Jorrit Kelder

Jorrit Kelder
Born1980 (age 45–46)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam (Doctorandus) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (PhD)
ThesisThe Kingdom of Mycenae. A Great Kingdom in the Late Bronze Age Aegean.
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Sub-discipline
Bronze Age Aegean and Classical Greek archaeology
InstitutionsLeiden University

Jorrit Kelder (born 1980) is a Dutch archaeologist and ancient 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 has worked as a policy officer or adviser for various academic institutions, including the Netherlands Organisation to Scientific Research, the university of Amsterdam, the University of Oxford, and Leiden University.[2] He has held, and continues to hold, various (honorary) affiliated positions.[3] and is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the “From Aleph to Alpha” project, headed by Willemijn Waal.[4] He was a visiting professor in Greek Archaeology at Ghent University in the 2019-2020 academic year,[5] a guest researcher at Leiden University,[6] and an associate member of the sub-faculty of Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford and a member of the common room of Wolfson College, Oxford.[7]

Kelder is a member of the Board of Luwian Studies.[8] Previously, he served as a member of the supervisory board of the Teylers Museum,[9] and as a member of the advisory committee of the Dutch Art and Heritage council, the Mondriaan Fonds.[10] He has been the recipient of various prestigious fellowships, including a fellowship from the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation and a Guest Scholarship at the J. Paul Getty Museum.[11]

Apart from his work on Mycenaean political structures, Kelder has published extensively on the Mycenaean world and its connections to contemporary civilisations, including Egypt and Hittite.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "The Ahhiyawa Texts" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-09.
  2. ↑ "Den Haag vraagt, wij draaien: Waarom luistert Leiden niet naar de eigen staf?".
  3. ↑ "Jorrit Kelder". Leiden University. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
  4. ↑ "From Aleph to Alpha: The spread and development of alphabetic writing across the Mediterranean". Leiden University. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
  5. ↑ "Jorrit Kelder | Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte - Onderzoeksportaal". research.flw.ugent.be.
  6. ↑ "Jorrit Kelder". Leiden University.
  7. ↑ "Jorrit M. Kelder | Faculty of Oriental Studies". www.orinst.ox.ac.uk.
  8. ↑ "Foundation board". Luwian Studies.
  9. ↑ "Supervisory Board and Management".
  10. ↑ "Advisory committee". Mondriaan Fund. Archived from the original on 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  11. ↑ "Scholar Year 2015/2016 (Getty Research Institute)". www.getty.edu.
  12. ↑ Hammond, Norman (August 28, 2009). "The olive oiled Greece's trade with Egypt" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  13. ↑ Larsson, Naomi (August 9, 2016). "Lost cities #2: the search for the real Troy – 'not just one city but at least 10'". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
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