In case you missed this, we have a fabulous evening lined up talking about the importance of research and knowledge. Seems very timely and great to partner with @expeditions.bsky.social and 5x15 ... Do come along. www.5x15.com/events/5x15-...

SIX postdoc jobs (!) going at the new Leverhulme Centre for Space and Humanity at the University of Leicester, directed by @andrewfutter.bsky.social If you're in the social sciences/humanities and working on outer space, have a look!

Join us Thursday, Oct. 16 at noon EDT for a virtual discussion of The Invention of Rum: Creating the Quintessential Atlantic Commodity (Jordan B. Smith, Widener U). This event is part of JCB Reads, a virtual series for former fellows to share recent book publications. Details at jcblibrary.org!

Coming up next week, David Freidel explores Maya-Teotihuacan relations on Tuesday at 4pm; and Emilia Huerta-Sanchez discusses pathogens after contact in Mexico on Thursday at noon. For more details on both, and on other upcoming events, visit our website's events page at archaeology.brown.edu/events

This Thursday, we have the pleasure of hosting Rachel Thimmig. She will be presenting her research in an informal lecture: “Damming the Reservation: Hidden Histories of Salvage Archaeology and Domestic Life on the Great Plains.” 📅 October 2nd ⏰12:00 pm – 12:50 pm 📍Rhode Island Hall, Rm 108

Thursday, 10/2 at 12PM: Rachel Thimmig, a doctoral student in Anthropology, will present her research in an informal lecture entitled, “Damming the Reservation: Hidden Histories of Salvage Archaeology and Domestic Life on the Great Plains.” Sponsored by @brownarchaeology.bsky.social.

🏛️ Join us for Undergraduate Field Reports 🏛 Students will be sharing presentations on their Summer 2025 fieldwork and internships. Hear about their discoveries, challenges, and experiences from digs and projects around the world. 📅 Friday, September 19 ⏰ 4:0 PM 📍 Rhode Island Hall 108 (60 George St)

Applications are open for the 2026–27 Getty Scholars Program at the Villa, themed "The Classical World in Context: Religious Experience in Antiquity." Apply by October 1, 2025. Read more about the theme, scholars program, and grant details: bit.ly/4mfL4L6 #ResearchFunding #ClassicalArt #ArtHistory

Our Brown Bag Series in Archaeology returns next Thursday at noon! We start the semester with JIAAW's Lorenzo Castellano's informal talk: "Palaeobotanical Approaches to Farming in Ancient Anatolia: Twelve Millennia of Agriculture in Two Centuries of Research." Join us!

Field Dirt 2025: Reports and Results from Brown University’s 2025 Archaeological Field Seasons is this Friday at 3:30pm. Brown’s archaeologists will share highlights from their research. Join us for some good stories, interesting results, and stunning field photos. Free and open to the public.

Summer Fieldwork Update: Professor Parker VanValkenburgh — In July and August, VanValkenburgh conducted archaeological fieldwork in Peru and Brazil and taught workshops on LiDAR data processing in both countries. bit.ly/45i5rSS @brownarchaeology.bsky.social

Why should we care about #archaeology, #monuments, traditions, art, and architecture when survival itself is threatened? Read Morag M. Kersel's blog for the SAA's @saa-aap.bsky.social: ▶️ cup.org/46Ryg9X #culturalheritage #culturalproperty

Postdoc opportunity! 📣 IBES seeks candidates for one or more distinguished Voss postdoc fellowships in any field relevant to environmental research. Appointments start July 2026 with an expected term of two years. Learn more & submit step-one proposals by Sept 12: ibes.brown.edu/opportunitie...

AnatoLinks: PhD / early career #conference dedicated to the study of Ancient #Anatolia through the lenses of Linguistics, Philology, History, and Archaeology. Oxford, 4–5 December 2025. #cfp, deadline 1 October 2025. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/07...

Enjoying the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social #FestivalOfArchaeology? Between all the amazing events, don't forget that our collection of last year's most-read #archaeology is still completely FREE! Explore the research that took 2024 by storm: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A postdoctoral position, funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk for up to 36 months, is available to join my group @edinburghchem.bsky.social. The project focuses on biomimetic approaches to natural product synthesis. Deadline: 28th August 2025. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

🚨 Fellowship Opportunities at UCL History 🚨 Are you an early career researcher ready to take the next step? ⭐ Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships (2025–26) Deadline: 4pm, Mon 6 Oct 2025 ⭐British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships Deadline: Mon 8 Sept 2025 👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/r1f9Q

#Postdoctoral #Fellowship Opportunity at The Met! The Department of #Egyptian Art at The Metropolitan #Museum of #Art is now accepting applications for the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship. Info below

Got a burning #archaeology question? #AskAnArchaeologist Day is tomorrow! 🏺 Ask a question using the hashtag #AskAnArchaeologist and any archaeologist who has an answer is encouraged to respond. Follow @askanarchaeologist.bsky.social for more. @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

Delighted to share the recording for this year's fascinating & inspiring Meyerstein Lecture in Archaeology given by Prof Naomi Sykes "Dead Important: Addressing the Archaeological Curation Crisis" uoearchhist.bsky.social‬. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjuBeI989hQ&t=2736s A call to arms (&deer) 🦌!

SERámicANIMAL is an exhibition curated by JIAAW's Felipe Rojas, with Sarah Newman, Ben Alberti, and Oscar Sanabria at the Museo Arqueológico (MUSA), in Bogotá, Colombia. The exhibit highlights ways Precolumbian craftsmen used clay to reflect on the porous borders between clay, human, and animal.

Scientists find a tomb of a Maya king and his ancient treasures. But who was he? — In this piece from @nationalgeographic.bsky.social, Stephen Houston provides commentary on the discovery of a royal tomb in Caracol that belonged to the city’s first known ruler, Te K’ab Chaak.

Worrying podcast from @theguardian.com about the rapid rise of metal detecting in Syria lost Assad - and what it means for the preservation of the country's heritage. www.theguardian.com/world/audio/...

Just a reminder that there is only one month left to apply to be a student member of the Wenner-Gren Advisory Council. Deadline: August 1st. Apply now! wennergren.org/article/call...

We're pleased to announce that current JIAAW Postdoctoral Research Associate Robyn Price has been appointed Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology at Bryn Mawr College, starting in August. Congratulations, Robyn! archaeology.brown.edu/people/robyn...

Brown University professor Peter van Dommelen co-authored a study of ancient DNA that shows the interconnectivity of people and ideas in the ancient Mediterranean. The research findings were published in both Nature and Science. Read more at www.brown.edu/news/2025-05...

CALL FOR PAPERS! Proud to present our phenomenally creative, challenging, inspiring TAG session-programme! Hauntology, activism, river walks, Gaza, storytelling, development-led archaeology. In short: theory in action! (so submit a paper before August 1) tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/call-for-...

JOB : Directeur ou à la Directrice de la Conservation, des Expositions et de L'Edition, musée du Louvre-Lens ➡️ choisirleservicepublic.gouv.fr/offre-emploi...

Brown University Commencement 2025 - Archaeology and the Ancient World: A selection from welcoming remarks by Joukowsky Institute Director Andrew Scherer. #brownuniversity #brownu #brown2025

Brown University’s Corporation approved the appointment of Laurel Bestock as Joukowsky Family Associate Professor of Archaeology and the Ancient World and Egyptology and Assyriology, and Andrew Scherer as Pierre and Patricia Bikai Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology and the Ancient World.

Help save SAPIENS magazine! The Wenner-Gren Foundation, our funder, may decide to close the magazine in the coming weeks. But the Board of Trustees hasn't made its final decision. A letter from you could help! Sign here: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...

Brown University Commencement 2025, as seen (and heard) from Rhode Island Hall (with bagpipes and protesters, once again). Congratulations, Class of 2025! #brown2025 #brownuniversity #brownu

JIAAW's Professor Laurel Bestock leading Brown University's Commencement procession, bearing the University's mace, is one of our favorite traditions. Just a few more days! www.instagram.com/reel/DJ4RSTH... #brown2025 #BrownUniversity

Still time to apply for the Head of Collections (Library, Archives & Museum) job at @antiquaries.bsky.social. Closes this Sunday night! www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac... #lisjobs #museumjobs #archivejobs #heritagejobs #library #archive #museum #collections #heritage #rarebooks #specialcollections

Congratulations to JIAAW Faculty Fellow Jordi Rivera Prince on being awarded a Data Science Seed Grant for this great project!

Historians at Brown University and Tribal members from across New England are launching a project they hope will bring awareness to the historic enslavement of Indigenous people in North America.

We're pleased to announce that Archaeology and the Ancient World concentrator Allyson Frisbie has been inducted as a Royce Fellow, for her project, “Understanding Religion, Memorialization, and Colonial Family Dynamics Through the Study of Infant Burials in Providence, RI." Congratulations, Allyson!

We're pleased to announce that two of the Joukowsky Institute's Postdoctoral Fellows, Kathleen Forste and Robyn Price, have been awarded one-month Research Awards at Dumbarton Oaks, in Washington, DC. To read more about the program, visit www.doaks.org/research/fel...

JIAAW doctoral student Jenna Martin recently had her research on Iron Age Roman silver published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal. Her paper considers how silver helped shape historical trajectories in Iron Age Scotland. The full article can be read at go.shr.lc/4meQSpG (or scan QR code).

TODAY AT 4PM: Exhibit opening of "Drawing the Past: Student Work in Archaeological Illustration" in the first-floor atrium of RI Hall. Visitors will find a variety of works that reflect the techniques and stages involved in illustration, from rough sketches on graph paper to detailed final drawings

Congratulations to JIAAW Faculty Fellow, Jada Ko, on organizing this great conference: "From Menageries, to Zoos, to Everything in Between: Can we envision a new breed of zoo?"

JOB VACANCY We are recruiting for a 2-year full-time Research Fellowship in Biocultural Heritage, in partnership with the School of Geography and the Environment. Grade 7: £38,674-£46,913. Closing date: Midday on Friday 16 May. More info and application details at: bit.ly/42ARi1U

Hey, Brown University students, have you written some great papers for your courses this year? We want to read them! AND, you could win an award! We're offering three prizes to honor exceptional archaeological writing and research. Full rules at go.brown.edu/archaward DEADLINE: May 12 at 10:00am

Congratulations to Dr. Peers! Doctoral student in Archaeology and the Ancient World, Max Peers, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, "Building Community: An Architectural History of the Punic-Roman Central Mediterranean," on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

It's Battle of Kadesh day! And it's a beautiful day for some (fake!!!) bloodshed! Everyone, of all ages, is welcome to watch the Egyptians battle the Hittites on Brown's Quiet Green, today at 2:30pm. We're sharing some photos of past battles, for inspiration.

Congratulations to Dr. Bell! Sarah Bell successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, "Post-Abandonment Visitation on the Island of Crete During the Early Iron Age: Intergenerational Transmission of Social Identity through Memory Practice and its Effects on Long Term Social Change," on April 14.

JOB : Conservateur.trice régional.e de l'archéologie, Chef.fe du Service Régional de l'Archéologie H/F, DRAC Bourgogne Franche Comté ➡️ choisirleservicepublic.gouv.fr/offre-emploi...

Tomorrow, 4/10 at 12PM: Brown Bag Series in Archaeology. Morgan Clark, a Ph.D. Student in Anthropology, will present her research in an informal lecture entitled, “Talking Text: Speech in Maya Hieroglyphic Writing.” Sponsored by @brownarchaeology.bsky.social.

The search is on for the next #EditorInChief (or Co Editors-in-Chief) of #AmericanAnthropologist! This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of #Anthropology’s flagship journal & guide the discipline forward. Learn more & apply by April 28 l8r.it/LlQJ

The SCS Pedagogy Award has an upcoming deadline on Monday, April 21! The award supports professional development, educational resources, and curriculum development and enhancement for educators at all levels. Learn more about the application process: classicalstudies.org/awards-and-f...