Curious about cats? Completed your Ph.D? Competent in either aDNA or stable isotope analysis? Two postdoctoral positions are available at the Centre of Molecular Anthropology, University of Rome Tor Vergata to: unravel how the increasing bond with humans across a wide spectrum of socio-cultural contexts, from prehistoric farming communities to the ancient Egyptian and Medieval…… Continue reading Study Cats in Italy; Ph.D. Required
Category: academia
Sheffield Archaeology Under Threat
University of Sheffield’s archaeology team argue vital work will be lost if threatened closure goes ahead University of Sheffield Archaeology department threat ‘blow to UK’
Academic Publishers Make Resources Available to Cope with COVID-19
The Penn Libraries have assembled a list of academic publishers who are making educational resources more readily available for researchers and teachers who are dealing with teaching or working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Access varies by publisher but includes textbooks and some articles. Annual Reviews, for example, is making all their articles freely available,…… Continue reading Academic Publishers Make Resources Available to Cope with COVID-19
A Career in Classics and Anthropology, in and out of Academia
One person’s experience in and advice on combining classics, anthropology, and human osteology in a career: The Skeleton in My Closet by Kristina Killgrove. There’s some weird-sounding situations, like the quote below, that make me wonder what else was going on, but the advice is pretty solid. While there was interest among the students in…… Continue reading A Career in Classics and Anthropology, in and out of Academia
Scholarship for New York Archaeology Undergraduates
For New York state undergraduates interested in a career in archaeology, the Daniel H. Weiskotten Scholarship Fund 2018 awards $750 and a 1 year membership in the New York State Archaeological Association To apply for this award, a student must be a New York state resident enrolled in an accredited New York state college or…… Continue reading Scholarship for New York Archaeology Undergraduates
Archaeology Images from Peterson Farm, Minnesota
The University of Minnesota is conducting a field school at a historic site in Carver County first occupied in 1855 by Swedish-American farmer Andrew Peterson. Local newspaper the Chaska Herald has a photo essay showing the site and the tools of the trade.
Nominate a Female Zooarchaeologist for the Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship
Open to female zooarchaeologists currently enrolled in graduate school, the Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship includes a $1,000 award and a plaque. Nominations for the award are due December 15, 2015. The official description: In honor of the late Dienje M. E. Kenyon, a fellowship is offered to support a female archaeologist in the early stages…… Continue reading Nominate a Female Zooarchaeologist for the Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship
What Colleges Do NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Winners Come From, and Where Do They Go?
The National Science Foundation has just announced the winners of the 2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study in science and engineering (this includes social sciences, such as economics and geography, as well as anthropology) at a university in the United States. 2,000 awards are offered, each…… Continue reading What Colleges Do NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Winners Come From, and Where Do They Go?
Managing Your Online Identity
Kelli Marshall over at the Chronicle has a clear, succinct guide to managing your professional identity. It’s aimed at academics and seems pretty up to date (Strikingly? Never heard of it) . But why no love for academia.edu?
Archaeology Journals and Impact Factors
Those in tenure-track positions care a lot about impact factors; other people, not so much. Elsevier, which coincidentally also publishes academic journals, makes freely available “three alternative, transparent and accurate views of the true citation impact a journal makes.” These are the Impact per Publication (IPP), Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), and ScImago Journal…… Continue reading Archaeology Journals and Impact Factors