News
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Mixtec activist Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez Honoured 06 November 2013
Mixtec researcher and cultural activist Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez (Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University) has been awarded a Medal of Merit duri...
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Archaeology should have local use and lead to more sustainability 05 November 2013
Leiden heritage expert Sjoerd van der Linde is carrying out research on the heritage of the Caribbean region. This research forms part of the internat...
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VIDI Grant for Alexander Geurds 03 September 2013
NWO has awarded a VIDI grant to Alex Geurds for his research proposal entitled Networked practices of contact: Cultural identity at the Late Prehistor...
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The European Commission supports the “NEARCH” project: a major international archaeology programme 15 July 2013
In the framework of the “Culture” programme, the European Commission has selected for funding the project “NEARCH – New scenarios for a community-invo...
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Opening and inauguration of the Visitors Centre at Tell Balata (historical Shekhem) on June 24, 2013 02 July 2013
The opening and inauguration of the Visitors Centre, and the visitors trail on the site, are an important result of the Tell Balata Archaeological Par...
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Jan Kolen Director of LDE Center for Global Heritage and Development 30 May 2013
Archaeologist Professor Jan Kolen has been appointed Director of the LDE Center for Global Heritage and Development (CGHD) with effect from 1 July 201...
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Global Exploration Grant awarded to Dr. Alexander Geurds for field research in Nicaragua 18 April 2013
The proposed investigation focuses on the Pre-Hispanic archaeological site Aguas Buenas recently documented by Dr. Alexander Geurds
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2012 Prof. Willem Willems awarded the European Archaeological Heritage Prize 2012 06 September 2012
The European Association of Archaeologists instituted the European Archaeological Heritage Prize in 1999. An independent committee awards the prize an...
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2012 Leiden University participant in the race for the Partnership Grant 06 July 2012
Alexander Geurds, Andrea Waters-Rist, and Laura Van Broekhoven are in the race for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partner...
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2012 field season of the Proyecto Arqueologico Centro de Nicaragua 05 July 2012
Dusted off and fresh from the field, some insight perspectives on the 2012 field season of the Proyecto Arqueologico Centro de Nicaragua. It's safe to...
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2012 Science4Arts grant for Maarten Jansen 12 January 2012
On January 12 the Steering Committee Science4Arts awarded the application of Prof.dr. Maarten Jansen entitled: "Shedding light on endangered mutual he...
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ERC grant for Maarten Jansen 23 November 2011
The European Research Council has awarded an Advanced Grant to Prof. dr. Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen for the research project "Time in Intercultural Conte...
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2011 Tell Balata Campaign 2011 16 September 2011
The objectives of the 2011 campaign Tell Balata Archaeological Park are to carry out excavations, promotion and awareness, community involvement, gath...
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2011 Monte Alban 13 August 2011
At the VIth Monte Albán Round Table conference (July 2011) in Oaxaca, Mexico, Maarten Jansen (Leiden University) together with Mexican archaeologists ...
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2011 Laura van Broekhoven participates in the Museum Leadership Institute (MLI) 18 May 2011
The chief curator of the National Museum of Ethnology, Laura van Broekhoven, is participating in the Museum Leadership Institute at the Claremont Grad...