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Archaeology student Anne Wagemakers wins LISF prize for report on research in Spain 14 February 2024
With the help of a LUF grant, archaeology student Anne Wagemakers investigated an archaeological assemblage in Spain. Now her research report has won ...
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Looking for the earliest European home with an ERC Consolidator Grant 14 February 2024
During the Late Pleistocene, Europe was a cold and unforgiving place to live. Even so, groups of early modern humans roamed around, just like their Ne...
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Karsten Lambers appointed as Professor of Digital and Computational Archaeology 12 February 2024
In January, Dr Karsten Lambers was appointed as Professor of Digital and Computational Archaeology at Leiden University's Faculty of Archaeology. With...
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Exhibition on 50 years of archaeological fieldwork in Oss celebrates an archaeological 'Walhalla' 01 February 2024
In 1974 Professor Modderman (founder of the Institute for Prehistory Leiden; predecessor of the present Faculty of Archaeology) executed a small excav...
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Developing methods on remote sensing detection of archaeological features in Colombia with LDE grant 18 January 2024
A Leiden-Delft-Erasmus research team has been awarded a LDE Global Support Grant to develop reusable algorithms in the remote detection of non-orthogo...
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D&I Symposium 2024: What have we achieved with a decade of diversity policy? 15 January 2024
How has progress been made on diversity and inclusion at Leiden University over the past decade? Attendees reflected on this at the D&I Symposium 2024...
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Supercomputer ALICE is even more powerful, and that is good news for many disciplines 03 January 2024
Supercomputer ALICE has been expanded, making it even more powerful and faster. This means researchers and students can work with heavier models. From...
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Throwback to the Archaeology End of Year Event 2023 20 December 2023
Another year's end draws near. And what a year it has been! On December 12th staff and students of the Faculty of Archaeology came together to celebra...
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Archaeology Inter-Section journal offers students the chance to publish: ‘I learned a lot during the process’ 20 December 2023
The Faculty of Archaeology's own home-grown journal Inter-Section has released a new volume. Inter-Section offers students and PhD candidates the uniq...
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Lorentz workshop on Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology 20 December 2023
From November 13 to 17 2023, a workshop on Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology was organized at the Lorentz Center in Leiden by Eduardo Herrera Malatesta ...
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Leiden archaeologist investigates washed up plastics with National Geographic grant 20 December 2023
Roberto Arciero is part of RESPIRE project (Research Educational and Storytelling Project in Italian Remote Ecosystem), an international and interdisc...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023 19 December 2023
Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdiscipli...
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Archaeology Hall of Fame 2023 14 December 2023
Special achievements, grants and a top 10 ranking, a great calendar year for the Faculty of Archaeology! See the overview of 2023 in the hall of fame...
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Grant enables archaeologists to study origins of museum artefacts 13 December 2023
Two researchers from the Faculty of Archaeology have received a grant from the Museums, Collections and Society (MSC) interdisciplinary programme. Thi...
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Advice to EU on looted art claims: ‘An agency could bring order to the legal chaos’ 12 December 2023
What practical steps can we take to resolve cross-border claims to looted art and prevent illicit trafficking in cultural goods? That's what the Europ...