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Student exhibition: unearthing the story of the VOC ship Amsterdam15 September 2025A new student-curated exhibition in the F1-corridor of the Van Steenis building brings history to life through remarkable finds from the Amsterdam, a ...
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Arjan Louwen wins LUS Teaching Prize: 'He stands out for his passion and dedication'11 September 2025During the ceremony of the Opening of the Academic Year, University Lecturer Arjan Louwen has won Leiden University's prestigious LUS Teaching Award. ...
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Active Acquaintance for 130 new BA Archaeology students: ‘Wellbeing, study succes, and having fun is all connected’09 September 2025Every year the newly arriving Archaeology students are invited to join an active introduction day during which they get to know the Faculty and each o...
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Nominees for the 2025 Leiden Teaching PrizeLeiden University Student Platform 25 August 2025Which teacher knows best how to inspire their students? Carmen van den Bergh (Humanities), Egbert Koops (Law) and Arjan Louwen (Archaeology) have been...
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Transgressive behaviour Professor of Archaeology plausible, Court still rejects dismissalBan on access to premises remains in force 22 August 2025It is sufficiently plausible that, during her employment, a professor of archaeology at Leiden University was guilty of prolonged transgressive and un...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 202417 December 2024Connecting scientific fields, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind in...
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Exhibition featuring 50 years of Leiden’s archaeological excavations in Oss01 October 2024Princely graves, swords, pots or just soil discolouration. Leiden archaeologists have been conducting research with students and local archaeologists ...
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Active Acquaintance for new Archaeology students: ‘Wellbeing, study succes, and having fun is all connected’09 September 2024Since 2023 the newly arriving Archaeology students are invited to join an active introduction day during which they get to know the Faculty and each o...
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Archaeology brings 3D scanning into the classroom26 June 2024In the course 'From Ceramics to Plastics: The Mediterranean in 12 objects' students were taught to work with 3D scanning technologies. One of the unde...
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Video: Leiden archaeologists digging in Oss26 June 2024Leiden archaeologists have been digging into the municipality of Oss’s past for 50 years now and students have gained their first experience of fieldw...
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Leiden archaeologists create open educational resources on agent-based modeling13 June 2024The past two years, Laura van der Knaap and Professor Karsten Lambers worked on creating open teaching materials on agent-based modeling, funded by Er...
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International students explore the archaeology of Oss: ‘I was responsible for finding 50% of the pottery sherds’31 May 2024The Municipality of Oss is a household name in the world of Dutch archaeology. For fifty years, Leiden archaeologists, in collaboration with residents...
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Leiden archaeologists held an open day in Oss to celebrate 50 years of collaboration08 May 2024On May 4, 2024, from 10.00 to 16.00 hours, a festive day took place in Oss, celebrating the fact that staff and students of the Leiden Faculty of Arch...
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‘Maybe interdisciplinarity could function as a way to change the university’25 March 2024This year, in a three-part symposium series, we are exploring how interdisciplinary collaboration can be promoted at the university. In the second ses...
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Minor Violence Studies: interesting encounters and flying wooden blocks21 March 2024The English taught interdisciplinary minor Violence Studies looks into various facets of interpersonal violence. Is this minor for all Leiden students...