News
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Archaeology in ninth position in QS World University Rankings 2017 09 March 2017
It is the second year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is ranked the highest in continental Europe. Aside from this the faculty features, as i...
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Archaeologist Tesse Stek studies Roman colonisation with fellowship 16 February 2017
As Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS-KNAW) fellow, Tesse Stek will explore the intricate relationship between the history of ideas about ...
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Archaeology student Erik Kroon wins university thesis award 2017 16 February 2017
During the Dies Natalis for alumni, February 11 2017, the annual university thesis awards ceremony was held. The winner of 2017 is Erik Kroon, of the ...
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442nd Dies Natalis focuses on Asia 08 February 2017
On the 442nd anniversary of the foundation of Leiden University, and at the start of the Leiden Asia Year, lawyer Jan Michiel Otto, an expert in the f...
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Scholarship for archaeologist Catarina Guzzo Falci 04 January 2017
In the beginning of December 2016 PhD candidate Catarina Guzzo Falci was awarded a scholarship for a collections study by Musée du quai Branly. The Mu...
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Archaeologist Quentin Bourgeois and astronomer Frans Snik nominated for The Young Academy 12 December 2016
Every year The Young Academy (a sub-group of KNAW) nominates ten talented researchers to join their ranks. This year two of the nominees are from Leid...
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Hall of Fame 2016 09 December 2016
Many of our staff and students have won prizes over the past year. Others have been awarded a subsidy, or, because of their eminence in their field, t...
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Archaeologist Joanita Vroom receives Global Interactions Breed Grant 30 November 2016
Dr. Joanita Vroom has been awarded a Breed Grant by the Leiden Global Interactions research profile to support the realisation of her project ‘Shiftin...
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Archaeology student Ivo Verheijen wins award with internship report 21 November 2016
Our student Ivo Verheijen won an award with his excellent report on his internship studying mammoths in Northern Siberia. This Thursday he will give a...
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Dean Archaeology Corinne Hofman Member of Academia Europaea 15 September 2016
The Council of the Academia Europaea (AE) has announced prof.dr. Corinne Hofman as one of the new Academy members. Corinne Hofman, Dean of the Faculty...
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ERC grants for Leiden scientists 06 September 2016
Leiden research on psychology and archaeology will boosted by two subsidies. Both research projects focus on children.
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Shumon Hussain wins EAA Student Award 31 August 2016
The 2016 EAA student award was won by Leiden Archaeology PhD candidate Shumon Hussain.
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Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds winner - Marcus Adrian Roxburgh 22 June 2016
His PhD research project - entitled Charlemagne's Workshops - is an ongoing investigation into the role of copper-alloy craft production in the early ...
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Archaeology at Leiden University in Top 10 of QS World University Rankings 2016 22 March 2016
The Faculty of Archaeology ranks as the best in continental Europe and is in the top ten of the world. The Faculty of Archaeology hosts a successful m...
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Should we close our borders? Not according to the Classical World! 09 March 2016
Leiden University archaeologists receive multiple awards for research on interaction between the Greek and Roman world and ‘The East’