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Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant05 October 2021Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to M...
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David Fontijn was nominated for University Teaching Prize: ‘I cut my online lectures in manageable chunks’22 September 2021Archaeologist David Fontijn was nominated for the University Teaching Prize. His students nominated him for this award for his innovative ways of onli...
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Asteroid named after Emeritus Professor Corrie Bakels: 'I revolve around the sun in 5.5 years'22 September 2021Corrie Bakels is known as one of the founders of bio-archaeology in the Netherlands. One of her former students, Dr Marco Langbroek, active in astrono...
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Vidi grant for seven researchers from Leiden University14 July 2021From malaria parasites as a vaccine to how top-level bureaucrats reach their decisions: seven researchers from Leiden University have received a Vidi ...
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Leiden archaeologists involved in grant for state-of-the-art laboratory for isotope geochemistry24 June 2021The 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 202123 June 2021To 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 2021A 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 KNAW28 April 2021Seven 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 communication22 April 2021The 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 202109 March 2021It 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 Bonn22 February 2021Maarten 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 NWO17 February 2021On 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 rights09 February 2021The 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 projects21 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 2020Archaeologist Quentin Bourgeois received an NWO Vidi grant to investigate the emergence of a pan-European culture in the third millennium BC. ‘We see ...