Posted on November 21, 2018
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Over the last two weeks I have been giving my lectures at the VU Amsterdam “Scientific Methods in Archaeology” bachelor program. In my lectures we think about how to detect past environmental change with particular reference to tracking past human activities. As part of…
Category: Reports, Teaching, William GoslingTags: archaeology, climate, collapse, culture, drough, geoarchaeology, Italy, Lake, Mediterranean, mega-fauna, mid-Holocene, Neolithic, Noordoostpolder, North Africa, Patagonia, Sahara, Scientific methods in archaeology, Spain, swamp, Swiferband, Turkey, VU Amsterdam
Posted on July 3, 2017
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Hi all! My name is Seringe (Dutch for lilac flower), and unsurprisingly I am a biology student. I completed my BSc Biology at the VU University, specializing in ecology. Being fascinated by tropical rainforest since I was a kid, I attended a Tropical Ecology…
Category: Seringe HuismanTags: Amazon, BSc Biology, Ecuador, lilac flower, Limnology & Oceanography, MSc Biological Sciences, palaeoecology, Palaeoecology & Landscape Ecology, research project, Treub Maatschappij, University of Amsterdam, VU Amsterdam
Posted on November 29, 2016
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The Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam currently has a vacancy for an Assistant Professor in Palaeoecology. The VU Amsterdam are looking for a specialist in palaeoecology, palynology and/or palaeobotany, with an interest in reconstructing climatic- and anthropogenic forcing of vegetation/landscape/hydrological change in the Quaternary. Experts…
Posted on November 10, 2016
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Preparing my lecture for the new Scientific Methods in Archaeology course for VU Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam students studying a minor in Geoarchaeology. The focus will be on detecting human activity in the past, to illustrate this I will include Easter Island/Rapa Nui…
Category: Teaching, William GoslingTags: agriculture, archaeology, BA, BSc, charcoal, chemistry, clearance, Easter Island, geoarchaeology, historical record, Lake Raraku, minor, multi-proxy, palaeoecology, paleoecology, pollen, Rapa Nui, Scientific methods in archaeology, sediment, statues, University of Amsterdam, VU Amsterdam
Posted on October 13, 2016
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I would like to publicize the current vacancy for a Full or Associate Professor within the “Earth & Climate” cluster at the VU Amsterdam. Having worked in Amsterdam now for just over two years I really enjoy living in the Netherlands, and find the…
Category: News, William GoslingTags: Amsterdam, Associate Professor, climate, Earth, Full Professor, Job, Jobs, landscape evolution, landscapes, Marine, modelling, Palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, Paleoclimatology, paleoecology, Professor, Quaternary, research, teaching, terrestrial, Unversity of Amsterdam, VU Amsterdam
