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Saxion students visit the Faculty of Archaeology02 February 2023The end of January arrived together with welcome guests from Saxion University of Applied Sciences. As a part of their two-day-long visit to South Hol...
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Throwback to the successful LANCE internship and job market22 December 2022On December 1, the Faculty of Archaeology hosted the LANCE internship and job market 2022 for our BA2 and BA3 students. No less than 14 Dutch commerci...
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed?Reportage 20 December 2022The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary natur...
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Archaeologist Aris Politopoulos launches Histories We Play as part of new Leiden Teacher’s Academy position08 November 2022Anyone who knows Aris Politopoulos will be aware of his passion for teaching. Almost winning the Leiden University Teaching Award in 2020, he is known...
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Five new Teaching Fellows appointed29 September 2022Max van Lent, Aris Politopoulos, Emily Strange, Claire Vergerio and Astrid Van Weyenberg have joined the Leiden University Teachers’ Academy. Lecturer...
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Throwback to the Archaeological Field School of 2022: ‘Excavating is very rewarding’20 July 2022Back in June, the annual Leiden Archaeology Field School took place in Oss. For a month, every week, a group of 25 first year students gets to learn t...
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Contested heritage in The Hague: what to do with the remains of the Atlantik Wall?28 June 2022During World War II, the Nazi’s ordered a coastal defensive line to be built from the south of France to Norway. This Atlantik Wall aimed to defend th...
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‘You feel connected to the people of a bygone era’16 June 2022Documenting and preserving rock art in the Pakistani Himalayas; this was the aim of the ‘Karakorum Rescue Project’ to which students at the Honours Co...
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Annual Report 2021 published13 June 2022Leiden University’s Annual Report 2021 has been published. In this report, which consists of a general section and a financial section (the financial ...
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Leiden Archaeology Field School 2022 has begun in Oss08 June 2022With the start of June, the annual Leiden Archaeology Field School has begun. Like last year, the Field School takes place in Oss. Every week, a group...
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Registration open new minor Violence Studies22 April 2022In the academic year 2022-2023 the Social Resilience and Security interdisciplinary programme will offer a new minor for students who are interested i...
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Honours Class makes cultural heritage tangible: ‘You are dealing with people’22 April 2022An Honours Class about the ostensibly unrecognisable worlds of insular Southeast Asia teaches students a fundamental piece of wisdom: "We do not diffe...
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Charlotte van der Voort wins Leiden Thesis Prize09 February 2022The winner of the Leiden University Thesis Prize has made an original and substantial contribution to argumentation theory. This is what Annetje Ottow...
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Jan Kolen new Artificial Intelligence Coordinator at Leiden University03 February 2022The Executive Board of Leiden University has appointed Jan Kolen as the University’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Coordinator as of 1 February 2022. I...
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'Rome after Rome': a unique student-scholar exploration of early medieval Rome17 November 2021Debates about the ‘end’ of the Roman era, how, when, and even if it ended, are still very much alive and raging. However, what happened after the (lon...