Heidi Jauhiainen

Join us for another (hybrid) AMME Seminar this Thursday (25.09.25), 16:15-18:00 EEST)!

Session theme:
Science and the Social Lives of Ancient Materials

Speakers:
- Takehiro Miki
- Marta Lorenzon

More info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...

@helsinki.fi @anee-helsinki.bsky.social #AMMEseminar

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On Tuesday, Research Council of Finland granted me Academy research fellow funding for four years to continue my core research in a project called ”Unseen Languages in Language Identification”: tiedejatutkimus.fi/fi/results/f...

University Lecturer in Egyptology & Archaeology in Cairo University Lecturer in Egyptology & Archaeology in CairoThe Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo is seeking a University Lecturer/Assistant Director in Egyptology & Archaeology (0,5 fte). Are you a ...

Great opportunity to work at NVIC in Cairo with lovely people!

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

Tablet from Sippar, Sumerian Emesal hymn. (Image: The Trustees of the British Museum CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 )

UPDATE: Remote participation is possible for the upcoming workshop on the origins of Emesal, June 25.

Join us from anywhere via Zoom! helsinki.zoom.us/j/69440740797

Learn more about this event here: The Origins of Emesal Workshop
www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...

Looted from Syria, sold on Facebook: antiquities smuggling surges after fall of Assad Collapse of once-feared security apparatus, coupled with widespread poverty, has triggered a gold rush

“The last three to four months has been the biggest flood of antiquities trafficking I have ever seen, from any country, ever.”

://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/08/looted-from-syria-sold-on-facebook-antiquities-smuggling-surges-after-fall-of-assad?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...

Big changes to the ERC funding schemes!
Note the new eligibility criteria from 2027 on:
📌 Starting Grant: 0-10 y post-PhD
📌 Consolidator Grant: 5-15 y post-PhD
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Temporary position as Senior lecturer in Archaelology with a focus on Egyptian archaeology and cultural history - Uppsala University Temporary position as Senior lecturer in Archaelology with a focus on Egyptian archaeology and cultural history, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Department of A...

#Egyptology

Next provenance question: Is there any way to verify if a specific artifact was once a part of the Foroughi Collection? Are there any comprehensive catalogs or databases available?

YouTube video by Assyrian Cultural Foundation Assyrian Renaissance: The Religion of Assyria - Dr. Shana Zaia

Are you curious about ancient #Assyrian or #Mesopotamian religions? Thanks to the Assyrian Cultural Foundation's Assyrian Renaissance lecture series, you can check out my thoughts on the topic here: youtu.be/vC9AbeNEU1I?... #Assyriology #Ancient #History

Provenance researchers, does anyone have any information on the Austrian art collector Alfred Antonin Juritzky-Warberg (1887-1961)? (sometimes called "Prince Jurisky" or "Juva") Specifically, did he collect ancient art in any quantity and from which sources?

The Origins of Emesal Workshop in June | Ancient Near Eastern Empires | University of Helsinki It is commonly agreed that the first Emesal texts originate from the second millennium while Sumerian ceased to be a vernacular around 2000 BC. This leads to the somewhat paradoxical situation that a ...

The Origins of Emesal

Join us for a workshop exploring the origins of Emesal, a variant of Sumerian. This event brings together experts from digital, linguistic, philological, and archaeological disciplines to unravel the mysteries of Emesal.
www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...

#Emesal #Sumerian

The Finnish Network for the Study of the Ancient World supports colleagues at Macquarie University.

9:20 ‹ Back へく 9:03 AM odh@neh.gov To: Elizabeth, Margaret & 1 more... › Information about your NEH Grant Application HT-308154 You don't often get email from odh@neh.gov. Learn why. this is important This is to inform you that NEH Grant Application HT-308154 for project "Null Results: Dealing with Failure in the Digital Humanities" has been withdrawn by the NEH. Thank you so much for applying to the NEH's Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities. Unfortunately, all the programs under the Office of Digital Humanities have been cancelled. So we are unable to review your proposal and have marked it as Withdrawn by Agency in our system. I realize that writing a proposal takes a long time and I'm so sorry we can't fund your excellent work anymore. thanks, Brett Bobley Director, Office of Digital Humanities 血 口 介 囗

Dissolution of the Office of Digital Humanities is confirmed. #DigitalHumanities

Check out the latest #openaccess article from my Zenon project⤵️

doi.org/10.1515/opar...

Published in the #OpenArchaelogy special issue on 'Network Perspectives in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East', edited by M.G. Micale, H. Dawson & A. Lahelma

@degruyterbrill.bsky.social

🎉 We are excited to announce our new blog series, WORK-ing Thoughts, where we’ll bring you insights from our researchers as they share their unique perspectives, research journeys, and methodologies.

📅 The first post launches next week!

#workit #ERCAdG #universityofhelsinki #blog

Kone Foundation supports Global South researchers' visits to the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies - Kone Foundation Kone Foundation supports Global South researchers' visits to the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS) by launching a new programme.

Kone Foundation aims to strengthen research cooperation between the global South and North by launching a new programme to support Global South researchers' visits to the @hcas.bsky.social The invitational fellowship programme is intended for researchers in the social sciences and humanities.

Behold the 📢 #CfP for the next #ConnectedPast event ⤵️ and at connectedpast.net.

Submit your abstract by 15 March 2025, and join us in beautiful #Coimbra in September!

#ConnectedPast2025
Organised by Joel Santos, Tânia Casimiro, Ricardo Costeira da Silva, and Carlos Faísca.

YouTube video by Digital Hammurabi Understanding Women in Mesopotamia: Interview with Dr. Saana Svärd

Understanding Women in Mesopotamia: Interview with Dr. Saana Svärd - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrjY...

@martalorenzon.bsky.social and I are running a fun session at this years' WAC-10 in Darwin Australia! Share widely with anyone who might be interested! #architecture #builtenvironment #networks

Hunting Egypt’s lost pharaoh: Briton makes ‘find of the century’ Staircase carved into an Egyptian cliff leads to what could be the most significant discovery since the tomb of Tutankhamun

Wow...checking my notes 🧐 and yup, we aren't in the 1920s anymore so why is @thetimes.com still using these types of colonial tropes "hunting for lost pharaohs" and "Brit makes find of the century" and the completely inappropriate images of unwrapped human remains www.thetimes.com/world/middle...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Studies at the University of Bergen (275792) | University of Bergen Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Studies at the University of Bergen (275792), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Monday, March 17, 2025

⚠️job alert⚠️
Four year postdoc in Bergen, Norway on ancient studies and religion. Find full details about the position at the link below. The deadline is 17th March

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Did you know that ancient mud bricks hold the secrets of civilizations long gone? These humble materials built cities thousands of years ago, preserving snapshots of daily life. They’re proof that innovation doesn’t need to be complex to change the world.

#Archaeology #History #MudBrick

Who Really Invented the Alphabet? - The Ancient Near East Today Who really invented the alphabet? Although we are still uncertain about precisely where the world’s most influential communication system came from, we know more than we did 20 years ago.

A good summary by Seth Sanders in ASOR Today about the origins of the alphabet: anetoday.org/sanders-inve...

"Was im Sudan passiert, übersteigt unsere Vorstellungskraft" Die Zahl der Menschen, die auf lebensrettende Unterstützung angewiesen sind, hat sich innerhalb weniger Jahre fast vervierfacht. Christof Johnen vom DRK berichtet über die Hürden seiner Arbeit - und d...

www.n-tv.de/panorama/Hum...

AMME Seminar 17.12.24: ‘Approaches into Ancient Labor’ | Ancient Near Eastern Empires | University of Helsinki The final Ancient and Medieval Middle East (AMME) seminar of the autumn semester is around the corner. The session is organised in hybrid fashion at University of Helsinki and online, on Tuesday 17 De...

Join us for the next (hybrid) #AMMEseminar – on approaches into ancient labor - Tuesday 17.12.24!

Speakers:
- Ville Vuolanto
- Jason Silverman

Abstracts & more info at: helsinki.fi/en/researchg...

@helsinkiuni.bsky.social

AC's Deborah Lehr: United Nations Takes Bold Step to Address Illicit Trade in Antiquities - Antiquities Coalition This blog post is authored by Deborah Lehr, Chairman and Founder of the Antiquities Coalition. On December 6, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted resolution A/79/L.16, an importan...

The UN “calls upon actors in the art market—including auction houses, museums, art dealers, and collectors—to take a proactive stance in ensuring the provenance of cultural objects…”

the demand side of the illicit trade has often been overlooked.

theantiquitiescoalition.org/acs-deborah-...

Embodied emotions in ancient Neo-Assyrian texts revealed by bodily mapping of emotional semantics Neuroscience; Linguistics; History

New research uses computational linguistics to map words for emotion used alongside words for body parts in cuneiform texts from 934-612 BCE.

Fascinating method and findings. Where in the body did people feel or express fear, joy, pride, sadness, shame, and more? www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Call for Papers information

Do you use networks or network analysis in research about the ancient Near East? Consider contributing to this exciting open access edited volume! We're interested in hearing about all research using networks: archaeological, socio-historical, or lexical! Deadline is 1st March 2024.

Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School The third Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School will take place at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Applications for the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School at the University of Copenhagen are open!

This is a great course for introducing digital Assyriological research (including data cleaning, GIS, Python, and networks). Deadline is 31st March.

ccrs.ku.dk/education/am...

Helsinki Centre for Intellectual History is back! Join us in the Revival Bash on 5 April 2024! Purple is the color and feminism and intellectual history is the first topic of our new workshop series. Please spread the word & enjoy Women's Day! www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...