News
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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...
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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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Archaeologist Tesse Stek studies Roman colonisation with fellowship 16 February 2017
As Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS-KNAW) fellow, Tesse Stek will explore the intricate relationship between the history of ideas about ...
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New visiting staff member: Beatriz Paneda Murcia 11 January 2017
Beatriz Pañeda Murcia, from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, will be present at our Faculty as a guest PhD researcher over the coming months.
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Four Rubicon grants for Leiden researchers 13 July 2016
Four young Leiden researchers have been awarded a Rubicon grant to conduct research abroad. They will be working in Germany, the UK and the US study...
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New Professor for the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden 11 July 2016
Miguel John Versluys (1971) has been appointed Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Studies at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University.
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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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Should we close our borders? Not according to the Classical World! 09 March 2016
Leiden University archaeologists receive multiple awards for research on interaction between the Greek and Roman world and ‘The East’
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VICI Award for Miguel John Versluys 16 February 2016
Dr. Miguel John Versluys (Archaeology) has been awarded a prestigious Vici grant for his project: "Innovating objects. The agency of global connection...
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New Leiden Centre of Archaeological Studies in Italy 11 July 2014
The Faculty of Archaeology has a new Centre of Archaeological Studies in Italy.
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Masterclass discovers new archaeological sites with drones 17 June 2014
During the Masterclass “Archaeology from the Sky”, participating students have used small drones to acquire aerial photos from the Italian landscape o...
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Veni and NWO Free Competition grant for dr. Tesse Stek 30 September 2013
Dr. Tesse Stek has been awarded a Veni and a Free Competition (within the Humanities field) grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Resea...
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Zenobia essay prize for Dr. Miguel John Versluys 01 December 2012
Dr. Miguel John Versluys was awarded the Zenobia Essay Prize during the recent conference Troy: the city, the war, the legend organized by the Zenobia...
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2012 LGI Seed funding awarded to research project: Globalisation, materiality and the transference of cultures 27 June 2012
The LGI is pleased to annouce that seed money has been granted to Dr. Miguel John Versluys (Archaeology), Prof. Caroline van Eck (Art History) and Pro...
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Chiara Piccoli wins scholarship by the Italian Research Council 29 March 2012
Chiara Piccoli has been awarded a scholarship by the Italian Research Council to work at the Virtual Heritage Lab of the Institute of Technologies app...