News
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Caribbean Collections in European Museums and the Question of Returns 20 December 2017
Mariana de Campos Françoso and Amy Strecker published a new article in the International Journal of Cultural Property last week entitled 'Caribbean Co...
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Latin American and Caribbean delegation visits Faculty of Archaeology 24 November 2017
The 4th Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) meeting was held at the Faculty of Archaeology on 20 November. Ambassadors and representatives from coun...
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Indigenous people as essential research partners 16 November 2017
The knowledge held by indigenous people is essential if you want to study the history or the language of a particular region. Leiden archaeologists an...
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Sada Mire selected for the international Hay Festival list of 30 thinkers and philosophers 17 May 2017
The Hay Festival brings readers and writers together to share stories and ideas in sustainable events around the world. The festivals inspire, examine...
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ERC starting grant for Mariana de Campos Françozo 04 April 2017
Mariana Françozo has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council. With this 1.5 million euro grant Dr. Françozo and her research te...
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Archaeology in ninth position in QS World University Rankings 2017 09 March 2017
It is the second year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is ranked the highest in continental Europe. Aside from this the faculty features, as i...
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Araceli Rojas presents her book to Mexican communities 04 January 2017
On November 25, Dr Araceli Rojas presented her book El tiempo y la sabiduría: un calendario sagrado entre los ayöök de Oaxaca. The event took place in...
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Invisible Landscapes: Colonialism and history in Montecristi 12 December 2016
Archaeologist Eduardo Herrera Malatesta reflects on the unfamiliarity with the pre-Columbian past that he encountered during fieldwork in the Montecri...
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High-tech imaging reveals rare precolonial Mexican manuscript hidden from view for 500 years 16 August 2016
Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries and from universities in the Netherlands have used high-tech imaging to uncover the det...
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Trailer MOOC Heritage under Threat 22 June 2016
This autumn The Centre for Global Heritage and Development will present a Massive Open Online Course or MOOC on the topic Heritage under Threat.
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Archaeology at Leiden University in Top 10 of QS World University Rankings 2016 22 March 2016
The Faculty of Archaeology ranks as the best in continental Europe and is in the top ten of the world. The Faculty of Archaeology hosts a successful m...
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Dr Laura Van Broekhoven new director of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 10 January 2016
The Museum enjoys the highest reputation internationally
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Leiden University Film at Short Film Corner Cannes Festival 05 March 2015
The short documentary film was selected to the short film corner of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Field seminar 'Time Intercultural' in Mexico 17 March 2014
The Mesoamerican research group 'Time in Intercultural Context: the indigenous calendars of Mexico and Guatemala' funded by the ERC and directed by pr...
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Archaeological fieldwork in Central Nicaragua, summer 2014 06 February 2014
This coming June and July, excavations will continue at the Aguas Buenas archaeological site.