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New courses on 'Violence' 01 September 2021
In the academic year 2021-2022 the Social Resilience and Security interdisciplinary programme will offer two courses for interested students who are e...
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Nominees announced for LUS Teaching Prize 30 August 2021
Els de Busser (Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs), Ayo Adedokun (LUC The Hague) and David Fontijn (Faculty of Archaeology) have been nominated ...
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Investigating health equality in the past with a VIDI grant: ‘We will look for indications of stress’ 17 August 2021
Dr Sarah Schrader, an expert in the study of human remains, received a VIDI grant for a research project on health and inequality. In present day peop...
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EL CID 2021: a great start in a friendly city 16 August 2021
‘Leiden is small, friendly and welcoming,’ says new first-year student Ayla Russel. Strong wind and heavy showers were forecast for the first in-perso...
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Cairo Institute Director: ‘I’m keeping the ship afloat’ 06 August 2021
In March 2020, the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo suddenly had to repatriate 57 students to the Netherlands and Flanders. Director and Arabic ...
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Data Management Internships for students: Future learning and sustainable preservation of archaeology 26 July 2021
Whilst the world is opening up, the teaching will continue in a hybrid form next academic year. During the past year, when all of us were bound to our...
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Widespread cultural diffusion of knowledge started 400,000 years ago 20 July 2021
Different groups of hominins probably learned from one another much earlier than was previously thought, and that knowledge was also distributed much ...
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‘Prehistory holds up a challenging mirror to us’ 15 July 2021
Leiden alumnus Luc Amkreutz is a curator at the National Museum of Antiquities. His exhibition about the submerged landscape of Doggerland highlights ...
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Vidi grant for seven researchers from Leiden University 14 July 2021
From malaria parasites as a vaccine to how top-level bureaucrats reach their decisions: seven researchers from Leiden University have received a Vidi ...
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President Annetje Ottow helps fish plastic out of the canal 12 July 2021
Every Sunday you can help fish plastic and other floating garbage out of the Leiden canals. You can use your own canoe or loan one from Plastic Spotte...
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Covid influences sustainability at Leiden University too in 2020 05 July 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has had us working and studying at home, and this has had a positive effect on Leiden University’s sustainability results. Th...
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Holding the Byvanck Chair in times of corona 02 July 2021
Professor Caroline Vout, Cambridge University, was awarded the Leiden University Byvanck Chair in 2020. In a pre-Covid-19 world, the Byvanck Chair wou...
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Leiden archaeologists involved in grant for state-of-the-art laboratory for isotope geochemistry 24 June 2021
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a €4.84 million NWO Large grant to set up a new state-of-the-art laboratory for isotope geochemistry. The...
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PhD Researcher Anastasia Nikulina Wins Nick Ryan Bursary Award 2021 23 June 2021
To honour the work of its longstanding chair Nick Ryan, CAA International provides the annual Nick Ryan Bursary Award. The Nick Ryan Bursary Award win...
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Network on Greek Sanctuaries Leads to New Perspectives on Antiquity 23 June 2021
A group of experts on ancient Greek religious practices has joined forces in the form of the HIERON network. In a grassroots fashion, they decided to ...