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Leiden archaeologists involved in grant for state-of-the-art laboratory for isotope geochemistry 24 June 2021
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a €4.84 million NWO Large grant to set up a new state-of-the-art laboratory for isotope geochemistry. The...
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PhD Researcher Anastasia Nikulina Wins Nick Ryan Bursary Award 2021 23 June 2021
To honour the work of its longstanding chair Nick Ryan, CAA International provides the annual Nick Ryan Bursary Award. The Nick Ryan Bursary Award win...
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Archaeologists receive funding for science communication: ‘We want to change the public image of archaeology’ 10 May 2021
A diverse team of Leiden archaeologists applied for, and was awarded, the KNAW ‘Appreciated!’ grant, meant to further their science communication ende...
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Seven Leiden professors elected new members of KNAW 28 April 2021
Seven Leiden professors have been elected as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). In total 23 new members will be ina...
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Eleven Leiden scientists receive funding for science communication 22 April 2021
The KNAW has rewarded 11 Leiden scientists for their commitment to science communication, by awarding them 10,000 euros each from the ‘Appreciated!’ f...
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Archaeology in eighth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 2021 09 March 2021
It is the fifth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World University...
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Maarten Jansen compares ancient Mexican writing systems as Distinguished Emeritus Professor in Bonn 22 February 2021
Maarten Jansen, professor emeritus at the Faculty of Archaeology, was appointed as Distinguished Emeritus Professor for two years at the University of...
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Embedding scientific research in the Caribbean with funding from NWO 17 February 2021
On January 7th Minister van Engelshoven of Education, Culture and Science of The Netherlands announced that the project Island(er)s at the Helm: Co-cr...
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Local Panama communities work with archaeologists on historic land rights 09 February 2021
The question of land property titles is a common source of conflict between indigenous communities and federal authorities all over the Americas. A ne...
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NWA subsidy for four Leiden science communication projects 21 December 2020
A festival that combines music and science, and a digital 'time machine' for science history: four Leiden projects that focus on science communication...
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Investigating a prehistoric Pan-European culture with an NWO grant: ‘One of the most transformative periods in European prehistory’ 11 December 2020
Archaeologist Quentin Bourgeois received an NWO Vidi grant to investigate the emergence of a pan-European culture in the third millennium BC. ‘We see ...
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Studying the pre-Roman Samnite people with an IRESMO research grant 19 November 2020
In Spring next year, a new and international team of archaeologists, historians, and education experts will start a collaborative project on the archa...
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NWO Vidi grant for 11 Leiden researchers 04 November 2020
Eleven Leiden researchers have been awarded an 800,000 euro Vidi grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them to develop their own...
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Putting life into Neolithic houses with an NWO subsidy: ‘We will bring detail in our image of past domestic activities’ 20 October 2020
Archaeologist Annelou van Gijn received an NWO Archeologie Telt grant to investigate domestic craft and subsistence activities of late Neolithic peopl...
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NWO subsidy for archaeological search engine: ‘There is no physical digging involved!’ 28 September 2020
When you want to analyse big quantities of archaeological data, you run into the issue that searching through excavation reports is extremely time-con...