Underwater Archaeology and Maritime History jobs

Koç University

College of Social Sciences and Humanities Department of Archaeology and History of Art Full-Time Faculty Positions in Nautical Archaeology https://cssh.ku.edu.tr/hakkimizda/acik-pozisyonlar/

The Department of Archaeology and History of Art at Koç University invites applications for two full-time faculty positions beginning in September 2016: one junior position at the rank of Assistant Professor and one senior position at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor. Candidates for both positions are expected to have a PhD specializing in nautical or underwater archaeology or to have an established record of post-PhD research activity in the same.

Located in İstanbul, Turkey, Koç University is a highly reputable English-instruction research university (http//http://www.ku.edu.tr). The Department of Archaeology and History of Art offers undergraduate and graduate courses focusing on various world civilizations, with a focus on the civilizations of Anatolia and its neighbors. The College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH) hosts several research centers concerned with archaeology, art history, and history. These include the Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED), located in Beyoğlu, İstanbul; the Vehbi Koç and Ankara Research Center (VEKAM), located in Ankara; the Suna & İnan Kıraç Research Institute on Mediterranean Civilizations (AKMED), located in Antalya; and the Koç University-Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies (GABAM), located at Koç University Rumelifeneri campus.

Based on the successes of these research centers and the desire to become a leader in Turkey in the area of nautical and underwater archaeology, Koç University plans to establish a research center for nautical archaeology in honor of the late Mustafa V. Koç, the Chairman of the Board of Koç Holding. The mission of this soon-to-be-established center is to support and promote research, heritage-management, and conservation activities in nautical and underwater archaeology, to foster high-impact research by Turkish and international scholars, and to make Koç University the leading international center for nautical and underwater archaeology in Turkey. The new center is expected to have substantial resources for the support of several post-docs and several PhD students as well as for the support of field activities.

The successful candidates are expected to teach one to two courses per semester on subjects of their expertise in the Department of Archaeology and History of Art. Additionally, the successful candidates are expected to contribute to the development and activities of the new research center for nautical archaeology. The successful candidate for the senior position will be expected to serve as the Director of the new center.

Complete application materials should be submitted electronically by 15 May 2016, after which point the hiring process is expected to proceed swiftly.

Required application materials include the following:

– Cover letter

– Curriculum vitae

– Summary teaching statement

– Summary research statement

– Three letters of reference (sent electronically and directly by referees to the address below)

Required application materials should be submitted electronically to the following address:

Ms. Arzu Dalyan

E-mail: mailto:adalyan@ku.edu.tr

Subject line of applicant e-mail: “Nautical Archaeology Position at the Department of Archaeology and History of Art”

Subject line of referee e-mails: “Reference for <Applicant last name>, <Applicant first name>”

Applicants should also complete the candidate information form provided in the link below:

https://docs.google.com/a/ku.edu.tr/forms/d/1czWK_rn2SJfU9T5dh3cpMq9lCjjv7XsywjKtS951N7M/viewform?embedded=true

1. Historian, US Coast Guard, closes April 22.
2. Supervisory Historian, US Coast Guard, Submerged Cultural Resources, closes April 22. Serving as the Coast Guard’s point of contact and establishes policy regarding the Service’s underwater cultural resources and archaeological sites.
3. Supervisory Museum Curator, Naval History and Heritage Command, closes April 12.

Remote Sensing Data Analyst, Oceaneering.

Desirable are degrees in underwater archeology and oceanographers.

Experience:

• Three to five years’ technical analysis or similar experience with personal computers, particularly with Windows , or, similar experience with workstations performing technical analysis is required.
• Image editing, desktop publishing, and photogrammetry experience is highly desired for this position.
• Experience in the ocean engineering field not necessary but a distinct advantage.
• Experience in ocean survey operations is a distinct advantage.
• Nature of work will be DOD classified.

Knowledge:

• Use of PC software including word processing (Microsoft Word), publishing (Adobe Pagemaker), spreadsheet programs (Microsoft Excel), image editing  (Adobe Photoshop), ESRI GIS software, and presentation applications (Microsoft PowerPoint) software is required for report generation as well as other formal communications.
• Knowledge of products like SonarWiz, Hypack and WinFrog would be a plus.
• Experience with Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), & Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and their support equipment is highly desired for this position.
• Experience with Side Look Sonars (SLS), Doppler Sonars, Navigation & underwater cameras equipment is highly desired for this position.

South Carolina DNR: Underwater Cultural Resources Survey. Bid is due 18 April 2016.

Get your questions in before 12 April.

The UNESCO UNITWIN / Flinders University Workshop on 3D-Modelling and Interpretation for Underwater Archaeology will be held in Adelaide, Australia: November 24-26th 2016.

More information can be found on the flyer. Those interested in participation can register via http://unescoworkshop.eventbrite.com.au

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/flinders-uniunesco-unitwin-network-for-underwater-archaeology-workshop-tickets-20008691535

The University of Cadiz has established a comprehensive programme with graduate, Masters and PhD degrees focused exclusively on nautical and underwater archeology. It is the first time that a university offers a cross-specialized education programme -in Spanish- for the research, preservation and protection of the underwater cultural heritage, in line with the principles of safeguarding, capacity-building and researching advocated by UNESCO in its 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.

I have just advertised a new fellowship on the ForSEAdiscovery Project. I am looking for an early stage researcher who has completed their masters in the last 4 years, has not spent more than 12 months in the last 3 years in the UK, and would be interested in spending 18 months developing the digital data archives for the project. The successful candidate would not be enrolled on a PhD program – this should be seen as a good career development opportunity for an early stage, pre-doctoral researcher.

I am looking to fill the post very soon in May so the call is very short. Please bring this to the attention of any potentially suitable former students, colleagues etc.

Further details are advertised on the Euraxess website: http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/34071847

Candidates should also download the application form, job description and person specification at http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/research/phd-study/phd-scholarships-in-nautical-archaeology-and-shipbuilding/

Many thanks for your help

Nigel

n.nayling@TSD.UWTSD.AC.UK

Now is your opportunity to tell the US Army Corps of Engineers how you would do it.

To assist USACE in planning how this work may be performed, this Request for Information (RFI) is being issued to seek input from industry regarding two courses of action (COA) for removing the casemate sections and artifacts from their current locations.

COA 1 will address how to efficiently recover the two large casemate sections intact, archaeologically document each section, recover all cultural materials that reside underneath those sections and materials that are immediately adjacent to the casemates, and reburial of the west casemate and selected materials in a pre-determined location in Back River (approximately 1.5 miles from the wreck site).

COA 2 will address efficient removal of the casemate sections without archaeological documentation, recovery of cultural materials that reside underneath those sections and are immediately adjacent to the casemates, and reburial of both casemates and selected materials in a pre-determined location in Back River.

Request for Information is due: April 12

2 Posts are open.

This position is located in the Collections Management Section, Curator Branch, Collection Management Division, Naval History and Heritage Command located at the Defense Supply Center in Richmond, VA.  The Curator Branch is responsible for the management of Navy properties of historical and inspirational value, including artifacts, shipboard equipment, ordnance, uniforms, photographs, and memorabilia.  This responsibility encompasses accessioning, preserving, storing, accounting for, and loaning to eligible recipients the properties in the Navy’s historical collections.

Closes 14 March.

Honor Frost Foundation Masters and/or Doctoral Awards in Maritime Archaeology at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Southampton

 Applications are invited for a fully-funded studentship from the Honor Frost Foundation.

The Foundation’s mission is to promote the advancement and research, including publication, of maritime archaeology with particular focus on the eastern Mediterranean.  The Foundation is keen to support educational opportunities for students from the primary regions where Honor worked and is supporting a fully funded scholarship in Maritime Archaeology for students from Cyprus, Lebanon and Syria to attend the University of Southampton in September 2016.

http://www.honorfrostfoundation.org/

The scholarship is primarily for study at MA/MSc level with the possibility of further funding for PhD, but may also be offered at PhD level if there are suitable candidates. This award is only available to students from Cyprus, Lebanon and Syria.

Students will be registered at the University of Southampton and supervised by experts in the field of Maritime Archaeology.

closes 2 May 2016.

ForSEADiscovery: Forest Resources for Iberian Empires: Ecology and Globalization in the Age Of Discovery

Applications are invited for an 18 month Fellowship, which will run until October 2017, in an interdisciplinary and innovative research project. The Fellow will receive an annual living allowance in the region of €36,800 – €41,400 per year (subject to minor adjustments) and a mobility allowance in the region of €700 ‐ €1000 per month (depending on circumstances).

Closes 21 March.

Primary duty’s under the direction of Rockley Bay Research Project (RBRP) Project Director to assist in the management of an archaeological conservation laboratory.  This includes all aspects of treating and processing mainly waterlogged material culture recovered from shipwrecks and other maritime sites.  Provide administrative support to assist RBRP mission of maritime research and educational outreach.  Work to ensure that RBRP and laboratory runs smoothly.  This position provides an excellent opportunity to work with unique 17^th century material in the Caribbean, as well as support the protection and preservation of Tobago’s maritime heritage.

Closes 23 March, who wants to work in the Caribbean? Apply right now.

https://biddingo.com/*.main?toPage=landingpage/StSupplierTenderDetail.jsp&bidOrgId=91JG1uqFAZA64EPxP5gCL%2BrPuWAIrs7W&tndrId=MImLaBmTjocGYyoen9baNXAEjuGLwHWm

RFP # 10001601” or “RFP”) from interested qualified parties for the following services: Marine Archaeology  and as more particularly described in the Services described herein and referred to herein as the “Services”, to be provided in connection with TRCA’s undertaking or intention to complete the Scarborough Bluffs West Project, an Individual Environmental Assessment (EA) study that will explore opportunities for improved access to and along the shoreline between the RC Harris Water Treatment Plant and Bluffer’s Park, while providing multiple benefits for public use, shoreline protection, and environmental sustainability.

I wanted to inform you of a posting for multiple job opportunities with the Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Lab located in Greenville, NC.

We will be hiring five conservators on a 2-year, fixed-term, full-time basis with benefits.   Please note the closing date is March 11.

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/northcarolina/jobs/1369163/archaeologist-i

Thank you!

Kim

Kimberly Kenyon, MA

Conservator and Field Director

Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Laboratory

Office of State Archaeology

NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

(252) 744-6721 Office

(252) 744-6729 Fax

kimberly.kenyon@ncdcr.gov

http://www.qaronline.org

East Carolina University

West Research Campus

1157 VOA Site C Road

Greenville, North Carolina 27834

Israel and the Crusades
May 22 – June 12, 2016

Taught in and around the King Herod’s ancient harbor in the National Park of Caesarea Maritima, Israel, this program is a small, specialized field school taught by University of Rhode Island History and Archaeology faculty, and a URI Scientific Diving Instructor. The program is offered in collaboration with the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Click to access Israel-2016-Field-School.pdf

Summer in Italy, learning about Underwater Archaeology? Go for it.

The research program includes:

1.Collection and analysis of surface and underwater archaeological data, for the study of the territory.

2.Reconstruction of the fluvial landscape in the classical and post-classical period: identification of the elements characterising the morphology of the territory; possible paleoenvironmental changes due to climate change and the impact of human activity.

3.Analysis of the dynamics of settlement and land use of the Stella river, with particular attention to the links between river, lagoon and nautical transport.

4.Preparation of an archaeological map of the Stella river.

5.The preparation of an English-language monograph concerning the human occupancy of the area, to be published in an international series after a double blind peer-review. The said monograph need not be finished by the end of the three-year period, but the relevant scientific data must have been collected and partially elaborated.

About the position: Both full and part-time positions are available. The Full-time museum educator will begin as a part-time, hourly position that is a benefit-non-eligible position with the Museums Interpretive and Educational staff. The part-time educator works less than 30/wk, as an average, but during many weeks may be assigned as much 30- 40 hrs. /wk.; rarely, there may also be no weekly hours assigned during certain weeks of the slow season. After a 90-day probationary period, eligible educators are assigned full-time status by having requisite experience and passing their qualifications. Full-time educators work a weekly average of 30 hrs. or more year-round, and are entitled to company benefits. A Museum Educator assists with and supervises special events, day programs, and overnight activities; learns and provides public presentations, tours, day programs, and overnight activities. A Museum educator who attains the rating of Chief works closely with and supervises Ship’s Crew members to develop their ability to learn and deliver presentations and to become more effective museum employees. A Chief Educator will also supervise and manage education day-programs, overnight programs, and serve as the lead crewperson during special event staffing. Chief educators can be full or part-time. All Museum Educators maintain and wear a replica period enlisted uniform and assist with and supervise the completion of daily clean-up, preventive maintenance, and curatorial preservation in the museum and on board the ships.