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ICAANE 2025 in Lyon

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2025-06-06

Over the last couple of days, I participated in the International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Or, in short, ICAANE. This time the venue was Lyon, France, a very pleasant place. I gave a presentation myself, but I also attended many presentations given by others….

A monumental door that is the entrance to the Academy of Sciences in Berlin.


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Academia Personal

My first two months in the new job

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2025-05-30

The first two months of my new job are now behind me, so I thought it would be worthwhile to look back on them. It has certainly been an intense time: commuting to another city, getting involved in an existing project that feels new to me, and meeting lots…


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The second DiKopA Workshop

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2025-05-23

Last week, I went to the second DiKopA workshop in Darmstadt (I already teased). The theme? “Digital Competencies in Archaeological Disciplines.” Does that sound a bit unusual? Yes, but also: very relevant. For two days, the workshop brought together researchers, teachers, students, and technology experts to discuss archaeology and…

A massive temple, partly broken and many tourists in front


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CAA 2025 in Athens

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2025-05-16

The Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) conference took place in Athens, Greece, between the 5th and 9th of May. As usual, I took part and I don’t regret it. It was my first time in Athens, and I will certainly come back.

The CAA

This year, the 52nd…

A picture of the city of Darmstadt


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Upcoming DiKopA workshop

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2025-05-09

It is a bit short notice, but for mid-May we are organising a two-day DiKopA workshop on teaching and learning in archaeology in Darmstadt. We have organised one before, but this is the second one. I would like to share the now finalised programme with you and of course…

Chart of DCA topics in German universities. Copyright: Sophie C. Schmidt


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New publication: DCA in Germany

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2025-04-11

I have a new publication (no, this time not about video games) that I co-authored a paper on the state of digital and computational archaeology (DCA) in Germany. I published the paper with my old colleague and friend Sophie C. Schmidt. The paper is published in the journal it…

A cylinder seal with two rows of Sumerians.


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New job, new city

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2025-04-04

Today I actually have some big news. I have started a new job and in a new city (sort of)! I am a project coordinator in a newly started project on Mesopotamian seals. Actually, I am not the only project coordinator, as this is a joint project between the…

Screenshot from the game "Bronze Age Story"


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Two more new Archaeogames

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2025-03-28

As I reported, the DiKopA network held a second Archaeogaming Hackathon in Darmstadt last February and we now have the results online. The two groups produced two unique Archaeogames based on the RPG Maker MV software, and you can play both of them directly in your browser. But before…

Cover of N. Klein's "The Schock Doctrine". Background by Simon Berger on Unsplash


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Book Review

Book Review: N. Klein: The Shock Doctrine

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2025-03-21

Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (2007) is a really powerful critique of neoliberal economic policies imposing in times of crisis. She argues that governments and corporations take advantage of social and political upheaval. They do so to push through free-market reforms that primarily benefit…

Banner of the social media platform BookWyrm showing their logo: A dragon-like creature holding a book.


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Technology

Manage your reading list: BookWyrm

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2025-03-07

For the longest time I used Goodreads to keep track of what I was reading and what I wanted to read next. I really liked the site. Even though I’d been using it for a long time, there wasn’t much going on. Then I read that it was actually…

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