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ERC Advanced Grant for Frans Theuws06 April 2017Prof. dr. Frans Theuws has received an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The 2,5 million euro grant will be used in a 5-year A...
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ERC starting grant for Mariana de Campos Françozo04 April 2017Mariana Françozo has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council. With this 1.5 million euro grant Dr. Françozo and her research te...
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Archaeology article Scientific Reports in top 100 most read29 March 2017The research article ‘Selection and Use of Manganese Dioxide by Neanderthals’ received 12421 article views in 2016, placing it as one of the top 100 r...
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Archaeology in ninth position in QS World University Rankings 201709 March 2017It is the second year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is ranked the highest in continental Europe. Aside from this the faculty features, as i...
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Archaeologist Tesse Stek studies Roman colonisation with fellowship16 February 2017As Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS-KNAW) fellow, Tesse Stek will explore the intricate relationship between the history of ideas about ...
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Archaeology student Erik Kroon wins university thesis award 201716 February 2017During the Dies Natalis for alumni, February 11 2017, the annual university thesis awards ceremony was held. The winner of 2017 is Erik Kroon, of the ...
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442nd Dies Natalis focuses on Asia08 February 2017On the 442nd anniversary of the foundation of Leiden University, and at the start of the Leiden Asia Year, lawyer Jan Michiel Otto, an expert in the f...
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Scholarship for archaeologist Catarina Guzzo Falci04 January 2017In the beginning of December 2016 PhD candidate Catarina Guzzo Falci was awarded a scholarship for a collections study by Musée du quai Branly. The Mu...
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Archaeologist Quentin Bourgeois and astronomer Frans Snik nominated for The Young Academy12 December 2016Every year The Young Academy (a sub-group of KNAW) nominates ten talented researchers to join their ranks. This year two of the nominees are from Leid...
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Hall of Fame 201609 December 2016Many of our staff and students have won prizes over the past year. Others have been awarded a subsidy, or, because of their eminence in their field, t...
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Archaeologist Joanita Vroom receives Global Interactions Breed Grant30 November 2016Dr. Joanita Vroom has been awarded a Breed Grant by the Leiden Global Interactions research profile to support the realisation of her project ‘Shiftin...
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Archaeology student Ivo Verheijen wins award with internship report21 November 2016Our student Ivo Verheijen won an award with his excellent report on his internship studying mammoths in Northern Siberia. This Thursday he will give a...
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Dean Archaeology Corinne Hofman Member of Academia Europaea15 September 2016The Council of the Academia Europaea (AE) has announced prof.dr. Corinne Hofman as one of the new Academy members. Corinne Hofman, Dean of the Faculty...
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ERC grants for Leiden scientists06 September 2016Leiden research on psychology and archaeology will boosted by two subsidies. Both research projects focus on children.
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Shumon Hussain wins EAA Student Award31 August 2016The 2016 EAA student award was won by Leiden Archaeology PhD candidate Shumon Hussain.