Jorrit Kelder | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam (Doctorandus)Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (PhD) |
| Thesis | The Kingdom of Mycenae. A Great Kingdom in the Late Bronze Age Aegean. |
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| Discipline | Archaeology |
| Sub-discipline | Bronze Age Aegean and Classical Greek archaeology |
| Institutions | Leiden University |
Jorrit Kelder (Hoorn, 1980) is a Dutcharchaeologist andancient historian. He is known especially for his work on Mycenaean political structures, and in particular his argument (first proposed in 2005 and elaborated on in a 2010 monograph) that the Mycenaean world was a single, unified state (rather than a patchwork of culturally similar, yet politically independent palace states, as had hitherto been proposed).[1]
Kelder’s professional career is in academic policy and administration, and he worked as a policy officer or adviser for various academic institutions, including theNetherlands Organisation to Scientific Research, theuniversity of Amsterdam, and theuniversity of Oxford. For nearly 9 years, he worked as a Senior Grant Adviser forLeiden University, leaving his post in late 2023 to devote himself to research.[2] He has held, and continues to hold, various (honorary) affiliated positions.[3] He was a visiting professor in Greek Archaeology atGhent University in the 2019-2020 academic year,[4] a guest researcher atLeiden University,[5] and an associate member of the sub-faculty of Near and Middle Eastern Studies at theUniversity of Oxford and a member of the common room ofWolfson College,Oxford.[6]
Kelder is a member of the Board ofLuwian Studies,[7] a member of the supervisory board of theTeylers Museum.[8] Previously, he served as a member of the advisory committee of the Dutch Art and Heritage council, theMondriaan Fonds.[9]He has been the recipient of various prestigious fellowships, including a fellowship from theAlexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation and a Guest Scholarship at theJ. Paul Getty Museum.[10]
Apart from his work on Mycenaean political structures, Kelder has published extensively on theMycenaean world and its connections to contemporary civilisations, includingEgypt and theHittite Empire.[11][12]
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