The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research was established in 1990 through a generous benefaction from the late Dr D.M. McDonald. The McDonald Institute provides a shared intellectual home for archaeologists at Cambridge and their collaborators in all aspects of the human past, across time and space:
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as a research facilitator of the Department of Archaeology, supporting the work of Department staff, postdoctoral fellows and students;
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as an interdisciplinary centre for archaeology in Collegiate Cambridge, serving staff in a variety of divisions, faculties, museums and colleges;
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as a postdoctoral research institute within the Department of Archaeology. In this role the Institute independently supports archaeological fieldwork, other archaeological research, research fellows, visiting scholars, conferences and publications.
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The Institute fosters archaeological research through a programme of seminars, workshops, conferences, publications and research grants as well as providing laboratories for a wide range of archaeological research which crosses continents, periods and approaches in its exploration of the diversity of the human past. It produces the Cambridge Archaeological Journal and publishes peer-reviewed books across a range of subjects in the form of fieldwork monographs (McDonald Monographs) and thematic edited volumes (McDonald Conversations).
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Credit: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Webpage.
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The H.M. Chadwick Fund is administered by the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic at the University of Cambridge, and provides financial support for graduates or research students of any university in the United Kingdom or Eire for travel and subsistence, for attendance at courses or conferences or for any purpose which promotes the study of or research in any of the subjects listed hereunder.
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The history, literature, thought, religion, sociology, antiquities, and art of any of the peoples of the British Isles or of the Scandinavian peoples before ad 1050, or of the Teutonic or the Celtic peoples collectively before ad 600.
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The same subjects in relation to any people or peoples of the Near East primarily before 1000 bc.
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Subjects included in the general history or comparative study of civilization, literature, thought, religion, sociology, or art, but subjects which are wholly or mainly concerned with Western Europe since ad 1050 or with the Classical periods of Greece and Rome or of India or with any other period of similarly advanced culture are excluded.
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British Archaeological Jobs and Resources
British Archaeological Jobs and Resources (BAJR) is kindly supporting CASA 5 by sponsoring our student prizes.
BAJR is a leading portal assisting archaeologists in finding employment and training opportunities in the UK, beside circulating industry news and providing resources for employers, field archaeologists and prospective archaeology students. For over 15 years, BAJR has been the main online channel for advertising job positions in heritage and archaeology across the UK. BAJR further provides guidance on learning and training opportunities both in academia and in the fieldwork industry. The portal additionally includes an updated directory of British Archaeology, from Contractors to Curators and Societies to Universities.
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Alongside advertising job positions, BAJR also offers dedicated guides addressing specific skills, more general fieldwork knowledge, and miscellaneous information.
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