Introduction
The Doctoral Programme in Classical Archaeology offers wide-ranging instruction in the Mediterranean cultures from protohistory to late antiquity. It is taught by a team of professors and researchers involved in the research activities of each of the participating institutions (URV, ICAC and UAB) and imparts a wide range of theoretical and practical abilities unique to Catalan university education.
The teams and the lines of research are diverse in terms of their interdisciplinarity and transversality. This can be seen in the eight research teams that make up the MIRMED (2014SGR 1197) consolidated research group coordinated by the ICAC, which is the scientific basis of the doctorate programme.
The programme places specialist laboratories at the disposal of the students and also offers the possibility of working at some of the main archaeological sites in the Mediterranean. Its objective is to train new generations of researchers able to associate education in the humanities with in-depth experience in classical archaeology, heritage analysis and research specialisation.
ICAC researchers, in addition to supervising theses as part of the doctorate as mentioned above programmes, also direct the theses of other doctorate programmes outside the Institute.
The URV, the ICAC and the UAB launched this doctoral programme in the 2013-2014 academic year, coordinated by the URV, as established in RD 99/2011, through URV Doctoral School, which coordinates all the doctoral programmes in which ICAC participates, as established in RD 56/2005, RD1393/2007 and RD 778/1998.
Institutions
Rovira i Virgili University (URV), the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
General objectives
The main objective of the Doctorate in Classical Archaeology is to train students in high-quality advanced research. The general objectives are as follows:
- To incorporate the doctoral candidate into a research group
- To increase their abilities to acquire an intensive specialisation in the different orientations contributed by the lines of research defined in the programme
- To strengthen their initiative for the development of research projects with the methodology and scientific principles of the line in which they carry out their research
- To foster the acquisition of general skills related to the ability to work alone and as part of a group, participation in research projects, management of bibliographic databases, etc.
- Preparation of the doctoral thesis.
Programme Structure
The doctorate programme training period is linked to the University Master’s Degree in Applied Classical Archaeology. Research and Transfer. The doctoral programme also includes the organisation of specialised training seminars and workshops on the diverse lines of research included in the programme.
Lines of research and thesis supervision
Research lines and supervisors (URV-ICAC)
Lines of research and thesis supervision (UAB)
Admission
- New entry vacancies: 10
- Admission and selection criteria: to access the doctoral programme in its research period it is necessary to comply with the conditions established as entrance requirements in Article 19 and the additional fourth provision of Royal Decree 1393/2007.
Academic Commission
- Eva Subías (URV), program coordinator and president of the Commission
- Ricardo Mar (URV), secretary
- Maria Carme Belarte (ICAC-ICREA)
- Cèsar Carreras (UAB)
- Agustí Costa (URV)
- Diana Gorostidi Pi (URV-ICAC)
- Roger Mirallers (URV)
- Josep Maria Palet (ICAC)
- Joaquim Pera (UAB)
- Joaquín Ruiz de Arbulo (URV-ICAC)
Responsible for the doctoral program at the ICAC
- Josep Maria Palet
Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology
Administrative Support
- Ana Gallego
Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology
agallego@icac.cat
Grants
ICAC-CERCA can access the Joan Oró call for grants to public and private universities of the Catalan university system, research centres, hospital foundations and Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures (ICTS) for the recruitment of predoctoral research staff in training.
The doctoral theses of these grants must necessarily align with one of the thematic areas of the Horizon Europe programme. To this end, applicants must indicate in their form the thematic area that best fits their thesis proposal.
- Check here the AGAUR website for all the information about the aid, the related documentation and access to the procedure.
CALL JOAN ORÓ 2024 (FI):
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- RESOLUCIÓ REU/3156/2023, de 13 de setembre, per la qual s’obre la convocatòria dels ajuts Joan Oró per a la contractació de personal investigador predoctoral en formació (FI) per a l’any 2024 (ref. BDNS 716642) (DOG núm. 9003 publicat el 19/09/2023)
- Deadline for applications is closed.
- FAQS FI 2024
- User guide for amendments procedure [CAT] [ENG]
Regulatory Bases Joan Oró 2024 (FI):
Documentation of the Joan Oró call 2024 (FI):
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- Check here the System and criteria for prioritizing applications for grants Joan Oró for hiring predoctoral researchers in training (FI) for the year 2024 at the ICAC-CERCA (in Catalan).
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- CORRECCIÓ D’ERRADES a la Resolució definitiva de la convocatòria dels ajuts Joan Oró per a la contractació de personal investigador predoctoral en formació (FI) per a l’any 2024 Relació definitiva de sol·licituds admeses (publication date: March 12, 2024). Grant to ICAC-CERCA for the recruitment of Itziar Gutiérrez and Isabel Matuzzi.
CALL JOAN ORÓ 2023 (FI):
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- RESOLUCIÓ REU/3468/2022, de 4 de novembre, per la qual s’obre la convocatòria dels ajuts Joan Oró per a la contractació de personal investigador predoctoral en formació (FI) per a l’any 2023 (ref. BDNS 657443) (DOGC núm. 8790 publicat el 10/11/2022)
- Deadline for applications is closed.
- User guide for amendments procedure [CAT] [ENG]
Regulatory Bases Joan Oró 2023 (FI):
Documentation of the Joan Oró call 2023 (FI):
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- Check here the System and criteria for prioritizing applications for grants Joan Oró for hiring predoctoral researchers in training (FI) for the year 2023 at the ICAC-CERCA (in Catalan).
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- Resolució de concessió de la convocatòria dels ajuts Joan Oró per a la contractació de personal investigador predoctoral en formació (FI) per a l’any 2023 (publication date: April 2023). Grant to ICAC-CERCA for the recruitment of Isabel Matuzzi.