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Aris Politopoulos’ Leiden Experience: “video games can provide new avenues for research” 12 November 2018
Seven years ago, Aris Politopoulos left Athens for a master’s programme at the Leiden Faculty of Archaeology. Now he has nearly finished his PhD disse...
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Prof Ann Brysbaert participates in Getty Foundation’s initiative 12 November 2018
A new and recently started Getty Foundation project, Material Entanglements in the Ancient Mediterranean and Beyond, aims to forge connections among M...
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Catalin Popa’s Leiden experience: “Archaeology needs to contribute to society.” 19 October 2018
Originally from Romania, Catalin Popa has been working at our Faculty as a Postdoc for two years now. He is a landscape archaeologist with a deep inte...
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About 350 human skeletons from Arnhem come to Leiden on loan 19 October 2018
Leiden Archaeology students may write their master's theses on the recently acquired collection skeletons from the city of Arnhem. We interviewed oste...
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Getting to know Dean Jan Kolen: “I would describe myself as a connector” 18 October 2018
Professor Jan Kolen was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology on September 1, 2018. We sat down with him and interviewed him about his backgrou...
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Student Igor Djakovic awarded Raymond and Beverly Sackler Scholarship 18 October 2018
Igor recently started his research master's in Archaeology. Now he is awarded the prestigious Raymond and Beverly Sackler Scholarship. The scholarship...
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Review of 2017 Leiden Experimental Archaeology conference 18 October 2018
The 10th Experimental Archaeology Conference of EXARC took place in Leiden, Netherlands, over three days; 20th to the 22nd April 2017, in Leiden Unive...
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Archaeologist Diederik Pomstra subjects himself to wild food experiment 17 October 2018
What did our distant ancestors eat and how did they prepare their food? For the length of a month, experimental archaeologist Diederik Pomstra subject...
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Joanne Mol is among the first at Leiden University to receive qualification SKO (Senior Kwalificatie Onderwijs) 16 October 2018
On Thursday, 4th October, Director of Education, Joanne Mol, received the qualification SKO (Senior Kwalificatie Onderwijs) This qualification not onl...
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Leiden strengthens collaboration with China 16 October 2018
A delegation from Leiden University, headed by Vice-Rector Hester Bijl, was in China from 9 to 11 October. During the visit to different universities ...
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Senior Teaching Qualification for first ten lecturers 15 October 2018
The Senior Teaching Qualification is for experienced lecturers who have done more than lecturing alone. Ten quotes from the first ten lecturers to re...
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Archaeologist argues for circular economy during Carnegie Peacebuilding Conversations 15 October 2018
Maikel Kuijpers was invited to join a session on material rights, resource use, and craftsmanship during the Carnegie Peacebuilding Conversations held...
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200 years of archaeology in the Netherlands 08 October 2018
Two hundred years ago Caspar Reuvens was appointed as the first professor of archaeology in the Netherlands. He was to lay the basis for both the Nati...
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There could be surprises at the Healthy University workshops 02 October 2018
From exercises for working more healthily to practical tips about getting a good night's sleep. Students and staff who take part in the Healthy Univer...
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Archaeologist teaches Honours Course in The Hague: “The past is still alive.” 01 October 2018
This semester archaeologist Dr Marike van Aerde teaches an Honours Course at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs in The Hague. “In the cours...