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Graduate School members organize session at WAC
Graduate School members Antonia Davidovic and Bettina Schulz Paulsson organize a workshop at the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) on January 15 together with GS alumnus Fevzi Kemal Moetz. (2013/01/11)
Call for Abstracts International Workshop 2013
The Graduate School is glad to announce the International Open Workshop "Socio-Environmental Dynamics over the Last 12.000 Years: The Creation of Landscapes III". It will take place at Kiel University from the 15th to the 18th of April, 2013. (2012/10/05)
Megasthenes and Apollodorus: concluding remarks
A conference on Megasthenes, Apollodorus of Artemita and Isidor of Charax took place in Kiel in late June, organized by Graduate School member Josef Wiesehöfer. The concluding remarks by Giovanni Lanfranchi are now available. (2012/09/18)
Raising a stone - revealing a secret?
This summer, archaeologists from Kiel University are undertaking a field campaign near Hundisburg (Saxony-Anhalt), excavating a megalithic tomb dating from the early Neolithic. A special moment occurred when the 2.5 ton capstone was lifted. (2012/07/30)
Comparing Neolithic landscapes
Thirty researchers from Ireland and Kiel came together at the Graduate School from July 2 to 4, 2012 with the aim of comparing Neolithic landscapes in northwest Ireland and northwest Germany. (2012/07/20)
Graduate School and Johanna Mestorf: the experiment continues on high level
Results of the new round of the German excellence initiative have been published on June 15, with the Graduate School ranking among the top applicants. Read more about this striking success. (2012/06/15)
Modelling in the Graduate School
The Graduate School hosts a workshop about modelling on June 25 and 26. (2012/06/14)
Classical conference on Greek historians and geographers
Josef Wiesehöfer organizes a colloquium on Megasthenes, Apollodorus of Artemita and Isidor of Charax. It takes place in Kiel from June 27 to 30. (2012/06/12)
Romanticism reconsidered
In his book "Natur im Bewusstsein der Differenz" Philipp Meurer provides a new approach to the reception of Swiss painter and graphic artist Franz Gertsch. (2012/04/23)
GS exhibition opened
The Graduate School has a new public outreach instrument: An exhibition presenting nine PhD projects has recently been opened. Read more about the exhibition. (2012/02/29)
Workshop outcomes published
Three volumes have now been published comprising most of the papers that were presented at the GS workshop in March 2011. See book details. (2012/01/16)
Honouring the alumni
Towards the end of the year, the first alumni of the Graduate School were honoured by the Executive Board. Read about the ceremony. (2011/12/21)
Underwater research
Flooded caves in Mexico, shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea, and sunken islands in the Plön Lake District - each of these research topics is part of Florian Huber's PhD project. Read more about his efforts for safety and efficiency of underwater research. (2011/12/20)
New GS Executive Board
During the annual Plenary Meeting of the Graduate School, the new Executive Board was elected. View full list of elected members. (2011/12/06)
Flying over Ur
The Christmas programme at Kiel's Media Dome features an ancient highlight this year. The audience is taken on an animated flight over the Ziggurat of Ur. This scene was generated under the scientific guidance of Graduate School member Andrea Ricci. Read more about Flying over Ur. (2011/12/02)
Bronze Age Mobility
Everyone interested in "Cultural Mobility in Bronze Age Europe" should mark June 6 to 9, 2012, in their calendar. That is when an International Conference in Aarhus/Denmark focuses on this topic. Read PDF for more details, including the call for papers. (2011/10/27)
Inspiring new neighbourhood
The Graduate School moved to a new location in September. After nearly four years in the "factory" at Neufeldtstraße, the GS now resides in a brand new building in the midst of the campus. Read the full article about the relocation. (2011/10/19)
Graduate School in Bosnia
During September GS fieldwork took place in Bosnia near Gorazde. The excavation at Jagnilo recovered a multi-periodical house of around 5300 cal BC. Read the full article about the GS fieldwork in Bosnia. (2011/10/12)
From Bosau to Falbygden
Archaeologist Karl-Göran Sjögren's stay at Kiel University continues a long tradition: The first Scandinavian guest professors came here already in the 1960s. Sjögren, born in Karlstad in 1949, was invited to come to Kiel by the Institute for Pre- and Protohistory. Read the full Interview with Karl-Göran Sjögren. (2011/07/22)
Bronze Age Mobility
Everyone interested in "Cultural Mobility in Bronze Age Europe" should mark June 6 to 9, 2012, in their calendar. That is when an International Conference in Aarhus/Denmark focuses on this topic. Read PDF for more details. (2011/07/14)
Science Slam competition
Anja Prust MA and Karina Iwe MA are going to participate in a Science Slam competition during Kieler Woche. (2011/06/15)
Mission complete for first Graduate School students
The first of our scholarship holders have passed their disputation. (2011/05/25)
Conference on sacral landscapes
GS members Professor Lutz Käppel and Dr Vassiliki Pothou from the Institute of Classics at Kiel University organize a conference on "Human Development in sacral Landscapes – between ritual tradition, creativity and emotionality". From May 5 to 7, researchers from Europe and America come together in Delphi to discuss topics such as "Ritual and Landscape in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo" or “Landscape and the cosmos in Apolline rites of Delphi and Delos", but also Archaeo-Astronomy or Archaeobotany. Among the participants are GS members Professor Antonia Davidovic, Dr Helmut Kroll, Bettina Schulz Paulsson and Michael Teichmann. You can download the programme and the poster of the conference. (2011/04/13)
Ten sessions in three days
The Graduate School's interdisciplinary Open Workshop "Socio-environmental dynamics over the last 12.000 years: the creation of landscapes II" in March features numerous scientific highlights. (2011/02/20)
Visitors with good advice
The Advisory Board of the Graduate School came together in Kiel on November 25th and 26th. Professor Dr Reinhold Bichler (Innsbruck University), Dr Simon Haberle (Australian National University), Professor Dr Andreas Lang (University of Liverpool), Professor Dr Stephen Shennan (University College of London), and Professor Dr Helle Vandkilde (Aarhus University) were informed about the proceedings within the school. (2010/12/15)
Investigative Cluster 2 Workshop
Cluster 2 of the Graduate School invited the PhDs to a field workshop near Oldenburg in Holstein from November 2nd to 5th. (2010/12/16)
Second generation, first results
Part 2 of the Graduate School Introductory Workshop for the second generation of the doctoral students was held in the Landeskulturzentrum Salzau from October 29th to 30th.. (2010/12/20)
Call for abstracts
The Graduate School is glad to invite senior and junior researchers to the Open Workshop: Socio-environmental dynamics over the last 12,000 years: The Creation of Landscapes II. Abstracts addressing one or more of the following sessions are welcome until the 15th of November, 2010. Workshop 2011 subpage
Open Seminar in Lund
On May 28th, Archaeologists from Kiel, England and Denmark met their fellow researchers in Lund (Sweden) for the open Seminar "Neolithic Transitions".
Megalithic Structures and Social Identities
The European Megalithic Studies Group Meeting 2010 in Kiel provided an excellent frame for fruitful discussions.
Next generation of PhD students welcomed
The second generation of graduate students have started their projects in Kiel. The introductory workshop offered a good opportunity for old and new members of the school to get in touch.
Marble experts in Kiel - Workshop at the Graduate School
"Marble is quite an specific field of research", Natalia Toma admits. Toma, PhD student at the GS, has organized the interdisciplinary workshop "Marble – Change – Landscape". More than 20 mostly young scientists from Germany, France, Great Britain, Israel, Italy Austria and the USA met in Kiel from April 15 to 17.
European Megalithic Studies Group Meeting
From 13th to 15th of May 2010 the European Megalithic Studies Group will meet in Kiel. It is invited by the Graduate School, the Priority Program "Early Monumentality and Social Differentiation (SPP1400)", the RGK of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the Insitute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology of the CAU Kiel. This years´ meeting will deal with the topic of "Megaliths and Identities". Along with the workshop there will be public lectures on Megalithic Studies. The participants of the Megalithic Studies Group will also attend the workshop of the Priority Program from 16th th to 17th th of May in Kiel.
Programme: Interdisciplinary Workshop on Marble Studies in Past Societies
The Interdisciplinary Workshop on Marble studies in Past Societies: Marble - Change - Landscape will take place at the University of Kiel between April the 15th - 17th, 2010. The workshop programme is already online available here (15.03.2010)
Human Development in moving pictures
The new video feature about the Graduate School "Human Development in Landscapes" is online now. It just takes 5:52 minutes to get an insight into the diversity of our excellent scientific work. You can see the film in English or German:
http://www.exzellence-initiative.com (English)
http://www.exzellenz-initiative.de (German)
(08.03.2010)
Conference "Landscapes and societies in Ancient and Medieval Europe East of the Elbe. Interactions between environmental settings and cultural transformations"
The Department of History at the York University (Canada) and the Graduate School "Human Development in Landscapes" at the University of Kiel are organizing the IV International Workshop of the Interdisciplinary Association "Gentes trans Albiam - Europe East of the Elbe in the Middle Ages", which will take place in Toronto on March 26th - 27th, 2010. To download the programme and the poster, please click here. (16.02.2010)
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Marble Studies in Past Societies
The Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes” of Christian-Albrechts-University of
Kiel (Germany) invites for contributions to the: Interdisciplinary Workshop on Marble studies in Past Societies: Marble - Change - Landscape, which will take place at the University of Kiel between April the 15th - 17th, 2010. More information. (11.01.2010)
I International Workshop of Pedoanthracology
Professor Oliver Nelle and doctoral student Vincent Robin are co-organizing the I International Workshop of Pedoanthracology together with Brgitte Talon (IMEP - Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III, France). The workshop will take in Aix-en-Provence, the 14th, 15th and 16th June 2010. More information at: http://pedoanthracoworkshop.free.fr/ (15.12.2009)
New Executive Committee elected
On November 16, the new Executive Committee of the Graduate School ‘Human Development in Landscapes’ was elected by the members of the school. more (23.11.2009)
30 Doctoral stipends for outstanding young researchers!
The Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes" at the Christian Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany, invites applications for 30 Doctoral stipends for outstanding young researchers. Grants of 1200 Euro per month will be provided for two years with the option of extension for a third year. To read the full opening, please click here (14.11.2009)
GSHDL at the CAU Graduate Centre conference
The Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes” contributed to the initial conference on the new Graduate Centre at Christian-Albrechts-Universität. More information here (10.11.2009)
Doctoral student Annegret Kranz gets international support
Annegret Kranz, doctoral student at the Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes”, is no longer alone with her charcoal analysis work. Nicole Bilsley from the University of California in San Diego has come to Kiel to support her. More information here
(06.10.2009)
Call for Papers: "Landscapes and societies in Ancient and Medieval Europe East of the Elbe. Interactions between environmental settings and cultural transformations"
The Department of History at the York University (Canada) and the Graduate School "Human Development in Landscapes" at the University of Kiel are organizing the IV International Workshop of the Interdisciplinary Association "Gentes trans Albiam - Europe East of the Elbe in the Middle Ages", which will take place in Toronto on March 26th - 27th, 2010.
To read the call for papers (deadline October the 20th, 2009), please click here
International Course on ArchaeoGeophysics - INCA 2009
The II International Course on ArchaeoGeophysics took place from July 18th. until August 1st. in Nitra, Slovakia and counted with the participation of some members and staff of the Graduate School as Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rabbel, Dr. Christoph Rinne, Michael Teichmann and Florian Bauer. The course is a joint project of the Comenius University of Bratislava in Slovakia, the University of Kiel in Germany and the Kocaeli University in Turkey with financial support of the European Union.
2,6 million euros for Priority Programme "Monumentality and Early Social Differentiation"
The University of Kiel coordinates the newly established Priority Programme "Monumentality and Early Social Differentiation" funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation) with 2,6 million euros. In this new Neolithic programme, scientists from 10 different institutions, including many investigators of the Graduate School, work together in an interdisciplinary way to research the emergence of monumental structures in northern Germany and its relationship with new social processes and structures. More information here (in German).
Schleswig-Holstein State provides starting funds for the Geoinformation Centre at the University of Kiel
We congratulate Prof. Dr. Rainer Duttmann, one of the Principal Investigators at the Graduate School, and Dr. Ulrike Klein, who are initiators of the newly installed Geoinformation Centre. This centre at the University of Kiel has received a starting fund of 1,2 million Euro from the Schleswig Holstein State. More information here (in German).
Socio-environmental dynamics over the last 12,000 years: the creation of landscapes
Open Workshop: 1-4 April 2009
We thank all the participants at the workshop for their fruitful contribution to the different sessions and public lectures!
If you wish to have more information about the workshop, please click here