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Faculty of Archaeology ranks 5th in QS World University Ranking 11 April 2024
It is the eighth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World Universit...
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The Future of Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology Workshop 28 March 2024
From March 11th to 14th, the workshop "The Future of Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology," led by IN THE SAME SEA Postdoctoral Fellow Felicia Fricke and h...
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Workshop ‘Caribbean World Heritage Sites in the light of today’s global challenges: the case of Historic Bridgetown and Its Garrison' 14 March 2024
Last month (February 5-8 2024), the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, hosted a workshop entitled ‘Caribbean World Heritage Si...
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International Women's Day: the visibility of women in archaeology 08 March 2024
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, equal opportunities for women worldwide, empowerment, and gender equality take centre stage. For years, the rol...
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Ammodo Science Award to bring cultural heritage to life through play 05 March 2024
A team with Leiden researchers has won the Ammodo Science Award for innovative humanities research on perceptions of cultural heritage. They are resea...
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Shaping the future with stories from the past 27 February 2024
You can see an archaeologist as a modern-day shaman, someone who builds bridges to the past and can offer profound insights. This is the unexpected co...
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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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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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Heritage expert Gül Aktürk Hauser investigates climate change adaptation of cultural heritage 03 November 2023
Recently, Dr Gül Aktürk Hauser took up the position as Assistant Professor at the department of Heritage and Society. Originally an architect, she got...
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New publication reviews Dutch colonial sources on the Indigenous Brazilian Tapuia people 30 October 2023
New publication reviews Dutch colonial sources on the Indigenous Brazilian Tapuia people: ‘For them the Dutch were another piece on the political ches...
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Leiden archaeologists contribute to unique Iron Age exhibition in Oss 07 September 2023
Museum Jan Cunen in Oss presents the very first retrospective exhibition of the richest graves from the early Iron Age (800-500 BC), including the one...
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Archaeologist Martin Berger explores Latin American collections with an ERC grant 04 September 2023
All over Europe you will find ethnographic museums with large collections of indigenous objects from Latin America. These collections shaped the image...
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New murals depict archaeological profiles of Dutch soil 25 August 2023
On September 5, at the festive opening of the Faculty Year, a range of new murals will be officially presented in the Van Steenis’ Reuvens Hall. The w...
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Archaeology students play important role in visit indigenous Ka’apor people 27 June 2023
As part of Mariana Françozo’s BRASILAE project, a group of representatives of the Ka’apor people was invited to visit Leiden. The Ka’apor, an indigeno...
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An archaeological perspective on South Holland and its Water Past and Present 16 June 2023
Four students of the Faculty of Archaeology investigated how the current and past inhabitants of the Dutch province of South Holland deal with water. ...