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Old tradition of ‘golden PhDs’ reinstated06 December 2022Black-and-white photographs filled with solemn young men and distinguished professors line the walls of the Grand Auditorium. Young women are missing ...
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They came, they saw, they left: on the first humans in the Low Countries29 November 2022Over hundreds of thousands of years, our region witnessed the comings and goings of various types of hominin. This depended on the temperature as ice ...
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Cleveringa Lecture by Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history24 November 2022It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural le...
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Archaeologist Aris Politopoulos launches Histories We Play as part of new Leiden Teacher’s Academy position08 November 2022Anyone who knows Aris Politopoulos will be aware of his passion for teaching. Almost winning the Leiden University Teaching Award in 2020, he is known...
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New technique makes it easier to determine how our ancestors used fire02 November 2022The use of fire can tell us a lot about human evolution. Archaeologist Femke Reidsma has developed a more accurate technique to identify how our ances...
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Archaeologist Wei Chu explores Carpathian caves with Gerda Henkel grant25 October 2022Recently, archaeologist Dr Wei Chu received a grant from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung for an excavation in the Carpathian Mountains. Originally planning ...
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High school students at the Open Day: 'I want to do my own thing'24 October 2022Last Saturday, the Turfmarkt in The Hague, where during the week thousands of commuters make their way to the many ministries in the city centre, was ...
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Archaeologist Mark Driessen’s book and project in royal spotlights19 October 2022On September 28, 2022, dr.ir. Mark Driessen presented a publication about the ancient Roman frontier in Jordan. Venue for the book launch was the resi...
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Meet Foteini Tsigoni: ‘My role will be to help improve interactions between international and Dutch students’18 October 2022Starting September 2022, Foteini Tsigoni is tasked by the Faculty of Archaeology to bring the different nationalities within the faculty community tog...
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Heritage Quest project wins European Heritage Europa Nostra Award14 October 2022Heritage Quest is a large-scale citizen science project in the field of archaeology that allows anyone to contribute to scientific research. It is the...
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Archaeologists come up with a more precise estimate for how long modern humans and Neanderthals co-existed13 October 2022Modern humans and Neanderthals may have co-existed in France and Northern Spain for up to 2,900 years until the Neanderthals disappeared. This is what...
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Five new Teaching Fellows appointed29 September 2022Max van Lent, Aris Politopoulos, Emily Strange, Claire Vergerio and Astrid Van Weyenberg have joined the Leiden University Teachers’ Academy. Lecturer...
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The Botany Club goes abroad: excursion to the Eifel15 September 2022The Botany Club, a group of enthusiastic archaeobotanists and -biologists, travelled to the Eifel in May 2022 for their annual excursion. The chosen d...
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Archival Photo Negative Collection: A Glimpse into the Past, Holding the Mirror to the Present14 September 2022This year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Faculty of Archaeology which naturally leads to questions about its past. Part of the ans...
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Archaeologist Lennart Kruijer's year: a Cum Laude dissertation, a grant, a fellowship14 September 2022In May 2022 Lennart Kruijer succesfully defended his PhD, which he wrote as a member of the VICI Project ‘Innovating Objects’, led by prof. Miguel Joh...