Archeologist Rubina Raja (Aarhus University) has been awarded a collaborative project grant from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung entitled “Lost Cities Rediscovered: Reexamining Excavation Histories in Late Ottoman and Mandate Western Asia.” The project includes a partnership with the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, among other institutions across Europe, the Middle East, and USA. Rubina Raja will be based at the MPIWG’s Department “Artifacts, Action, Knowledge” from September 2025 to December 2028.