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Mediterranean Archaeology Day
Highlight your research and stay informed about archaeological research on the Mediterranean area in the Netherlands and Belgium! Come and present your research and catch up afterwards during a New Year’s drink.
A new fieldwork idea, an evocative object, an ethnographic vignette, a micro-history, a theoretical experiment, a legacy project, a data overview, any work in progress – as long as it fits into a 10 minute pitch. We invite established scholars as well as new enthusiasts to present and listen. The aim of this day is to share and discuss research, and to meet up.
The call for pitches is now open. Please write a short pitch proposal of no more than 150 words in the registration form below. Preferably before Jan. 9th, first come first serve! If you would like to come and listen, you are most welcome! You are asked to register through the same form.
This initiative is organized by Platform Argos – history of archaeology and Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie. The second edition of this new initiative is hosted and supported by the archaeological department of Groningen University.
Mediterranean archeology as practiced in the Netherlands has seen various interuniversity platforms for presentation and discussion. Examples are the Babesch Archaeologists Day, the Mediterranean Archaeological Discussion Group (MAD), the Fieldwork Day, the Survey Day, and the many activities of TMA and ARCHON. Post-covid, we are happily building upon these initiatives to meet up with archaeologists working within the Mediterranean.
Practicals
When: Friday January 16 2026 – 10:30 – 16:30 CET
Where: Oude Kijk in ’t Jatstraat 26, 9712EK Groningen (Harmony Building, room 1314.0026)
Departure times (train): Amsterdam Zuid 08:11 – Leiden 07:45 – Nijmegen 07:55 – Utrecht 08:18 – Deventer 08:46.
After the programme has finished there will be a New Year’s Drink at a nearby venue
We would like to thank the archaeological department of the University of Groningen for hosting and supporting this event.
About TMA
Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie (Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology) is a Dutch journal that has been publishing current Mediterranean archaeological research since 1988. Issues appear twice a year, one of which is dedicated to a theme such as landscape archaeology, zooarchaeology, architecture, gender or religion. The journal aims to publish a variety of articles written by established academics as well as junior researchers. Next to full-length articles, TMA offers reviews of recently published books and keeps the reader up-to-date on new or ongoing research through short research introductions.
If you wish to publish your research, write a book review or a research introduction/update, you can contact us. We do accept articles in English under the conditions that you are affiliated to a Dutch or Flemish institution or otherwise based in the Netherlands or Belgium and that your research is in the field of Mediterranean archaeology.
In the menu on the left, click on ‘colofon’ for contact information or ‘voor auteurs’ to find our guidelines for writing articles.
Open Access
Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie has switched to Diamond Open Access publishing. Our publications are made available digitally without financial or technical barriers; our paper journal will continue to appear as usual.
This also means that older contributions will become freely accessible. We are opting for digital publication using a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. We will make every attempt to comply with copyright laws and to respect the rights of all authors. If you have published in TMA in the past and object to digital publication of your contribution or if you would like to publish under a different license, please contact us by emailing tijdschrift@mediterrane-archeologie.nl.