**Join the Experience Day on campus!** At Archaeology

Study information

Experience Day Archaeology

Date: Friday 12 April 2024
Time: 09:30 - 15:00
Location: Van Steenis
Einsteinweg 2
2333 CC Leiden

Join our Experience Day!

Are you interested in the BA programme Archaeology and want to know what it’s all about? Would you like to talk to students and staff, visit a lecture and a practical? Come to the Experience Day on April 12, to find the answers to all your questions!

Programme

Time
9.30 9.45	Welcome with coffee and tea in Main hall Welcome and introduction by Student Ambassador Gijs Thissen
9.50	Opening by Amanda Henry, Executive Director of Research / Associate Professor
10.05	Mini lecture by PhD candidate Jonathan Ouellet about his research an excavations in Kazachstan
10.45	Presentation: fieldwork experiences by BA student Travis Shaw
11.00	Coffee/tea break
11.15	Information session: Possibilities during and after your studies, by Alex de Brabander and Vera van Heel
12.00	Communal lunch on the landing of the 1st floor, nearby the Schervenzaal
We divide the groups (max 60) Three workshops are offered, but anyone can attend two.
13:00	Tour around the building, ending at the labs
13:15	Workshops: first block Human Osteoarcheological lab (Let’s talk about sex) Material Culture Lab (Prepare for the future, the past is in your hands) Archaeobotanical lab (Seeds from a cesspool)
14:15	Workshops: second block Human Osteoarcheological lab (Let’s talk about sex) Material Culture Lab (Prepare for the future, the past is in your hands) Archaeobotanical lab (Seeds from a cesspool)

Homework

To prepare for the Experience Day, you will need to do some homework, just as you would do if you were an actual student. For this Experience Day, we ask you to watch the following three videos by lecturer Jonathan Ouellet about his research. Think of the following questions: