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Young Researchers Forum

The MCAW's Young Researchers Forum is intended to provide a platform for early career researchers to exchange ideas and develop joint projects. It is aimed specifically at all doctoral students and postdocs from disciplines associated with the MCAW and anyone interested from related disciplines. 

Contact:

Subscribe to the mailing list here: mcaw-nachwuchsforum@lists.uni-marburg.de

Early career representation on the Executive Board

The next election for early career and student representatives to the MCAW Executive Board will be held in April 2026. A list of the current representatives can be found here.

Initiatives

  • Reading Circle

    To facilitate the exchange of exciting, inspiring, and innovative research literature and ideas, we offer a joint reading group at irregular intervals. In the winter semester 2025/26, the focus will be on the topic of “Atmosphere,” thereby connecting to the lecture series taking place this semester. Anyone wishing to participate is asked to contact or Prof. Dr. . We are open to further topic suggestions and look forward to your ideas!

  • MCAW Junior Colloquium

    The second networking day for early-career researchers (doctoral candidates and postdocs) from MCAW, FB10, and CNMS will take place on December 5, 2025, in the Creative Space (Bahnhofstr. 7).

    We are delighted to offer you a forum for presenting your research projects, engaging in interdisciplinary scholarly exchange, and getting to know one another!

    Organizers: (Ancient Near Eastern Studies) and (Classics/Greek Studies)

    The first networking day for early-career researchers from MCAW, FB10, and CNMS took place on November 29, 2024, in room 00A16 at CNMS (Deutschhausstraße 12). It was organized by Henrike Arnold (Classics/Greek Studies) and Adam Howe (Ancient Near Eastern Studies).