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Interfaculty cooperation at the intersection of cultural heritage and climate change14 July 2025Dr. Gül Aktürk Hauser (Assistant Professor, Department of Heritage and Society, Faculty of Archaeology) and Dr. Sophie Starrenburg (Assistant Professo...
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Millions in grant funding for research on traumascapes: sites of pain and lossInterdisciplinary research 02 July 2025A consortium led by Leiden University has been awarded 6.75 million euros to research traumascapes: physical places associated with collective trauma ...
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Strategies of ancient matriarchs challenge technological disparities in the digital age01 April 2025At the transition of the Neolithic to Bronze Age, a societal clash took place between a male dominated oligarchy (also known as the patriarchy) and th...
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Faculty of Archaeology ranks 4th in QS World University Ranking24 March 2025It is the ninth 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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Preserving Bonaire’s Heritage: The Proteha mi Project21 February 2025The "Proteha mi" project, an initiative by the Bonaire Archaeological Institute (BONAI), has been awarded significant grants under the Faro Initiative...
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Faculty of Archaeology ranks 5th in QS World University Ranking11 April 2024
It is the eighth 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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Heritage expert Gül Aktürk Hauser investigates climate change adaptation of cultural heritage03 November 2023Recently, Dr Gül Aktürk Hauser took up the position as Assistant Professor at the department of Heritage and Society. Originally an architect, she got...
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An archaeological perspective on South Holland and its Water Past and Present16 June 2023Four students of the Faculty of Archaeology investigated how the current and past inhabitants of the Dutch province of South Holland deal with water. ...
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Why we need to look underwater to understand our past12 April 2023Traces of the past remain hidden in rivers, lakes and seas. But we rarely look underwater and, as they say, out of sight is out of mind. In his inaugu...
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Faculty of Archaeology ranks 6th in QS World University Ranking05 April 2023
It is the seventh year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World Universi...
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Maritime archaeologist Martijn Manders appointed as Professor of Underwater Archaeology in Leiden20 July 2022Maritime archaeologist Martijn Manders has been appointed professor of Underwater Archaeology and Maritime Cultural Heritage Management at Leiden Univ...
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Heritage expert Ian Lilley holds commemoration speech at Netherlands-Australia War Memorial16 May 2022Professor 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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Faculty of Archaeology ranks 7th in QS World University Ranking08 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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The first LDE Professional Training Landscape Biography: a Retrospect20 October 2021The 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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Archaeology in eighth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 202109 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...