News
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LDE Centre for Global Heritage and Development receives funding for a MOOC on “Heritage under Threat” 08 October 2015
The Centre for Global Heritage and Development has been successful in applying for a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on the topic of threatened heri...
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1st AWRANA conference 02 July 2015
The first AWRANA conference, organized by the Material Culture Studies group from May 27-30, 2015 was a great success
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Paul Kozowyk Archon PhD 02 July 2015
Paul Kozowyk has received one of the Archon PhD positions with his research proposal Sticking around: identification, performance and preservation of ...
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Farmers in Huai River Valley 02 July 2015
LI Weiya from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei City, has been awarded a general scholarship by the CSC (China Scholarship Coun...
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David Fontijn made Professor of the Archaeology of Early Europe at Leiden University 18 June 2015
Congratulations to David Fontijn, who has been recognized by the University with the title of full Professor of the Archaeology of Early Europe.
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Jorrit Kelder invited as Guest Scholar at the Getty Research Institute 10 June 2015
Jorrit Kelder, Senior Research Grant Adviser at Luris with close associations with Faculty of Archeology Classical and Mediterranean research, has bee...
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Fire, a universal landscaping tool 08 June 2015
Ancient peoples might have harnessed the power of fire to modify their environment
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Second prize for Nathalie Brusgaard 09 March 2015
Nathalie Brusgaard has won second prize (€ 2.000) in the Leiden University Thesis Prizes 2015 with her thesis 'The Social Significance of Cattle in Br...
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Leiden University Film at Short Film Corner Cannes Festival 05 March 2015
The short documentary film was selected to the short film corner of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Tell Balata Archaeological Park project 15 January 2015
Tell Balata Archaeological Park project On January 15th the cooperation project of the Faculty of Archaeology with the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism...
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The Early Iron Age cemeteries of Oss-Paalgraven and –Vorstengraf ‘transformed’ into archeological monuments 21 October 2014
Scientific research, heritage management and public outreach intertwined.
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Dirk Bouwmeester and Corinne Hofman receive NWO Spinoza Prize 09 September 2014
On 9 September, in the presence of King Willem Alexander, Secretary of State Sander Dekker presented the Spinoza Prize to four researchers, including ...
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Close contact between women and dogs in prehistoric times 30 July 2014
Close contact between women and dogs in prehistoric times Women and dogs were in close contact in the neolithic age of hunters-fishers-gatherers. This...
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The archaeological discovery at the Paardenmarkt in Alkmaar 30 July 2014
In the summer of 2010, a special archaeological find resurfaced when plans to redevelop the Paardenmarkt, a parking lot in the historic city center of...
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Discovery of a unique silver bowl from the Early Middle Ages 01 July 2014
On an excavation site in Oegstgeest Leiden University archaeologists discovered a very rare silver bowl from the first half of the seventh century. Th...