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April 1, 2026

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August 5, 2026

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Project updates, events, and other public-facing news from MEMELAND are collected here.

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Join our MEMELAND team as a PhD Fellow. Application deadline: 16 August 2026

uit

recruitment

UiT invites applications for a fully funded four-year PhD Fellowship in ancient sedimentary DNA research. Application deadline: 16 August 2026.

3 August 2026

Field Work on Gotland, Sweden

The UiT team cored Tingstädeträsk on Gotland, Sweden, the site of the famous medieval Bulverket.

29 July 2026

MEMELAND Research Featured on ORF Salzburg

salzburg

outreach

media

The University of Salzburg’s MEMELAND research was featured on ORF Salzburg, showcasing how lake sediments unlock 2,000 years of European agricultural history.

21 June 2026

Field Work Campaign Northern Europe (Sweden – Denmark – Germany)

During May and June 2026, the MEMELAND team successfully cored 16 lakes in Southern Sweden, Denmark, and Northern Germany over the course of 16 days.

18 May 2026

MEMELAND at EGU2026: Dung, Lakes, and Medieval Landscapes

eawag

salzburg

egu26

At EGU 2026, Tobi introduced MEMELAND’s faecal biomarker framework for tracing medieval land use through lake sediment archives. Beyond the poster session, Marcel (right) and Tobi (left) met to align fieldwork plans and strengthen the next phase of collaboration.

5 May 2026

Eawag team is hiring a postdoctoral researcher in organic geochemistry

eawag

recruitment

Eawag is looking for a postdoctoral researcher in organic geochemistry to join the MEMELAND team.

29 April 2026

Lessons from the Past: digging into the past to build a sustainable future

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conference

MEMELAND attended the Lessons from the Past conference at the University of Liverpool to discuss how knowledge of the past can inform modern challenges.

23 March 2026

MEMELAND members at the LAC conference

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salzburg

conference

As part of the MEMELAND project, Prof. Antony Brown, Prof. Andreas Lang, and Dr. Ying Liu participated in the ninth International Landscape Archaeology Conference (LAC), held from 18 to 21 March 2026 in Bamberg.

20 March 2026

Field work Campaign United Kingdom (Wales – England – Scotland)

From 22 February to 11 March 2026, the MEMELAND team - Prof. Antony G. Brown, Dr. Oliver A. Kern, Dr. Ying Liu, and M.Sc. Marcel-Luciano Ortler - conducted a lake-coring campaign across the United Kingdom.

22 February 2026