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Moving to virtual collaboration with Marike van Aerde and her team: ‘There is real team spirit in our WhatsApp group’02 April 2020Marike van Aerde was at the brink of traveling to India for fieldwork when that country closed its borders, three weeks ago. Only a few days later, Le...
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Working from home as an Archaeologist: 'As far as I know, no one has ever explored my living room for lost cities'01 April 2020At first glance, archaeology seems like a job that is hard to take home. Nothing could be further from the truth though! Our archaeologists are curren...
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Professor Corrie Bakels receives 50th Analecta26 March 2020Corrie Bakels would have given this year's Kroon lecture on Friday March 20, but the event was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Her colleague...
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Rachel Schats is preparing an archaeology course from home: ‘Do what you can and don’t make it yourself too difficult’26 March 2020As a lecturer of a block 4 course, osteoarchaeologist Dr Rachel Schats is preparing to give her education remotely. For this she uses Kaltura, Leiden ...
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Videoconferencing with the Rural Riches group: ‘The most important thing is to develop some discipline’26 March 2020The Rural Riches research group convenes for coffee on a daily basis. Remotely, that is, to prevent the spread of coronavirus. It is the perfect way t...
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Archaeology in ninth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 202012 March 2020It is the fourth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World Universit...
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The future of experiencing the past11 March 2020The Faculty of Archaeology experiments with innovating their teaching methods, using 3D scans and visualisation technology to enable active learning. ...
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Mike Field’s Leiden Experience: ‘I try to make research teaching and teaching research.’11 March 2020Mike Field has been at the Faculty of Archaeology since 2008. As a driven archaeobotanist, he is consistantly contributing to the study of plant fossi...
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Approaching ancient Assyria through archaeology leads to new insights11 March 2020Dr Bleda Düring deemed it was time for an archaeological approach on the imperialisation of Assyria. ‘While there are lot of archaeological studies of...
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Holding the (colonial) fort in times of gentrification05 March 2020On the south coast of Sri Lanka is a colonial fort. Since it became a world heritage site, the fortified town of Galle has suddenly become a major tou...
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Vici grants for three Leiden researchers20 February 2020Three Leiden researchers will each receive a Vici grant of 1.5m euros. They are historian Cátia Antunes, cell biologist Dennis Claessen and archaeolog...
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Garenmarket: woven into the fabric of Leiden17 February 2020From cloth to serge and from ‘frame lands’ to a wool factory. Archaeologist and historian Roos van Oosten was pleasantly surprised by what she found o...
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Ian Simpson’s Leiden Experience: ‘Engaging with heritage can be a matter of cultural survival’12 February 2020Ian Simpson is a relatively new face at the Faculty of Archaeology. Starting as an assistant professor in the Heritage and Society department in 2018,...
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'I am interested in how we simulate ourselves into the future'04 February 2020It is a known trait in humans to anchor innovations in the past, so as to make new developments easier to accept. It is an aspect of humanity that can...
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Archaeology thanks to computer-based research04 February 2020A mix of data research, artificial intelligence and archaeology led to lively discussions on 31 January. On that day the unique event 'AI & Data Scien...