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Public Lecture ‘The Role of the Humanities in an Information Age’ by Ted Underwood, Visiting Scaliger Professor18 October 2019Leiden University Libraries invites you to the public lecture by Ted Underwood, Visiting Scaliger Professor. This lecture will be held on Thursday 21 ...
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Archaeology Open Day: ‘Excavations are cool’14 October 2019‘We’ve come because our granddaughter started studying archaeology here this year. But I’m really interested in archaeology too.’ The Open Day at the ...
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Monique van den Dries' Leiden Experience: 'Usually I end up with (too) many ideas and running projects'09 October 2019Heritage expert Monique van den Dries has a long history with our Faculty. She did her studies and PhD in Leiden, and before returning to academia ...
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Lessons from the Bronze Age: ‘In order to achieve something, you have to give something up.’26 September 2019Professor David Fontijn is fascinated by the question why people destroy objects that are dear to them. It is a phenomenon that you find everywhere in...
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Archaeologists start blogging in Leiden Archaeology Blog20 September 2019The Leiden Faculty of Archaeology has recently launched its own research blog. In the Leiden Archaeology Blog, our researchers share their activities ...
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Tymon de Haas’ Leiden Experience: ‘A European consortium would be a very good option’13 September 2019Classical and Mediterranean archaeologist Tymon de Haas is a relatively recent addition to the Faculty of Archaeology. Succeeding Tesse Stek in Septem...
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Thijs van Kolfschoten President Quaternary Research union10 September 2019This summer, the International Union For Quaternary Research (INQUA) 2019 Congress took place in Dublin (Ireland), with 2305 delegates from 75 countr...
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On the road with an International Credit Mobility grant09 September 2019Over the next three years, 92 students and researchers from Leiden University and its partner universities will be strengthening their research and te...
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Livestock transport could signify close ties between humans and animals in the Bronze Age06 September 2019Livestock was already transported over long distances in the Bronze Age Netherlands. That is what researchers from Leiden University and VU Amsterdam ...
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Leiden archaeologists in play about frontiers03 September 2019Archaeologists from Leiden University are contributing to Grens, a theatre performance in Leiden’s Matilo neighbourhood.
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Eventful opening of academic year: minister in the church, protest on the square02 September 2019Not one but two openings: the minister who defended her plans and many who emphasised the importance of standing together with the arts and social sci...
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Fierce protests against Education Minister's redistribution plans02 September 2019Over a thousand researchers and students protested in Leiden on 2 September against the plans to transfer money to science and technology at the expen...
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Pieter ter Keurs new professor of Museums, Collections and Society02 September 2019The Executive Board has appointed Pieter ter Keurs as professor of Museums, Collections, and Society as of 1 September 2019. The chair will be part o...
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Museums, Collections and Society' research programme launched29 August 2019The Museums, Collections and Society programme, a joint initiative of the Faculties of Humanities and Archaeology, examines the dynamics and implicati...
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Official opening of 467 new student flats27 August 2019Kajsa Ollongren, Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, opened a complex of 467 student flats in Leiden on 26 August. This is the (Y)ours dev...