Jana Anvari
Neolithic archaeologist | outdoor fanatic | family person | I co-direct @korcaneolithicproject and @archaeodaubworlds
- How are babies and mothers in Gaza right now? We are relieved and happy that my brother Hamza’s wife, Nebal, safely delivered her healthy baby girl. Alma was born last week at home. Two days ago, she developed a fever and was admitted to hospital, where they diagnosed malnutrition in mum
- and related trouble with breastfeeding. Today, they are being displaced to Nuseirat ahead of an evacuation order. Meanwhile, my sister Saja is pregnant with her first child and constantly scared and worried. She worries that her own malnutrition and severe anaemia might lead to birth defects,
- and about the lack of reliable medical support, baby clothes, and formula. And about the bombing and shooting going on all the time.
- This will be out soon! Eileen Cummings about her incredible life story from Stolen generation to policy maker, community leader and great-grandmother. Spending time with Eileen and forming this narrative together has been an enormous privilege. Laughing, crying – it’s all in here!
- Bombs falling near where my brother Hamza lives in Gaza City. He, his 1 year old son and pregnant wife had just moved back into their bombed out apartment. Now they had to leave again because of a new evacuation order for their area.
- My friend Shumon is looking for a PostDoc on his innovative project that just started: somebody broadly interested in working at the confluence of computational archaeology, network & complexity science and Palaeolithic stone artefact analysis - in a dynamic early career research group!
- There is a job opening (Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2 years, 100%) in my new VW project on the macro-evolution of Pleistocene technological ecosystems in Europe: ecolithic.uni-koeln.de/opportunitie... Deadline 25.05.2025 Please distribute widely! 🏺🦣
- Reposted by Jana AnvariExciting news: Co-director @patrickwillett will talk about our newest survey results at this year’s IMSW. You can join with the following link on the 25th at 10:30am: conectaha.csic.es/b/vic-tiw-ap...
- I haven’t posted on my family in Gaza in a while - because what is there to say? During the ceasefire, food supply had become easier and my nieces and nephews had returned to school a few hours per week. Now the war is back without any end in sight.
- My family in Khan Younis is near the new evacuation zone and my sister messaged me yesterday ‘I am very afraid, especially since there is a near bombing’. I repost our fundraiser here.
- I will send every donated euro/dollar to my Gaza family for basic survival. Everything - water, food, nappies, blankets - is very expensive. Your donations have been helping to keep the 20 people in my core family alive: my five siblings, their mother, spouses and children. gofund.me/7c21df27
- Reposted by Jana AnvariLast Thursday, our project presented in two different places around the world! Co-director Edlira Andoni presented at the annual meeting of the Institute of Archaeology in Tirana; co-director Jana Anvari presented at the Flinders Archaeology Seminar in Adelaide. Thanks to all who came out!
- Reposted by Jana AnvariAlways wonderful to talk about our ongoing research! Today, 3pm Adelaide time, possibility to join online: tinyurl.com/3e8yzjs8
- Just offering possible wording for everbody who’s at a loss for words: I can’t eat nearly as much as I want to puke (German original, in Berlin dialect: Ick kann janich so viel fressen, wie ick kotzen möchte). Spoken by German Jewish painter Max Liebermann when he was watching a Nazi parade
- on the day Hitler became chancellor.
- My sister Saja, living in Khan Younis, is a trained translator English<>Arabic. Her wish is to (re-)build her life through her own strength and work. She asks me to spread the word that she would be grateful for any translation jobs; she already successfully completed one for a colleague of mine.
- This is her Instagram account: @translatorsaja. Or you can reach her through me.
- Just a reminder that applications are open for this Assistant Professorship in Cologne, deadline is this week.
- Three of my sibling with their families returned to Gaza City this week. Like many others, they did the trek north partly on truck, on donkey cart and on foot, having to sleep at the Netzarim checkpoint for two nights. They found their apartment building
- in even worse condition than the photos sent to them by friends showed. Walls are instable, the place is not safe for living. Fortunately, they were able to move into our aunt's apartment. Food is still expensive and water difficult to obtain.
- Finally, a ceasefire. My sisters and brothers in Gaza tell me that, like many people there, they are feeling a mixture of emotions: Happiness, hope. Sadness about the friends and family who died, which includes three of our cousins in just the last two weeks.
- Exhaustion after 470 days of bombardment, fear and malnutrition. Sadness about the loss of their homes. These pictures are taken from videos they sent me of their destroyed apartments in Gaza City.
- If you ever wanted to replace me, this is your chance: my old job in Cologne is now advertised, wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in (Assistenz) am Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte. I loved this job and the department - very happy to answer questions about it all, just message me.
- DiaryOfA(Partly)UnemployedAcademic, 5: A few days in Darwin for a research project. Loving it, but my hair is going crazy.
- Reposted by Jana AnvariThe German Maritime Museum invites applications for 3-9 month-long fellowships to work on interdisciplinary object-based research focussing on the cultural & political significance of the relationship between humans and the sea. Deadline 31 January 2025. More info: www.museumsbund.de/stellenangeb...
- My siblings in Gaza continue to parent under very difficult circumstances. The younger kids in my family received WHO polio vaccinations a few weeks ago, for which I am very grateful. My two youngest nephews, both a bit over 1 year old, have spent most of their lives in a war.
- The older kids are missing out on education, but people in the displacement camps are self-organising some schooling. This is a photo of my niece Lareen taking part in a lesson given by a teacher in the school building in Deir el-Balah part of my family is sheltering in.
- Excited to announce our archaeological Summer school in Albania in July/August 2025. Teaching the archaeological process with a practical focus. Funded places for 15 students from Albania, North Macedonia and Germany. With the fabulous @patrickwillett.bsky.social and
- many more fun people from different countries. Details here: www.archaeologybalkansummerschool.com. We are very grateful for the funding from @daadworldwide.bsky.social!
- Reposted by Jana Anvari
- Celebrating submitting a >1000 pages edited book manuscript for peer review. Phew!
- Reposted by Jana Anvari🚨 Job Klaxon 🚨 1 PhD position for 3 years a the German Mining Museum Bochum in the interdisciplinary DFG/AHRC funded project "Toxic Heritage: Socio-natural Landscapes of Extraction and Pollution in the Harz and Cornwall". More details: karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/2.... Please share!
