News
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Professor Miguel John Versluys joins Supervisory Council of National Museum of Antiquities 11 December 2019
From 1 December 2019, Miguel John Versluys, Professor and Chair of Classical & Mediterranean Archaeology at the Faculty of Archaeology, will join the ...
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Exploring Roman Portugal with Regato grant 20 November 2019
The ancient Roman province of Lusitania, more or less contemporary Portugal, has been the focus of a joint research project by Leiden University, Évor...
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Tymon de Haas’ Leiden Experience: ‘A European consortium would be a very good option’ 13 September 2019
Classical and Mediterranean archaeologist Tymon de Haas is a relatively recent addition to the Faculty of Archaeology. Succeeding Tesse Stek in Septem...
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Anita Casarotto receives LUF grant for unlocking Mediterranean legacy survey data 12 April 2019
Mediterranean archaeologist Dr Anita Casarotto has been awarded a grant of € 5,800 from the Byvanck Fonds for her research on unlocking important data...
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Tymon de Haas receives LUF grant for research on the ecological impact of Roman expansion 04 April 2019
Through the Byvanck Fund, Classical Mediterranean archaeologist Tymon de Haas has received a grant of €6,350 for his research on the ecological impact...
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Faculty of Archaeology contributes to 'Heritage on the Move' Overview Exhibition 03 December 2018
The Faculty of Archaeology, in the persons of Marlena Antczak and Lennart Kruijer, had three pictures included in the exhibition 'Heritage on the Move...
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Prof Ann Brysbaert participates in Getty Foundation’s initiative 12 November 2018
A new and recently started Getty Foundation project, Material Entanglements in the Ancient Mediterranean and Beyond, aims to forge connections among M...
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Archaeologist teaches Honours Course in The Hague: “The past is still alive.” 01 October 2018
This semester archaeologist Dr Marike van Aerde teaches an Honours Course at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs in The Hague. “In the cours...
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Leiden contributes to Getty Museum exhibition 27 August 2018
Leiden researchers have made an important contribution to the successful ‘Beyond the Nile’ exhibition in the American J. Paul Getty Museum. They also ...
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In memoriam: Dr Johanna Stöger (1957-2018) 21 August 2018
On 19th August, we received the sad news that our dear colleague, Dr Johanna Stöger, has passed on. Hanna died, surrounded by family, at home in South...
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2 new Veni-grants: investigating malaria in the Middle Ages and coinage in Rome 17 July 2018
Two researchers at the Faculty of Archaeology have received a Veni award from the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO). This award off...
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Archaeology in eighth position in QS World University Rankings 2018 01 March 2018
It is the third year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is ranked the highest in continental Europe. Aside from this the faculty features, as it...
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Field school in Portugal: Romans, drones and monasteries 12 February 2018
Staff and students from the Faculty of Archaeology are just back from a newly started Field School in the inland of Portugal.
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Guest researcher Ignasi Grau: taking the comparative perspective 11 January 2018
"Landscape archaeologists often face similar research questions across regions, whether working in the Mediterranean with its long history of studies ...
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Still learning from the Ancient Greeks 09 October 2017
There are still things we can learn from the Ancient Greeks. How they managed to make sure that innovations were accepted, for example. A group of cla...