News
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Sada Mire’s Leiden Experience: "the Johnny Cash of Archaeology" 30 August 2018
Pioneering in the archaeology of Somaliland, hosting international TV and radio shows, and producing a very successful MOOC: Dr Sada Mire already has ...
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Leiden contributes to Getty Museum exhibition 27 August 2018
Leiden researchers have made an important contribution to the successful ‘Beyond the Nile’ exhibition in the American J. Paul Getty Museum. They also ...
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Soil samples show impact of Columbus's arrival 23 August 2018
After Columbus landed on the island of Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic), the farming culture of the indigenous people quickly...
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In memoriam: Dr Johanna Stöger (1957-2018) 21 August 2018
On 19th August, we received the sad news that our dear colleague, Dr Johanna Stöger, has passed on. Hanna died, surrounded by family, at home in South...
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Impressions from the Nexus 1492 fieldwork in the Dominican Republic 20 August 2018
The summer has flown by and the Nexus 1492 team in Valverde, Dominican Republic, has once again had an exciting and successful season!
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Enthusiastic start to EL CID 13 August 2018
More than 3,500 enthusiastic Leiden first-years, 80% of them coming to Leiden University, gathered on Monday morning 13 August at the Lammermarkt for...
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Andrzej Antczak to head World Archaeology: “Keeping archaeology relevant in a globalising world” 03 August 2018
With the departure of Tesse Stek to the Royal Dutch Institute in Rome for three years, Andrzej Antczak will take over the role of Departmental Head fo...
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Archaeologists in action: stories from the field 01 August 2018
During the summer, staff of the Faculty of Archaeology congregate in all parts of the world, initiating or joining fieldwork projects. Read some of th...
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Five ERC Starting Grants for young Leiden University researchers 26 July 2018
The European Research Council has awarded a Starting Grant to five early career scientists from Leiden University. They received funding up to 1.5 mil...
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First trials with Iron age dugout canoe 26 July 2018
On the 6th of July, wood specialists, members of the canoe club Natsec, a professional boat builder, volunteers of the Vlaardingen Broekpolder and stu...
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Corinne Hofman elected to prestigious British Academy fellowship 19 July 2018
Professor Corinne Hofman has been made a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences. She is among 76 distingui...
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Neanderthals could make fire – just like our modern ancestors 19 July 2018
Neanderthals were able to make fire on a large scale with the aid of pyrite and hand-axes. This means they could decide when and where they wanted fir...
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2 new Veni-grants: investigating malaria in the Middle Ages and coinage in Rome 17 July 2018
Two researchers at the Faculty of Archaeology have received a Veni award from the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO). This award off...
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Film funded with ERC grant in premiere at Mexican film festival 17 July 2018
The feature drama film In Times of Rain will have its world premiere at the Guanajuato International Film Festival (#GIFF 2018) in Mexico. The film is...
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Veni subsidies for sixteen Leiden researchers 16 July 2018
Sixteen researchers at Leiden University have received a Veni award from the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO). This award offers p...