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Hall of Fame 2017 22 December 2017
Many 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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Archaeology alumnus Wytze Stellingwerf 2nd place IISG Thesis Award 2017 07 December 2017
With his master's thesis 'The patriot behind the pot' Wytze Stellingwerf reached second place, among 38 contestants, in the IISG Thesis Award 2017. "W...
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First Dutch National Post-Doc Prize Awarded to Dr. Hayley Mickleburgh 24 November 2017
The first Dutch National Post-Doc Prize was awarded to Dr. Hayley Mickleburgh, postdoctoral researcher in the field of funerary archaeology with ERC-S...
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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in Leiden 09 November 2017
Leiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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Andy Sorensen wins Pecha Kucha presentation prize 05 October 2017
At the 7th annual meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE) conference held here in Leiden September 21-23 Andy Sorensen...
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Schöningen honours researcher from Leiden 26 September 2017
Since 1992, Professor Thijs van Kolfschoten, has been excavating at Schöningen.
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Plastic Soup Surfer calls for sustainable academic year 04 September 2017
One person can already make a difference, and if all students and academics were eco-friendly, the world would be a much more sustainable place. Plast...
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What makes us human? Or modern human? 31 May 2017
Two Vidi subsidies for Faculty of Archaeology.
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€ 18.8 million grant for research into innovation processes in antiquity 04 May 2017
Successful innovation requires more than technological progress alone. Every new concept must first be firmly anchored into an existing context. At le...
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Gravitation grants for three major research programmes 04 May 2017
Three major research projects involving Leiden scientists have been awarded a grant from NWO’s Gravitation Programme. The projects are on innovation p...
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DANS Klein DataProject bursary for Joanita Vroom 03 May 2017
Joanita Vroom, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Archaeology, has received a DANS Klein DataProject (KDP) bursary for her project entitled ‘Data A...
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City of Epe issues subsidy for research Quentin Bourgeois 06 April 2017
For the next three years the municipality of Epe will contribute to the research on the Epe barrow alignment. The city complements funds that NWO made...
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ERC Advanced Grant for Frans Theuws 06 April 2017
Prof. 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 Françozo 04 April 2017
Mariana 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 read 29 March 2017
The 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...