News
Start of the winter semester 2025!
A warm welcome to all new students of Near Eastern Archaeology! We are looking forward to a semester with exciting seminars on magic, medicine and monsters , objects as part of the (institute's) history , facts & fiction about the Luwians and insights into the Neo-Assyrian Empire , as well as introductions to Near Eastern archaeology and archaeological techniques . We want to look at intoxication and drugs and discuss Sense and Sensibility: The Archaeology of Sensory Experience and Perception with students from Copenhagen in cooperation with the prehistoric archaeology department. Subject introduction We invite all students to the first semester orientation on 7 October at 14:00 and look forward to meeting you. Course catalogue You can find all details about the courses in Near Eastern Archaeology in the course catalogue .
Oct 02, 2025
4 PhD scholarships BerGSAS (Landscape Archaeology; Ancient Objects and Visual Studies)
The Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies (BerGSAS) is offering four scholarships in archaeological doctoral programmes starting in the winter semester 2026/27 with funding from the DAAD.
Jul 31, 2025
Three PhD scholarships in archaeology
The Graduate School of Research EUR ArChal offers three PhD scholarships, of three years duration, starting from the beginning of the 2025-2026 academic year. The scholarship holders will enroll for their PhD at the archaeology doctoral school of the University of Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Joint supervision with another ArChal partner (see below) is highly recommended and will be set up during the first year of the PhD.
Jul 22, 2025
Nails as witnesses: forced labour, archaeology and art
03.04.2025, 19:00 Uhr / St. Matthäus-Kirche Matthäikirchplatz / 10785 Berlin
Mar 31, 2025
Announcement: Archaeological Field work in Turkmenistan
There is the opportunity to take part in archaeological field work in Turkmenistan (May 2025) as part of the TAP-Project.
Feb 28, 2025
News from Tell Ushayer
Feb 20, 2025
Cancellation of Prof Bonatz's office hours
Feb 12, 2025
Berlin-Kopenhagen Kolloquium 2024/25: Exploring Identity in Archaeology and the Archaeological Material
7th & 8th february in Copenhagen
Feb 04, 2025
Dr. Barbara Cerasetti: Investigating the Past in the Black Sands of Prehistoric Margiana
Nov 11, 2024
Announcement of Doctoral Scholarships in BerGSAS (Berlin Graduate School for Ancient Studies)
German Academic Exchange Service scholarships, application deadline: November 1st, 2024
Aug 01, 2024
Offer for a compulsory internship at the Museum of Islamic Art
Opportunity to do a compulsory internship at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin for students.
Jul 12, 2024
Announcement: Students wanted for excavation and research project in Tell Saq/Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
Archaeology or excavation technology students wanted by the DAI for research work in Tell Saq/Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia.
Jul 12, 2024
Discussion about accommodation for refugees on Tempelhofer Feld
Article from the Tagesspiegel from June 18, 2024, whether the accommodation of refugees on Tempelhofer Feld is justifiable given the use of this place during the Nazi era. (Text available only in German).
Jun 26, 2024
Opening of the Study Cafe
Opening of the Study Café on June 6h, 2024, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the "Holzlaube", room: -1.1020.
Jun 06, 2024
New Release: Tell Fekheriye Excavation Reports 2: Ceramic Sequence, Costanza Coppini
The volume "The Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Ceramic Sequence at Tell Fekheriye (Syria)" has been published as volume 2 of the series "Tell Fekheriye Excavation Reports".
May 23, 2024
Job advertisement: Student assistant at the Institute Near Eastern Archaeology
SHK job advertisement (m/f/d) 41 h/month limited to 2 years, reference code: VAA_2024_TAP_Stud_2, application deadline: May 29, 2024.
Apr 25, 2024
Offener Hörsaal SoSe 2024: "Hinter dem Bauzaun. Schätze des Vorderasiatischen Museums"
Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m., program online, presence and live stream.
Apr 19, 2024
