How are babies and mothers in Gaza right now? We are relieved and happy that my brother Hamza’s wife, Nebal, safely delivered her healthy baby girl. Alma was born last week at home. Two days ago, she developed a fever and was admitted to hospital, where they diagnosed malnutrition in mum

This will be out soon! Eileen Cummings about her incredible life story from Stolen generation to policy maker, community leader and great-grandmother. Spending time with Eileen and forming this narrative together has been an enormous privilege. Laughing, crying – it’s all in here!

Bombs falling near where my brother Hamza lives in Gaza City. He, his 1 year old son and pregnant wife had just moved back into their bombed out apartment. Now they had to leave again because of a new evacuation order for their area.

My friend Shumon is looking for a PostDoc on his innovative project that just started: somebody broadly interested in working at the confluence of computational archaeology, network & complexity science and Palaeolithic stone artefact analysis - in a dynamic early career research group!

Exciting news: Co-director @patrickwillett will talk about our newest survey results at this year’s IMSW. You can join with the following link on the 25th at 10:30am: conectaha.csic.es/b/vic-tiw-ap...

I haven’t posted on my family in Gaza in a while - because what is there to say? During the ceasefire, food supply had become easier and my nieces and nephews had returned to school a few hours per week. Now the war is back without any end in sight.

Last Thursday, our project presented in two different places around the world! Co-director Edlira Andoni presented at the annual meeting of the Institute of Archaeology in Tirana; co-director Jana Anvari presented at the Flinders Archaeology Seminar in Adelaide. Thanks to all who came out!

Always wonderful to talk about our ongoing research! Today, 3pm Adelaide time, possibility to join online: tinyurl.com/3e8yzjs8

Just offering possible wording for everbody who’s at a loss for words: I can’t eat nearly as much as I want to puke (German original, in Berlin dialect: Ick kann janich so viel fressen, wie ick kotzen möchte). Spoken by German Jewish painter Max Liebermann when he was watching a Nazi parade

My sister Saja, living in Khan Younis, is a trained translator English<>Arabic. Her wish is to (re-)build her life through her own strength and work. She asks me to spread the word that she would be grateful for any translation jobs; she already successfully completed one for a colleague of mine.

Just a reminder that applications are open for this Assistant Professorship in Cologne, deadline is this week.

Three of my sibling with their families returned to Gaza City this week. Like many others, they did the trek north partly on truck, on donkey cart and on foot, having to sleep at the Netzarim checkpoint for two nights. They found their apartment building

Finally, a ceasefire. My sisters and brothers in Gaza tell me that, like many people there, they are feeling a mixture of emotions: Happiness, hope. Sadness about the friends and family who died, which includes three of our cousins in just the last two weeks.

If you ever wanted to replace me, this is your chance: my old job in Cologne is now advertised, wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in (Assistenz) am Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte. I loved this job and the department - very happy to answer questions about it all, just message me.

DiaryOfA(Partly)UnemployedAcademic, 5: A few days in Darwin for a research project. Loving it, but my hair is going crazy.

The German Maritime Museum invites applications for 3-9 month-long fellowships to work on interdisciplinary object-based research focussing on the cultural & political significance of the relationship between humans and the sea. Deadline 31 January 2025. More info: www.museumsbund.de/stellenangeb...

My siblings in Gaza continue to parent under very difficult circumstances. The younger kids in my family received WHO polio vaccinations a few weeks ago, for which I am very grateful. My two youngest nephews, both a bit over 1 year old, have spent most of their lives in a war.

Excited to announce our archaeological Summer school in Albania in July/August 2025. Teaching the archaeological process with a practical focus. Funded places for 15 students from Albania, North Macedonia and Germany. With the fabulous @patrickwillett.bsky.social and

JOB! 🏺🔬🧪 #archaeology www.wessexarch.co.uk/node/35521?f...

Celebrating submitting a >1000 pages edited book manuscript for peer review. Phew!

🚨 Job Klaxon 🚨 1 PhD position for 3 years a the German Mining Museum Bochum in the interdisciplinary DFG/AHRC funded project "Toxic Heritage: Socio-natural Landscapes of Extraction and Pollution in the Harz and Cornwall". More details: karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/2.... Please share!

DiaryOfA(Partly)UnemployedAcademic,4: The reason why I call this ‘Diary of a partly unemployed academic’ is that I got some casual research work through colleagues at my PhD alma mater, Flinders University, which I am very grateful for. But mostly,

My archaeological field project is also here now, follow us for updates about our work! bsky.app/profile/korc...

Conditions across Gaza are desparate. My family, dislocated to central and southern Gaza, relies on occasional rations being handed out by charities, and donations I forward to them - and even then, they are constantly hungry, cold

The food crisis in Gaza is now at a point where even me sending my family money can do little, because there is simply nothing to buy do to ongoing blockades of the aid. My sister texted me yesterday:

DiaryOfA(Partly)UnemployedAcademic, 3: At the end of my previous contract in August, I self-diagnosed a mild burnout. Looking back, this was an inevitable outcome of 5.5 years as an Assistant Professor and especially the last year, which was pretty intense both at work and in the family sphere,

DiaryOfA(Partly)UnemployedAcademic, 2: I have officially been unemployed for 2.5 months, but for the first few weeks barely noticed it because… well, we moved from Germany to Australia. Packed up our apartment, spent some quality time with my family, got on a plane, spent some quality time with

DiaryOfA(Partly)UnemployedAcademic, 1: Hey world! I am currently in a temporary (let’s hope!) career interruption due to fixed-term contract plus international relocation with two small kids. I will post about my experience to help normalise interruptions in academic careers