News
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Hall of Fame 2017 22 December 2017
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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Caribbean Collections in European Museums and the Question of Returns 20 December 2017
Mariana de Campos Françoso and Amy Strecker published a new article in the International Journal of Cultural Property last week entitled 'Caribbean Co...
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This was the Leiden Asia Year 18 December 2017
2017 was the Leiden Asia Year. Leiden has had connections with Asia and built up extensive knowledge of the continent over many centuries. This Leiden...
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Highlights of 2017: our most read articles 18 December 2017
An online course to teach our international students their first words in Dutch, American presidents in Leiden and how Neanderthals made the very firs...
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Forging ties abroad 15 December 2017
In 2017, Leiden University secured ties with numerous foreign partners. This is how we bring foreign talent to Leiden, and ensure our students and sci...
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Archaeology alumnus Wytze Stellingwerf 2nd place IISG Thesis Award 2017 07 December 2017
With his master's thesis 'The patriot behind the pot' Wytze Stellingwerf reached second place, among 38 contestants, in the IISG Thesis Award 2017. "W...
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Wearing clogs may have caused foot problems 27 November 2017
Research by bioarchaeologists from Leiden and Canada has shown that 19th-century Dutch farmers regularly had bone defects. These may have been caused ...
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First Dutch National Post-Doc Prize Awarded to Dr. Hayley Mickleburgh 24 November 2017
The first Dutch National Post-Doc Prize was awarded to Dr. Hayley Mickleburgh, postdoctoral researcher in the field of funerary archaeology with ERC-S...
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Indigenous people as essential research partners 16 November 2017
The knowledge held by indigenous people is essential if you want to study the history or the language of a particular region. Leiden archaeologists an...
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Iron Age canoeing 14 November 2017
In 2005 Leiden's municipal archaeologists excavated a 2,700-year-old canoe dug out from a tree trunk. Researchers from Material Culture Studies are no...
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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in Leiden 09 November 2017
Leiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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Leiden expands collaboration with Mexico 25 October 2017
A delegation from Leiden University is currently visiting Mexico to initiate collaboration with universities and science funding bodies in the country...
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Of home-loving men and intinerant marriageable women 19 October 2017
Some 5000 years ago the people of the corded ware culture exchanged ideas about death on a continental scale. There were strong gender differences in...
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Still learning from the Ancient Greeks 09 October 2017
There are still things we can learn from the Ancient Greeks. How they managed to make sure that innovations were accepted, for example. A group of cla...
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Andy Sorensen wins Pecha Kucha presentation prize 05 October 2017
At the 7th annual meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE) conference held here in Leiden September 21-23 Andy Sorensen...