Jorrit Kelder
NINO Visiting Research Fellow / Guest
- Name
- Dr. J.M. Kelder
- Telephone
- 071 5272727
- j.m.kelder@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-2935-4641
Jorrit Kelder specialises in Greek and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology, with a special focus on the Late Bronze Age and early Iron Age. He has published extensively on the Mycenaean world, contacts between the Greek world and the Near East, iconography, anncient administrative practices, and Bronze to Iron Age chronology. He is part of the “From Aleph to Alpha” project, directed by Dr. W. J. I. Waal.
More information about Jorrit Kelder
Research
Jorrit is particularly interested in contacts between the late Mycenaean world and the regions surrounding the Aegean. In the context of the “From Aleph to Alpha” project, he is looking into problems relating to (relative and absolute) chronologies, and the arguments underpinning our current understanding of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age chronologies.
Fields of interest
Mycenaean archaeology
Greek Archaeology
Anatolian Archaeology
Egyptian Archaeology
European Bronze Age
Early writing and administration
NINO Visiting Research Fellow / Guest
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Institute for Area Studies
Postdoc
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Institute for Area Studies
- Kelder J.M., Lendering J. & Stissi V. (4 June 2025), De echte Achilles: Is Homerus’ held gebaseerd op iemand die echt heeft geleefd?. Interviewed by Gillis Kersting for Kijk: 6-11. [interview].
- Kelder J.M., Cline E.H., Aslan R., Wijngaarden G. van & Savaş H. (3 November 2025), Documentary "Troy Story: the Schliemann Legacy". for Troy Story: The Schliemann Legacy (ZDF). [interview].
- Kelder J.M. (1 November 2023), Artifact: a tight-fisted Deity. Interviewed by Lobell J.: 68. [interview].
- Kelder J.M. (14 March 2023), Een symbool van licht en donker: voor de oude Grieken waren kippen een symbool van leven, dood, en wedergeboorte. Interviewed by Simons W. for Leidsch Dagblad. [interview].
- Kelder J.M. & Waal W.J.I. (25 April 2023), #11: Homerus, Troje en de wereld van de Late Bronstijd. Interviewed by Hanegraaff M.. [interview].
- Kelder J.M. (9 June 2022), Vanuit Thailand kon de kip de wereld veroveren. Interviewed by Spiering H.: 16. [interview].
- Kelder J.M. (23 July 2022), Historical plagues led to revolutions - could coronavirus do the same?. Interviewed by Laura Spinney. [interview].
- Kelder J.M. (10 October 2022), Op Sicilië vochten Baltische huurlingen met de Grieken tegen Carthago. Interviewed by Funnekotter B for NRC.nl. [interview].
- Kelder J.M. (9 August 2016), The search for the real Troy – 'not just one city but at least 10. Interviewed by Larson Naomie for The Guardian. [interview].
- Wetenschappelijk Lid
- Member of the Board