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Veni for Gül Aktürk Hauser's study on climate resilience of pastoral communitiesNWO Veni Grant 16 July 2026How do pastoral communities adapt to a changing climate? And what can we learn from their centuries-old knowledge of living with environmental uncerta...
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Veni grants for 19 Leiden researchersDutch Research Council grants 16 July 2026Nineteen researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant provides creative space for ...
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Aida Tadesse awarded grant for PhD research on ancient NubiaNWO PhD in the Humanities 03 July 2026PhD candidate Aida Tadesse of the Faculty of Archaeology has been awarded the prestigious NWO PhD in the Humanities grant. The funding will allow her ...
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A new light on Medieval ceramics chronology of South LimburgMedieval Archaeology 29 June 2026On July 1, Maurice Janssen will defend his doctoral thesis on pottery production in South Limburg during the Middle Ages. For his research, he studied...
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‘The cask is the shipping container of the late Middle Ages’Archaeology 25 June 2026What do wooden casks tell us about trade and everyday life between 1300 and 1800? PhD candidate Jeroen Oosterbaan studied the life cycle of this shipp...
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New Nature study reveals surprising diversity among Europe’s last NeandertalsHuman origins 24 June 2026A new study published in Nature provides the most detailed picture to date of Neandertal diversity in western Europe shortly before their extinction.
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Making laboratories more sustainable with a Kiem GrantGoing green 22 June 2026At a celebratory event, 26 projects received a €10,000 Kiem grant for 2026-2027. One of these projects is titled ‘Our laboratories are going green’. A...
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From Classroom to Museum: curating Leiden's archaeological legacy in GalleriaExhibition 19 June 2026For decades, a collection of ancient Mediterranean ceramics and artefacts served as a teaching resource for Archaeology students at the Leiden Faculty...
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Archaeology alumni awarded prestigious Shelby White and Leon Levy GrantArchaeology of West Asia 18 June 2026The Faculty of Archaeology is pleased to announce that alumni Dr Diederik J. H. Halbertsma (NINO, Leiden University) and Dr Michel de Vreeze (Durham U...
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Ancient DNA reveals lost genetic diversity in fallow deerEuropean prehistory 15 June 2026An international team of researchers, including emeritus professor Wil Roebroeks of Leiden University's Faculty of Archaeology, has uncovered evidence...
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Bakels Fund Grant for research into landscape use on MallorcaMallorca through time 15 June 2026Letty ten Harkel has received a Bakels Fund grant from the Leiden University Fund (LUF) for a two-year research programme at the archaeological site o...
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Archaeologist calls for Central America to be studied as a whole: ‘Borders have taken on a life of their own’Inaugural lecture 11 June 2026In his inaugural lecture, archaeologist Alex Geurds argues that Central America should no longer be divided into separate research areas. He believes ...
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Grant awarded for research into prehistoric settlement in the Province of ZeelandArchaeology 08 June 2026The research project Between Land and Sea (Tussen Land en Zee) was awarded funding by the Reuvens Fund for Innovation in May. The project brings toget...
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Throwback to the Living in a wetland landscape symposiumExperimental archaeology 05 June 2026Reaching the end of the academic year, we look back fondly on the symposia, conferences and events that our faculty hosted in the previous months. One...
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Students bring turbulent past of Valkenburg airfield to lifeHeritage 03 June 2026The former Valkenburg airfield is steeped in history: the Romans defended their empire here, German forces landed here in 1940 and even the Cold War l...