The Stiftung Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin finances one (1) scholarship in the Ostia Forum Project for the academic semesters 2026-2027. It is a 1-year scholarship (300€ / month) commencing April 1 2026. To be considered for the positions, you must be a bachelor or master student in Classical Archaeology and be present at the institute at Humboldt-University of Berlin.

The selected candidate will be working with the ceramics from the excavations and will work closely with project director Prof. Dr. Axel Gering.

If you are interested in Ostia, in getting to know that place more, and thrive working with ceramics, then apply. The deadline is December 28, 2025 (23.59)

For more, click here and see the PDF below.

This year’s campaign begins Monday September 1 and will end Friday October 10.

The purpose of this campaign is to continue the search for the earliest phases of the sanctuary located in the north-eastern corner of the Forum.

If you want to read more about the sanctuary, its phases, and finds, you can read an article by project director prof. dr. Axel Gering and PhD student and vice-director, Sophie Menge, here.

OFP-members, Daniel Damgaard and Steven Götz, will participate in the workshop titled Dynamic Perspectives – Advancing Archaeology with 3D Tools. The workshop will take at the Abguss-Sammlung Antiker Plastik, Schlossstrasse 69 b, 10585 Berlin June 13 at 09.30.

Steven Götz will initiate the workshop with a presentation titled Three-Dimensional Methods in the Research and Presentation of Architectural and Sculptural Contexts: Insights Into Digital Archaeological Research in Idalion(Cyprus), Ostia Antica, Sorrento, and Capri (Italy).

Daniel Damgaard will present after lunch with a presentation titled Reconstructing a Late Republican Temple in the Forum of Ostia. The temple in question is Temple T5. You can read more on the temple and its reconstruction here.

The organisers of the workshop, Asja Müller and Martin Kim, has the following message:

Digital, computer-aided methods are currently changing archaeological research by offering innovative tools for approaching old and new research questions. The workshop brings together contributions that explore the potential of technologies such as mixed reality, serious gaming, motion capture and others for archaeological research. The aim of the workshop is to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and discuss how digital methods can enrich the methodological repertoire of archaeology and lead to transformative insights.

The workshop programme and registration information can be found on the attached flyer. Further dissemination of the programme is strongly encouraged.

For the full programme, see below.

The Archäologische Gesellschaft in Berlin has invited project director, Prof. Dr. Axel Gering, to present the research of the last decade.

Venue: Freie-Universität zu Berlin, Fabeckstrasse 23-25, Berlin Dahlem.
Time: 18:00 c.t.

The presentation is titled Die Entdeckung eines Heiligtums im Zentrum von Ostia antica: 10 Jahre Forschungen des Ostia-Forum-Projekts (OFP) (english: The discovery of a sanctuary in the centre of Ostia antica: 10 years of research by the Ostia-Forum-Project (OFP))

If you are not able to attend in person, it will also be broadcastet live. For more information, see the PDF below.

Three publications from the Ostia Forum Project came out during 2024. You can check them out here.

Project director, Prof. Dr. Axel Gering, will speak as part of the guest lecture programme of the Winckelmann-Institut at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The lecture will take place Wednesday January 15 2025 at 18.00 in room 2091/92. The presentation is titled “Neue Altäre: Die neuesten Ergebnisse des Ostia-Forum-Projekts“.

Below, you can find the full programme for the academic year of 2024-2025. All the lectures take place at the same location at the same time unless otherwise stated.

Project director, Prof. Dr. Axel Gering, will speak as part of the guest lecture programme of the Universität Bonn. The lecture will take place Thursday November 28 at 18.15 and the presentation is titled “Das Ostia Forum Projekt. Ausgrabungskampagne 2023. Von der Spätantike bis in die römische Republik“.

Friday November 8, Daniel Damgaard received his doctorate with the title “The Forum of Ostia. Its Origin and Diachronic Development in Republican Times”.

He will continue his work in OFP through a postdoc fellowship from the Carlsberg Foundation having a one-year duration. The title of his postdoc is a direct continuation of his doctorate – The political and religous centre, 27 BCE – 117 CE

Daniel Damgaard will defend his dissertation Friday November 8 2024 at 10.00 in room 2095b of the Winckelmann-Institute, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

For more information, see below

As part of the Giornate Europee del Patrimonio (European Heritage Days), a group of visitors passed by the excavations currently being carried out by the OFP in rooms TFR.

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