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Archaeologist Wei Chu explores Carpathian caves with Gerda Henkel grant25 October 2022Recently, archaeologist Dr Wei Chu received a grant from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung for an excavation in the Carpathian Mountains. Originally planning ...
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Heritage Quest project wins European Heritage Europa Nostra Award14 October 2022Heritage Quest is a large-scale citizen science project in the field of archaeology that allows anyone to contribute to scientific research. It is the...
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Five new Teaching Fellows appointed29 September 2022Max van Lent, Aris Politopoulos, Emily Strange, Claire Vergerio and Astrid Van Weyenberg have joined the Leiden University Teachers’ Academy. Lecturer...
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Archaeologist Lennart Kruijer's year: a Cum Laude dissertation, a grant, a fellowship14 September 2022In May 2022 Lennart Kruijer succesfully defended his PhD, which he wrote as a member of the VICI Project ‘Innovating Objects’, led by prof. Miguel Joh...
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Samatar Botan investigates ancient Aksum with a Mosaic 2.0 grant12 September 2022In July 2022 our alumnus Samatar Botan received the news that he had received the NWO Mosaic 2.0 grant. This grant enables him to start a PhD research...
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Three Leiden PhD candidates awarded Mosaic 2.0 scholarships20 July 2022Three PhD candidates from Leiden University have been awarded a Mosaic 2.0 scholarship for their PhD research. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) Mosaic...
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Citizen science project Heritage Quest wins European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award 202230 June 2022Gelderland Heritage and Leiden University’s Faculty of Archaeology have won the European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award 2022 in the ‘research’ c...
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Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos are the winners of the fourth LUCAS Public Prize 2022!13 April 2022On Tuesday 12 April Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos have been awarded the fourth LUCAS Publieksprijs.
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant11 April 2022Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their re...
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Faculty of Archaeology ranks 7th in QS World University Ranking08 April 2022It is the sixth 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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Archaeology alumna Oda Nuij wins Florschütz Thesis Award03 March 2022Annually, the Dutch Palynologische Kring invites nominations for the Florschütz Award for best MSc thesis in Palynology and Palaeobotany. This year, t...
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Prestigious Gutenberg Research Award for archaeologist Wil Roebroeks23 February 2022Leiden archaeologist Professor Wil Roebroeks receives the 2021 Gutenberg Research Award of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). "By granting Wil...
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Archaeology alumna Elizabeth Hicks awarded first runner-up in thesis competition15 February 2022Elizabeth Hicks won first runner-up in the Netherlands Institute of the Near East (NINO) MA thesis 2021 competition at the end of January.
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Charlotte van der Voort wins Leiden Thesis Prize09 February 2022The winner of the Leiden University Thesis Prize has made an original and substantial contribution to argumentation theory. This is what Annetje Ottow...
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Archaeologist Alex Geurds becomes member of Society of Antiquaries: ‘It is an honor bestowed for life’10 December 2021Dr Alex Geurds was elected as a Fellow for the Society of Antiquaries, a prestigious and old educational charity based in London. Established in 1707,...