UCL Institute of Archaeology

Sarah Wolferstan represented UCL at the 5th University Business Forum in Brussels earlier this month, following the selection of EDUCCKATE as a 2012 Knowledge Alliance Pilot project.

New research by Jane Kershaw has overturned the idea that the Viking conquest of England was an all-male affair. 

The Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for a part-time Research Associate (Ref.:1339428). The deadline for applications is 18 June 2013.

A NERC-funded PhD studentship is available at the Institute for three years full-time study from September 2013 (Ref:1340709). The deadline for applications is 19 June 2013.

A monolith will be unveiled this evening in Gordon Square as a permanent record of the Institute's 75th anniversary.

The Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for a Teaching Fellow in Museum Studies (Ref.:1339257). The deadline for applications is 19 June 2013.

Congratulations to Institute alumna, Nofa Nasser, who was appointed Director of The Jordan Museum earlier this year.

The book resulting from the Institute's Beyond the Burghal Hidage research project has won the 2013 Verbruggen Prize for the best book on medieval military history.

The publication of Ivories from Nimrud (1949-1963) VII, Ivories from Rooms SW11/12 and T10 Fort Shalmaneser by Georgina Herrmann and Stuart Laidlaw will be celebrated with a special launch event at the British Academy.

Research from the UCL Institute of Archaeology is to feature on the new BBC2 series Ice Age Giants presented by Alice Roberts.