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Leiden Archaeology Field School 2022 has begun in Oss 08 June 2022
With the start of June, the annual Leiden Archaeology Field School has begun. Like last year, the Field School takes place in Oss. Every week, a group...
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Heritage expert Ian Lilley holds commemoration speech at Netherlands-Australia War Memorial 16 May 2022
Professor Ian Lilley, the Faculty of Archaeology’s Willem Willems Chair in Archaeological Heritage, was invited by Her Excellency Mrs. Marion Derckx, ...
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Archaeologist Martin Berger works on online FIFA exposition about origins of football 04 May 2022
Martin Berger was asked by the FIFA Museum in Zürich to help develop an exposition on the origins of football. In line with his expertise, he worked o...
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Faculty of Archaeology ranks 7th in QS World University Ranking 08 April 2022
It is the sixth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World University...
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Trends in museums: ‘A lot of museums have a dormant collection of pre-colonial art’ 29 November 2021
What 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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The first LDE Professional Training Landscape Biography: a Retrospect 20 October 2021
The 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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The wisdom of the Nahua 10 June 2021
Indigenous philosophies have been ignored for too long. This prompted Osiris González Romero to study the wisdom of the Nahua in Mexico. Their philoso...
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Meet archaeologist Martin Berger: ‘I want to answer archaeological and heritage questions’ 08 April 2021
In 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...
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Archaeology in eighth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 2021 09 March 2021
It is the fifth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World University...
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Maarten Jansen compares ancient Mexican writing systems as Distinguished Emeritus Professor in Bonn 22 February 2021
Maarten Jansen, professor emeritus at the Faculty of Archaeology, was appointed as Distinguished Emeritus Professor for two years at the University of...
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Corn connects many generations of Maya 18 May 2020
That corn was highly important in the Maya culture is something that Genner Llanes Ortiz, himself a Maya from the Mexican province of Yucatan, has alw...
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Archaeology in ninth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 2020 12 March 2020
It is the fourth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World Universit...
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Holding the (colonial) fort in times of gentrification 05 March 2020
On the south coast of Sri Lanka is a colonial fort. Since it became a world heritage site, the fortified town of Galle has suddenly become a major tou...
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Ian Simpson’s Leiden Experience: ‘Engaging with heritage can be a matter of cultural survival’ 12 February 2020
Ian Simpson is a relatively new face at the Faculty of Archaeology. Starting as an assistant professor in the Heritage and Society department in 2018,...
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Archaeology students vlog at Castellum Hoge Woerd 08 January 2020
For the bachelor's course Past and Future, Archaeology students visited Castellum Hoge Woerd (Utrecht), a modern interpretation of the Roman fort that...