual series pricing, not a special promotion.) Curriculum is available in print and in our web-based Digital Editions. Choices staff members are ready and willing to assist you with any purchasing decisions or questions via phone call (401-863-3155) or email (choices@brown.edu).
We are accepting applications through March 3 for our weeklong NEH Institute taking place July 10-14, 2023, at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. American Soldiers in American Wars: History and Memory will provide a hands-on experience and introduce a rich and engaging model for teaching about World War II, the Vietnam War, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Teachers participating in this professional development program will also learn how to apply this unique teaching model to all U.S. military conflicts.
Twenty-five applicants will be selected for the Institute. Full-time or part-time educators who teach in public, charter, independent, and religiously affiliated schools or as homeschooling educators may apply. A stipend of $1,300 meant to cover some of or all travel, meals, and housing costs will be provided following full participation in the Institute.
We the Museum is a new podcast for museum workers who want to form a more perfect institution. Hosted by the field’s go-to podcast person, Hannah Hethmon, We the Museum episodes feature in-depth conversations with museum workers in the US and beyond. Explore ideas, programs, and exhibitions that inform and inspire. We the Museum is a space where we can all slow down and take a moment away from the day-to-day work to learn, grow, and expand our toolkit.
Upcoming Episodes
Episode 1: Dr. Doretha Williams, Smith Center Director at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, on their community curation and digitization programs.
Episode 2: Adam Rizzo, President of Local 397 (Philadelphia Museum of Art Union) on the long journey of organizing and unionizing at the PMA.
Episode 3: Jared Jones shares how he started a TikTok account for the Sacramento History Museum and ended up with over 2.4 million followers, making them one of the most followed museums in the world on the platform.
Episode 4: Amber Mitchell, Director of Education at Whitney Plantation, on two new audio initiatives, a comprehensive audio tour of the site and a public history podcast.
The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is pleased to invite applications to the summer program in Turkish, Istanbul 2023. ARIT Summer Fellowships for Advanced Turkish Language in Istanbul offers intensive advanced study of Turkish at Bogazici University during the summer 2023. Participants must have completed two years of Turkish language study or the equivalent. The fellowships cover round-trip airfare to Istanbul, application and tuition fees, and a maintenance stipend. The application deadline is February 10, 2023, 5 pm.
For additional information please see the ARIT webpage at https://aritweb.org/fellowships/arit-summer-fellowships-turkish/
CLIR is now accepting applications from collecting organizations for the digital reformatting of audio and audiovisual materials through the Recordings at Risk grant program. Generously funded by the Mellon Foundation, Recordings at Risk is focused on digitally preserving “at-risk” recorded content of high importance to researchers and the general public.
CLIR will award grants of between $10,000 and $50,000 for digital reformatting projects that will take place between September 1, 2023, and August 31, 2024.
The application deadline is April 19, 2023. Awards will be announced in August 2023.
Awards will cover direct costs of preservation reformatting for aging audio, audiovisual, or visual time-based media by eligible U.S. nonprofit organizations working with experienced service providers. To make their determinations, CLIR’s independent review panel will assess the potential scholarly or public impact of proposed projects, the urgency of undertaking those projects, the viability of applicants’ plans for long-term preservation, and the appropriateness of the planned approach to creating access.
CLIR will hold an informational webinar for prospective applicants on Wednesday, February 15, at 2:00 pm EST. To register or for more information visit the Apply for an Award page.
CLIR is always looking for community members interested in reviewing applications to Recordings at Risk and other grant and fellowship programs. Anyone interested can submit their details using the Reviewer Expression of Interest Form.
News and future developments from the Recordings at Risk program will be available through the program website and Twitter @CLIRgrants.
Questions? Contact recordingsatrisk@clir.org.
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