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Curator Ruurd Halbertsma: ‘Surely we can’t just sweep away antiquity?’06 December 2021Like many others, Ruurd Halbertsma has had a rollercoaster of a year. His museum, the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO), was closed for a long whil...
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Mysterious metal depositions were ‘the most ordinary thing in the world’06 December 2021In Bronze Age Europe many bronze objects such as axes, swords and jewels were deliberately left at specific spots in the landscape. PhD research by Le...
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Trends in museums: ‘A lot of museums have a dormant collection of pre-colonial art’29 November 2021What effect do trends in the art world have on the formation of museum collections? University lecturer Martin Berger wants to answer that question in...
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'Rome after Rome': a unique student-scholar exploration of early medieval Rome17 November 2021Debates about the ‘end’ of the Roman era, how, when, and even if it ended, are still very much alive and raging. However, what happened after the (lon...
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Ethical guidelines to better regulate DNA research on human remains20 October 2021Rapid developments in DNA techniques allow researchers to find out more and more about human genetics. An international group of scientists has drawn ...
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Genetics proves it: Indo-European did not come to Europe on horseback20 October 2021Horses were first domesticated in South-West Russia, is the conclusion drawn by an international team of researchers writing in the well-respected jou...
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The first LDE Professional Training Landscape Biography: a Retrospect20 October 2021The first professional training organised by the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Global Heritage and Development has finished. The participants work f...
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Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant05 October 2021Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to M...
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3 October University: from Russian DNA to drug-related violence04 October 2021In prehistoric times there was a huge wave of migration, from the steppes in Russia and Ukraine to West Europe. The newcomers’ genes began to dominate...
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From excavation to public outreach: our bachelor's students experienced the full cycle of archaeology27 September 2021In May and June of 2021, Bachelor 1 and 2 students of the Faculty of Archaeology joined in the excavation at Oss. After the fieldwork itself, a second...
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Rachel Schats joins Leiden Teachers Academy: ‘I am always trying to look for ways to make teaching stick better'24 September 2021The Leiden Teachers Academy (LTA) was founded to help collaboration between excellent teachers. Osteoarchaeologist Dr Rachel Schats has been one of th...
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David Fontijn was nominated for University Teaching Prize: ‘I cut my online lectures in manageable chunks’22 September 2021Archaeologist David Fontijn was nominated for the University Teaching Prize. His students nominated him for this award for his innovative ways of onli...
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Asteroid named after Emeritus Professor Corrie Bakels: 'I revolve around the sun in 5.5 years'22 September 2021Corrie Bakels is known as one of the founders of bio-archaeology in the Netherlands. One of her former students, Dr Marco Langbroek, active in astrono...
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New courses on 'Violence'01 September 2021In 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 Prize30 August 2021Els de Busser (Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs), Ayo Adedokun (LUC The Hague) and David Fontijn (Faculty of Archaeology) have been nominated ...