News
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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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A busy early summer for the SETinSTONE team at Salamis, Athens, and the Argolid 02 August 2016
In June 2016, Dr. Ann Brysbaert and her SETinSTONE team were invited to participate in the fieldwork training season on Salamis island in Greece.
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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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Glue recipes and prehistoric brainpower 17 March 2016
How do archaeologists test ideas about the evolution of the modern brain? Veni-researcher Geeske Langejans and then Master student Paul Kozowyk (Leide...
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Paul Kozowyk wins 2nd/3rd prize Leiden University Thesis Awards 13 February 2016
Leiden University 2016 thesis awards were awarded to Kaspar Pucek (History), Mariska Meijer (Bio Medical Sciences) and Paul Kozowyk (Archaeology).
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1st AWRANA conference 02 July 2015
The first AWRANA conference, organized by the Material Culture Studies group from May 27-30, 2015 was a great success
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Paul Kozowyk Archon PhD 02 July 2015
Paul Kozowyk has received one of the Archon PhD positions with his research proposal Sticking around: identification, performance and preservation of ...
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Farmers in Huai River Valley 02 July 2015
LI Weiya from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei City, has been awarded a general scholarship by the CSC (China Scholarship Coun...
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Two Marie Curie Fellowships 02 December 2013
The Laboratory of Material Culture Studies welcomes two new researchers in October 2013. Dr. Christina Tsoraki and Dr. Benjamin Tun-Yee Chan, both fro...
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Grant Byvanckfonds for Dennis Braekmans 15 October 2013
Dennis Braekmans receives funding from the Byvanckfonds for the research "Regional economy in the ancient Mediterranean: a materials approach to the e...
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PhD grant for Andy Sorensen 21 June 2013
NWO Humanities and the Humanities Regieorgaan have awarded a PhD grant to Andy Sorensen under the joint funding program PhDs in the Humanities. Andy w...
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Veni Research Geeske Langejans 30 August 2011
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has awarded dr. Geeske Langejans a Veni grant for the research project What's in a plant? Trackin...
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Hunter-gatherer toolkits and tasks: detecting microwear traces and residues on Northwestern European Mesolithic artefac 21 January 2011
Prof.dr. Annelou van Gijn has obtained a Marie Curie subsidy for research on wetland activity patterns in Mesolithic Northwest Europe. This funding ha...