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Archaeology Open Day: ‘Excavations are cool’‘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'Heritage 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.’Professor 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 BlogThe 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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Treasure hunting takes toll on Eastern Badia archaeological siteThe Jordan Times has interviewed Peter Akkermans about the damage done to the Early Islamic archaeological site of Khirbet Al Umari, Jordan. "The degr...
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Tymon de Haas’ Leiden Experience: ‘A European consortium would be a very good option’Classical 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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Archaeologist Mike Field rides toughest horse race in the worldArchaeologist Mike Field spent his summer holiday riding in the toughest horse race in the world, the Mongol Derby: 1,000km in ten days across the Mon...
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Thijs van Kolfschoten President Quaternary Research unionThis 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 grantOver 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 AgeLivestock 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 frontiersArchaeologists 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 squareNot 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 plansOver 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 SocietyThe 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 launchedThe Museums, Collections and Society programme, a joint initiative of the Faculties of Humanities and Archaeology, examines the dynamics and implicati...