News
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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...
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ERC Creative Europe Culture grant for Alexandria: (re)activating common urban imaginaries 09 September 2020
From 2020 to 2023, Professor Miguel John Versluys and his research group will participate in an international consortium co-funded by the Creative Eur...
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Marie Kolbenstetter will explore the archaeology of southern Honduras with a NWO subsidy 19 August 2020
Our master’s alumna Marie Kolbenstetter was recently awarded a NWO subsidy for a PhD in the Humanities. With this funding she will be able to continue...
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Archaeologist Ady Roxburgh receives two-year research grant from the Estonian Research Council 02 July 2020
Ady Roxburgh has been awarded a two-year grant to continue his research into the choices behind the composition of Roman, copper-alloy artefacts. The ...
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Royal Distinction for archaeologist Maarten Jansen 24 April 2020
On 24 April it was announced that, following his farewell, archaeologist Professor Maarten Jansen was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion....
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Professor Corrie Bakels receives 50th Analecta 26 March 2020
Corrie Bakels would have given this year's Kroon lecture on Friday March 20, but the event was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Her colleague...
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Archaeology in ninth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 2020 12 March 2020
It is the fourth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World Universit...
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Vici grants for three Leiden researchers 20 February 2020
Three Leiden researchers will each receive a Vici grant of 1.5m euros. They are historian Cátia Antunes, cell biologist Dennis Claessen and archaeolog...
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'I am interested in how we simulate ourselves into the future' 04 February 2020
It is a known trait in humans to anchor innovations in the past, so as to make new developments easier to accept. It is an aspect of humanity that can...
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Building a Byzantine and Ottoman Data Atlas with a DANS grant 16 January 2020
Joanita Vroom, Professor Archaeology of Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia at the Faculty of Archaeology, has again received a DANS Klein DataProject (...
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2019 Hall of fame 07 January 2020
Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a...
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Chastelain-Nobach grant allows Tymon de Haas to enlarge Roman expansion research project 12 December 2019
Through the Chastelain-Nobach LUF fund, Classical and Mediterranean archaeologist Tymon de Haas has received a grant for his research on the ecologica...
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Femke Lippok wins W.A. van Es-prize for her pioneering work on early medieval burial rites 27 November 2019
During the 2019 Reuvensdagen, PhD candidate Femke Lippok was awarded the prestigious W.A. van Es-prize for her research master’s thesis The Pyre and t...
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Sandrine Gallois second place in prestigious Rising Talent Prize 22 November 2019
Sandrine Gallois, a post-doctoral research in the HARVEST project, was awarded second place in the prestigious L'Óreal UNESCO For Women In Science Ris...
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Exploring Roman Portugal with Regato grant 20 November 2019
The ancient Roman province of Lusitania, more or less contemporary Portugal, has been the focus of a joint research project by Leiden University, Évor...