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Medieval Oegstgeest did business with all of Europe08 June 2021Generations of Leiden students and academics have done archaeological research into the early medieval history of Oegstgeest. This makes this old sett...
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How to start with Open Science: ‘It has increased my workflow efficiency enormously’02 June 2021Bjørn Peare Bartholdy is Archaeology’s representative in the Open Science Community Leiden (OSCL) . We spoke with him about the value of Open Science ...
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Heritage expert Martin Berger honored as a member of the Young Academy Leiden27 May 2021Our own Dr. Martin Berger has been accepted as a member of the Young Academy Leiden! He is thrilled with his appointment. ‘I am honored to be accepted...
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Starting grant for the investigation of the forgotten landscapes of World War II25 May 2021PhD candidate Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart has received the Stichting Elise Mathilde Fonds grant from the Leids Universiteits Fonds (LUF) to work on...
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Caribbean archaeology in times of corona: ‘Instead of fieldwork, our students worked on an online exhibition’25 May 2021Recently, in the midst of coronavirus situation, Professor Corinne Hofman and her team became part of the NWO project Island(er)s at the Helm. Both th...
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Leiden students give commentary on games live on Twitch17 May 2021Three Leiden students will be sharing their knowledge of history while playing video games. The livestreams are part of the ‘Streaming the Past’ proj...
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Archaeologists Involved in Ambitious Study on Past Land Use12 May 2021To increase the accuracy of climate models, it is crucial that they include past human land-use and human-driven vegetation changes. Here archaeology ...
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Archaeologists receive funding for science communication: ‘We want to change the public image of archaeology’10 May 2021A diverse team of Leiden archaeologists applied for, and was awarded, the KNAW ‘Appreciated!’ grant, meant to further their science communication ende...
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Angkor region was actually a large Medieval city10 May 2021The Greater Angkor Region in contemporary Cambodia was dramatically more urbanized in the 13th century than previously thought, and home to 700.000 to...
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Seven Leiden professors elected new members of KNAW28 April 2021Seven Leiden professors have been elected as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). In total 23 new members will be ina...
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Eleven Leiden scientists receive funding for science communication22 April 2021The KNAW has rewarded 11 Leiden scientists for their commitment to science communication, by awarding them 10,000 euros each from the ‘Appreciated!’ f...
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A Manifesto for Investigating the Impacts of Object Flows on Past Societies: Objectscapes21 April 2021World history is often framed in terms of flows of people and migration: humans coming ‘out of Africa’, the spread of farmers in the Holocene, Phoenic...
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Documentary From Aksum to India premiered during Week of Classics15 April 2021For the annual Week of Classics, Dr Marike van Aerde and her team made a documentary about their research project Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connect...
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First generation of students graduate from Applied Archaeology: ‘It is a peculiar and wonderful specialisation.’09 April 2021In 2019, Federico Cappadona was one of the first students to enroll in the new master’s specialisation Applied Archaeology. He recently graduated and ...
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Meet archaeologist Martin Berger: ‘I want to answer archaeological and heritage questions’08 April 2021In the course of 2020 the Faculty of Archaeology was bolstered by some new staff members. Due to the coronavirus situation, sadly, this went for a lar...