Workshop: Crises in Ancient Highland Societies
2024-03-07 - 2024-03-09 | Private: Koblenz University
Crises seem to be ubiquitous today, yet oddly, while some archaeologists have studied collapse, few have focused explicitly on the topic of crisis. Crises entail a recognition of uncertainty as well as a capacity to anticipate troubles of all kinds in order to prevent disaster. Confronting crises involves comparison between a familiar world and an inkling of an unknown one that has the potential to spiral out of balance.
In this workshop, we seek to examine the varied aspects of crises in highland societies in premodern times.

Workshop: Prehistoric Tin between East and West
2024-07-18 - 2024-07-19
For virtual participation please register here: reform@ressourcencampus-bochum.de

Workshop: Roads and Travellers in the Iranian Highlands
2025-03-06 - 2025-03-07
Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg
This workshop will explore the theme of roads and travellers in ancient Iran, particularly in
highland regions. The focus will be traveller-oriented, paying full attention to the experience
of journeying, from biographical, social, cultural, economic, and administrative perspectives.
We encourage papers that offer new insights into the various usage of these roads, as well as
the purposes and lives of those who travelled along them.

Link: Click here to see the programme for this workshop

Workshop: “Ritual and Society in the Parthian and Sasanian Periods”
2025-06-27 11:15 - 14:00 (Europe/Berlin)
On Friday the 27th of June 2025 there will be a short workshop on “Ritual and Society in the Parthian and Sasanian Periods”
More detailed information can be found in the flyer below.
Workshop Sasanian_flyer

SPP 2176 Gender Equality Measures: Academic Writing Workshop (online)
2025-07-24 - 2025-07-25
Academic Writing Workshop:
The SPP 2176 is organising an online workshop on academic writing on the 24th and 25th of July, from 9am to 1pm CET.
The workshop is especially designed to support female researchers within the SPP 2176 by strengthening academic writing skills and contributing to professional development, in line with the GEM (Gender Equality Measures) goals of promoting gender equity and career advancement in academia.
If you are interested in participating please contact us at: fellows@iranhighlands.com

External: Workshop Series: QGIS
2025-07-24 18:00 - 20:00
The AG for digitalisation of the Dachverbands Archäologischer Studierendenvertretungen e.V. (DASV e.V.) is offering a series of workshops on QGIS in german.
The meetings are organised by two students. The first meeting was on 31.01.2025. The second meeting is held by Kai-Christian Bruhn von NFDI4Objects. This meeting will be on 24.07.2025 at 18:00 CEST.
The first meeting is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tsUYVU_zEF8 (only in german)
Zoom-Link
Meeting-ID: 648 6455 3473
Password: [REDACTED]

Workshop: Dynamic Interplay in the Iranian Highlands: In Searching for Anthropogenic Landscapes
2025-12-16 10:00 - 2025-12-18 13:00
Organised by researchers of the SPP 2176, this workshop explores how people have shaped, modified, and inhabited the landscapes of the Iranian Highlands over the course of millennia, focusing on Landscape Archaeology and Anthropogenic Landscapes.
More information, including the Conference Booklet and contact details of the organisers, can be found here.

Artificial Intelligence Tools: Responsible Use and Applications in Research and Academia for Female Researchers
2026-02-17 - 2026-02-18
In this workshop, we will explore the applications and ethical considerations of various AI-based tools. The workshop will include practical sessions, so please ensure you have access to at least one generative AI tool, such as your institution’s chatbot, DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Mistral Le Chat, Academic Cloud, Qwen, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini or others.
