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Quentin Bourgeois appointed new Vice-Dean for Education at the Faculty of Archaeology12 February 2026Quentin Bourgeois, Associate Professor of European Prehistory, will assume the position of Vice-Dean for Education at the Faculty of Archaeology of Le...
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DNA study reveals remarkable stability in prehistoric Low Countries populationsPublication in Nature 11 February 2026For thousands of years, the prehistoric communities of the Low Countries followed their own path compared with the rest of Europe. This unique region ...
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Launch of the Prof. Andrea Evers Fund for Health, Behaviour and SocietyNew fund 26 January 2026In memory of Andrea Evers, Professor of Health Psychology, the Prof. Andrea Evers Fund for Health, Behaviour and Society has been established. With th...
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Jan Kolen concludes his term as Dean of Archaeology: 'It's part of the role'06 January 2026After 7.5 years, Jan Kolen is stepping down as Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology. For him, it does not feel like a dramatic moment. ‘It is part of th...
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Wil Roebroeks looks back on a life in archaeology: ‘I’ve always enjoyed my work’09 December 2025After nearly two years of retirement, Wil Roebroeks looks back on a career that began in a time of freedom and ended in a field that has undergone pro...
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Throwback to the Archaeology End of Year Event 2025: 'The end of the Janocene'09 December 2025Another year has reached its end. And what a year it has been! On December 4th staff and students of the Faculty of Archaeology came together to celeb...
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Alex Tutwiler receives Archol grant to reveal hidden stories of child labor08 December 2025PhD candidate Alex Tutwiler, from the Faculty of Archaeology, has received a grant from Archol, via the P.J.R. Modderman Foundation, to investigate ho...
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Ice age architecture: how mammoth bones reveal human ingenuity27 November 2025What do you build with when trees are scarce and winters are brutal? For hunter-gatherers living in current-day Ukraine some 18,000 years ago, the ans...
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Alumnus Ruurd Kok seeks tangible traces of the pastInterview 20 November 2025After various jobs as an archaeologist, alumnus Ruurd Kok became a journalist. For the ‘Traces of Leiden University’ series, he explored the past of u...
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LUF grants for historical hormone research and safe, inclusive cities06 November 2025Why did fewer women suffer from osteoporosis in the past than today? And which aspects of a city make public spaces safe, accessible and comfortable f...
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Investigating the Europe-wide connections of early medieval commoners with an ERC Synergy Grant06 November 2025A large research group involving Leiden University as corresponding Host Institution has been awarded a major European grant, the ERC Synergy Grant. T...
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Alex Geurds appointed new Dean of the Faculty of ArchaeologyAppointment 06 November 2025Alex Geurds, Professor of Central American Archaeology, will become Dean of Leiden University’s Faculty of Archaeology on 1 January. He succeeds Jan K...
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Archaeology as a bridge between past and futureuc Amkreutz Appointed Eugène Dubois visiting professor 04 November 2025Luc Amkreutz, curator of prehistory at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden and professor of Public Archaeology at Leiden University, has a mi...
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Skeletons and beer at ArcheoHotspot23 October 2025How can you figure out if a skeleton is male or female? How did they brew beer in the distant past? Visitors to ArcheoHotspot could examine archaeolog...
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Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant23 October 2025The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start ...