News
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Maiden voyage of prehistoric dug out canoe replica 08 February 2018
After 30 days of work, the experimental reconstruction of the iron age canoe of Vlaardingen Vergulde Hand is finished! Its maiden voyage will take pla...
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Emotional bond between humans and dogs dates back 14,000 years 07 February 2018
Prehistoric people may well have had an emotional bond with domesticated dogs much earlier than we thought. Leiden PhD candidate and vet Luc Janssens...
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Three new professors in Archaeology 31 January 2018
At the Faculty of Archaeology, three new professors are appointed with effect from February 1, 2018. They are Ann Brysbaert, Marie Soressi, and Joanit...
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Got an old mobile left over? Play the Funky Phone Challenge! 16 January 2018
Have you got an old mobile phone lying around? If so, you can hand it in at Funky Phone in Lipsius. The phone will be recycled and you get to play an ...
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This archaeologist dives to VOC ship De Rooswijk 05 January 2018
Martijn Manders conducts research on the sunken VOC ship De Rooswijk. Tirzah Schnater from the Ministry of Education, Culure and Science produced this...
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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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LERU universities generated 100 billion euros for the European economy 01 December 2017
In 2016, the 23 members of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) generated a collective economic value of €99.8 billion in Gross Value A...
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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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Latin American and Caribbean delegation visits Faculty of Archaeology 24 November 2017
The 4th Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) meeting was held at the Faculty of Archaeology on 20 November. Ambassadors and representatives from coun...
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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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Two different approaches at the Diversity symposium 14 November 2017
One of the speakers at the Diversity symposium on 22 November is Estela Mara Bensimon, highly honoured professor of Higher Education in the US. A seco...