The Cluster of Excellence ‘Understanding Written Artefacts’ (UWA) is looking for a doctoral researcher in the field of Geosciences to work on a project on ‘Non-destructive Material Profiling of Clay Tablets: Thermal Stability of Mineral Constituents and Conservation History.

Centuries before modern linguists, Andalusi scholar Isaac ibn Barūn laid the groundwork for comparative Semitic linguistics with his pioneering 12th-century Judaeo-Arabic grammar. Carlos Jacobo Puga Medina introduces his influential work in our PhD Research Series.

A soldier in WWI writes a postcard to his family; the handwriting fades over the decades. In 2025, his grandson wishes to read the message. The story of an encounter in the Artefact Lab of the CSMC.