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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · 1d

PhD-opening in our ancient genomics lab this year, apply below!

We work on:
📜 Genetic history integrated with archaeology and history
📈 Natural selection and trait genetics
🐺 Evolutionary genomics of dogs and wolves
🦠 Ancient pathogen genomics
💀 Hominin evolution and ancient proteomics

The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 8d

Motivated graduates with backgrounds in biological or biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and/or computer science are invited to apply to our 4-year fully funded PhD programme.

Apply by 05 November 2025

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...

PhD students

Our PhD programme attracts the brightest scientific minds and is an opportunity for talented people to embark on their career in biomedical research.

www.crick.ac.uk

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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 4d

⚠️ Attention PalAss #members: Don't forget to apply for the Small Grants Scheme! 🤩✨
🔶 Deadline: 1st of November 🥳

More information:
➡️https://palass.org/small-grants-scheme

🔶 Not a member yet? Please consider #joining PalAss!
➡️https://palass.org/membership

#grant #palass #members #joinus

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Caroline Partiot @carolinepartiot.bsky.social · 10d

Apres 3 ans de chute dans l univers naturo conspi pour une proche, la seule solution a été d aller en Allemagne, une prise de sang un vrai diagnostic un traitement et enfin la lumière au bout du tunnel

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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · 11d

Director of QUEST and Lecturer in Archaeology (Teaching-Research)
UNIVERSITY OF READING
Salary: £47,389 – £58,225 per annum
Closing Date: 05/11/25
Location: Whiteknights Reading UK
www.bajr.org/job-ad/direc...

Director of QUEST and Lecturer in Archaeology (Teaching-Research) - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources

Salary: £47,389 – £58,225 per annumClosing Date: 05/11/25Location: Whiteknights Reading UK

www.bajr.org

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Viviane Pons @pyviv.bsky.social · 14d

Pétition pour sauver les trains de nuit

agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...

🚂 Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne

Signez la pétition maintenant !

agir.greenvoice.fr

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Caroline Partiot @carolinepartiot.bsky.social · 17d

Amazing congratulations 🤩🍾🥳

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Ghent Archaeology Department / Archeologie Ugent @archeougent.bsky.social · 22d

Vacature praktijkassistent fysische antropologie (20%)🦴💀

Zin om ons team te versterken tijdens praktijklessen fysische antropologie? Bekijk dan zeker deze vacature: jobs.ugent.be/job/Gent-Pra...

Praktijkassistent Fysische antropologie

jobs.ugent.be

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Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (SAP) @sapanthropologie.bsky.social · 22d

🚩👀Nous venons d'ouvrir le numéro d'octobre des #BMSAP journals.openedition.org/bmsap/16029 !

Il comprend l'article de Iseabail Wilks et collègues
"Invisible death rites in the early #Neolithic: Results of an #archaeothanatological analysis of #funerary practices in #Linearbandkeramik settlements"

37 (2) | 2025 (numéro ouvert) Pratiques mortuaires et inférences s...

Revue reflétant la recherche scientifique internationale sur l'histoire naturelle de l'homme, son origine et sa diversité biologique – An international journal presenting research on the natural hi...

journals.openedition.org

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Caroline Partiot @carolinepartiot.bsky.social · 22d

@alicewaldner.bsky.social congrats 😊

Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut @oeai.bsky.social · 22d

🍽️ Wie ein Comic aus der Antike: Die Bildsprache eines Tellers aus Ephesos gibt Einblicke in altägyptische Vorstellungswelten. Mehr dazu erfahren Sie im neuen Beitrag des @derstandard.at Archäologieblog

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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄️ @mu-peter.bsky.social · 25d

📢 Job vacancy 🏺🧪

A great opportunity!
Starting: 05.01.2026 - Until: 04.01.2029

Application deadline: 06.10.2025

Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · 25d

PhD Studentship alert!
I'm looking for a motivated student to work here in Vienna @vdsee-univie.bsky.social on my ERC grant "DISPERSE". It's a fulltime scholarship (working in 14C and #archsci in Palaeolithic archaeology in Eurasia.
Details in the link below!
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

University assistant predoctoral 1

jobs.univie.ac.at

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Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · 25d

PhD Studentship alert!
I'm looking for a motivated student to work here in Vienna @vdsee-univie.bsky.social on my ERC grant "DISPERSE". It's a fulltime scholarship (working in 14C and #archsci in Palaeolithic archaeology in Eurasia.
Details in the link below!
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

University assistant predoctoral 1

jobs.univie.ac.at

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GRHis UR 3831 @grhisrouen.bsky.social · 29d

📢 La revue Austriaca (1975-2025). Bilan et perspectives
50 années de recherches croisées entre la 🇫🇷 France et 🇦🇹l'Autriche
📆 2 et 3 octobre 2025
📍à l'université de Rouen Normandie (@univrouen.bsky.social)

Plus d'infos :
grhis.univ-rouen.fr/3527-2/

Affiche du colloque sur les 50 ans de la revue Austriaca. Des couvertures de la revue de différentes périodes sont éparpillées.

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Maison des Sciences Humaines de Bordeaux @mshbordeaux.bsky.social · Sep 10

Dans le cadre de son dispositif de soutien à la mobilité internationale, le @CNRS-Sciences humaines & sociales, en partenariat avec l’École française d’Athènes, lance un appel à candidatures pour des séjours de recherche en Grèce en 2026.
www.mshbx.fr/2025/09/10/s...

Soutien à la mobilité internationale 2026 Mobilité vers l’École française d’Athènes

Soutien à la mobilité internationale 2026 Mobilité vers l’École française d’Athènes Soutien à la mobilité internationale 2026 Mobilité vers l’École française d’Athènes Dans le cadre de son dispos...

www.mshbx.fr

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Olivier Bastien @bass42.bsky.social · Sep 10

Spécialité française:

1. Afficher des valeurs et les constitutionnaliser

2. expliquer aux autres qu'elles sont universelles (cé bo)

3. Se torcher le derrière avec la dite constitution à chaque événement qui ne plaît pas au grand manitou en place

#Lecornu #Macron #10Septembre #ViolencesPolicieres

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Caroline Partiot @carolinepartiot.bsky.social · Sep 10

#Frenchdemocracy

Mathilde Larrère @mathildelarrere.bsky.social · Sep 10

regardez ces images!

nous devrions toutes et tous être scandalisés par cet usage totalement disproportionné de la force

CE N'EST PAS ACCEPTABLE DANS UNE DÉMOCRATIE

ViolencesPolicières.fr @violencespolicieres.fr · Sep 10

🟡 Signalement 9122

À Paris près de la place de la Nation, un manifestant violemment poussé au sol, un autre frappé à la tête par la 32e compagnie d'intervention, sans aucune interpellation.

— 🎥 @anthodepe.bsky.social #10septembre #10septembre2025 #OnBloqueTout

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...

British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants

The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · Sep 5

I will be recruiting two PhDs for my ERC Project HERDPATH - let's discover out how livestock and pathogens evolved together using #aDNA. Projects will be animal or pathogen focused but will be in dialogue.

Details at my quaint website below. Deadline 3rd October.

kevingdaly.github.io

Ruminant Palaeogenomics - Kevin G. Daly: Ruminant Palaeogenomics

kevingdaly.github.io

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Early Medieval People & Things (EMPAT) @empatireland.bsky.social · Sep 5

Are you interested in doing a PhD on early medieval topics in UCD School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Ireland?

This is the primary source of funding for PhD students in the Rep. of Ireland, details below

www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...

Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme - Research Ireland

The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is an established national initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and mana...

www.researchireland.ie

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Sep 4

British Academy/Leverhulme Trust small grants scheme is open. Up to £10k for up to 2 years. For postdoctoral researchers in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, including independent researchers. Applications that meet the quality threshold are allocated through partial randomisation. 5 Nov deadline.

British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants

The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Laura Tx @drlauratx.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hello, il est encore temps de candidater jusqu'au 30 sept pour le prix Mnémosyne.

Asso Mnémosyne @assomnemosyne.bsky.social · Jul 9

Campagne du #PrixMnémosyne2025...
C'est parti ! 🥳

Retrouvez toutes les informations sur notre site ⤵️
mnemosyne-asso.com/prix-mnemosy...

Affiche de promotion du Prix Mnémosyne 2025.

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Graeme Warren @graemewarren.bsky.social · Sep 2

Interested in post-doctoral research on hunter-gatherers with me at @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social? Main source of funding is from Research Ireland (see below). Deadline 23/10/25. Please contact me to discuss.

www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...

Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme - Research Ireland

The Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme is an established national initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and manag...

www.researchireland.ie

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Sep 1

📢 We are hiring! See below for more information ⬇️

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨 We are hiring!! 🚨

The Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for:

- a scientific coordinator

- a science communication officer

🚨 Deadline: September 15 🚨

See links for the full advertisements:

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Wissenschaftliche/r Geschäftsführer/in (m/w/d, E14 TV-L, 100%)

uni-tuebingen.de

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Laurits Skov @lauritsskov.bsky.social · Aug 28

Are you interested in doing a PhD in Copenhagen? Interested in studying Neanderthals and Denisovans which live on in our genomes?
Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :)

candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Please reach out if you have any questions!

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Caroline Partiot @carolinepartiot.bsky.social · Sep 1

Félicitations !🥳

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Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thinking about volunteering in archaeology or heritage?

We’ve just launched our brand new Volunteering page, bringing together placements, digs, and volunteering roles in heritage from across the UK. And the best part? Search by region to find opportunities near you! 👉

Volunteering

We keep you up to date with what is happening in British archaeology, whether you are looking to participate in a dig or volunteer.

shorturl.at

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