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Glue recipes and prehistoric brainpower 17 March 2016
How do archaeologists test ideas about the evolution of the modern brain? Veni-researcher Geeske Langejans and then Master student Paul Kozowyk (Leide...
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Roasting tubers for science 15 March 2016
The way that traditional hunter-gatherers roasted tubers can shed new light on how people prepared food in prehistoric times. Archaeologist Stephanie ...
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Master's Day attracts students from all corners of the world 14 March 2016
A young refugee who wants to give something back to the Netherlands; a Greek girl who wants to study in her mother's home country and, of course, a lo...
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Haarlem ontlast 11 March 2016
Over poep, pies en de beerput
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Archaeology as self-reflection 10 March 2016
Archaeology can help us reflect critically on our European identity. This is what David Fontijn will claim in his inaugural lecture on 18 March.
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Crowdfunding a book on archaeology & video games 10 March 2016
Academia and games. One is for serious people who only have time for research, the other is a pastime best avoided if you are or want to be one of the...
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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’
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5 figures about the Open Day on 5 March 01 March 2016
Thousands of curious students and parents are visiting the Open Day on 5 March. How do they get a good idea of the study programmes and the city?
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Neanderthals collected manganese dioxide to make fire 29 February 2016
Manganese dioxide is abundant in nature, and owing to their colour, these oxides have been used as pigments since the Stone Age. Some of the cave pain...
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Still no equal rights for native Mexican women 22 February 2016
Native women are invisible in Mexican society. This is the conclusion Barbara Ortiz draws in her dissertation. PhD defence on 23 February.
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FameLab: all about blood vessels in 180 seconds 17 February 2016
PhD candidates in medicine, Wouter Jan Geelhoed and Nan van Geloven, are the winners of the Leiden preliminary round of FameLab. They are through to t...
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The skeleton as a source of information 16 February 2016
Bones contain a wealth of information about a person's life. Leiden archaeologists glean information from skeletons about human development and find w...
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Vici grants for 7 Leiden researchers 12 February 2016
Seven Leiden researchers have been awarded a prestigious Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
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Their first time in the procession 09 February 2016
Portraits of six Leiden professors for whom 8 February 2016 was the first time that they took part in the procession of Leiden professors at the Dies ...
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Dies Natalis: 'The big questions call for collaboration' 08 February 2016
Universities cannot survive in this highly competitive world without collaboration. And the ultimate aim is to make the world a safer and more sustain...