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UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM

 

      1. Institution Name:
        University of Amsterdam
      1. Department Title:
        ACASA Archaeology
      2. Faculty in Historical/Underwater Archaeology:
        1. James Symonds (Ph.D., Sheffield; Prof. and Chair Archaeology) urban and industrial archaeology, archaeologies of diaspora and migration, Western Isles, Scotland, early modern Sweden, Medieval and later rural settlements in Bohemia (CZ), early modern Amsterdam, archaeologies of conflict, contemporary archaeology.
        2. Menno Dijkstra (Ph.D. UvA Amsterdam; fieldwork technician) early medieval settlements in Netherlands, medieval and later rural settlements, Bohemia (CZ), digital archaeology, excavation methodologies
        3. Heleen van Londen (Ph.D., UvA Amsterdam; Assist Prof) landscape archaeology, public archaeology, archaeological heritage management, medieval and later rural and urban settlements in the Netherlands.
        4. Jerzy Gawronski Ph.D., UvA Amsterdam; Prof) maritime and urban archaeology of the late middle ages and the early modern period, Dutch global expansion.
        5. Liesbeth Smits (Ph.D., UvA Amsterdam) human osteology, Merovingian burials in Netherlands, bioarchaeology of 19th century Amsterdam orphans girls, the 17th century Batavia shipwreck graves, Beacon Island, Western Australia
        6. Arno Verhoeven (Ph. D., UvA Amsterdam) early medieval and medieval archaeology and material culture, especially pottery, combs and coins.
      3. Other Related Faculty/Staff:
        1. Chiara Cavallo (Ph.D., UvA Amsterdam; Assoc. Prof.) faunal archaeology, paleoecology, late Neolithic subsistence in northern Syria, the provision of food to the Roman army in the Northwestern Netherlands.
        2. Marijke Gnade (Ph.D. UvA Amsterdam; Prof.) archaeology of Pre-Roman cultures in central Italy, Director of the Satricum Project an excavation project investigating the ancient town of Satricum (modern Le Ferriere, Latina, Central Italy).
        3. Jill Hilditch (Ph.D., Exeter; Assoc. Prof.) Bronze Age potting communities and ceramics in the Aegean and wider East Mediterranean region
        4. Caroline Jeffra (Ph.D., Exeter; Res. Ass.) technological trajectories and cultural encounters in the Bronze Age Aegean
        5. Patricia Lulof (Ph.D., UvA Amsterdam; Assoc. Prof.) Pre-Roman archaeology and architecture and building techniques, specialist in Etruscan architectural terracottas and decorative roof systems, 3 and 4 D digital archaeology.
        6. Vladimir Stissi (Ph.D., UvA Amsterdam; Prof.) classical archaeology and art history, field survey and excavations in the countryside of Classical-Hellenistic Halos and Tanagra.
        7. Gert Jan van Wijngaarden (Ph.D., UvA Amsterdam; Assoc. ) Greek archaeology, with an emphasis pre- and proto-historic Greek archaeology, archaeological theory, museum archaeology, field surveys on the Ionian island of Zakynthos, excavations at Troy.
      4. General Statement:
        Archaeological research at the University of Amsterdam focuses on North Western Europe and the Mediterranean region, and includes sites and landscapes from later prehistory to the twentieth century. Our approach is multidisciplinary, integrating theoretical approaches from (art) history, sociology, and material and earth sciences. Traditional research methods are used and new methods are developed with the help of contemporary digital technology. Amsterdam historical archaeologists perform fieldwork and material research in the Netherlands, the Mediterranean region, Fennoscandia, and central Europe. Our specializations include ceramics research, osteoarchaeology, zooarchaeology, digital archaeology (3 & 4 D modelling), excavation and survey archaeology, and heritage management. Within the last five years the department has developed new research interests and strengths in modern world historical archaeology, and conflict archaeology. We offer B.A., M.A., R.M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. The Master’s programmes are taught in English and are jointly provided with the VU University of Amsterdam. The following three tracks are offered in our Archaeology MA: Archaeology of Northwestern Europe, Landscape and Heritage, and Mediterranean Archaeology. Our innovative interdisciplinary two-year Research Master’s programme Heritage, Memory and Archaeology explores the ways in which we deal with tangible and intangible remnants and narratives of the past, as well as the remaking of the past into heritage, memory and material culture in the present.
      5. For More Information Contact:
        Prof.dr. James Symonds, University of Amsterdam, ACASA Archaeology, BG1, Turfdraagsterpad 9  1012 XT Amsterdam, Netherlands T: +31 (0)20 525 5830; F: +31 20 5255831 E: secretariaat-acasa-fgw@uva.nl ; email: j.symonds2@uva.nl 
        Web pages: http://www.uva.nl/en/disciplines/archaeology/contact-archaeology/contact.html