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Archaeology student Erik Kroon wins university thesis award 201716 February 2017During the Dies Natalis for alumni, February 11 2017, the annual university thesis awards ceremony was held. The winner of 2017 is Erik Kroon, of the ...
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'I cook, therefore I am'10 February 2017For a new food-related exhibition in the Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, archaeologist Dr. Joanita Vroom has cooperated in creating the Taste Lab, where one ...
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Solving water problems with archaeology03 February 2017Archaeologist Araceli Rojas has been invited to participate in the award-winning festival Let’s Talk about Water. This festival combines academic semi...
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New visiting staff member: Beatriz Paneda Murcia11 January 2017Beatriz 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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Scholarship for archaeologist Catarina Guzzo Falci04 January 2017In the beginning of December 2016 PhD candidate Catarina Guzzo Falci was awarded a scholarship for a collections study by Musée du quai Branly. The Mu...
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Bastiaan Steffens takes up PhD position at Leicester University14 December 2016January 1st 2017, Bastiaan Steffens will be taking up the Graduate Teaching Assistance PhD position at the Archaeology and Ancient History department ...
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Former research assistant Hannah Plug appointed at Liverpool University14 December 2016Until September 2016, Hannah Plug was Research Assistant for the Consolidating Empire Research Project under the direction of Dr. Bleda Düring. Now, ...
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Invisible Landscapes: Colonialism and history in Montecristi12 December 2016Archaeologist Eduardo Herrera Malatesta reflects on the unfamiliarity with the pre-Columbian past that he encountered during fieldwork in the Montecri...
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Archaeologist Joanita Vroom receives Global Interactions Breed Grant30 November 2016Dr. Joanita Vroom has been awarded a Breed Grant by the Leiden Global Interactions research profile to support the realisation of her project ‘Shiftin...
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Leiden University hosts closing symposium of HERA-CARIB Project12 October 2016On 26 and 27 September 2016, the Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden University hosted the closing symposium of the HERA-CARIB project “Caribbean Connect...
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Are modern humans simply bad at smoking?21 September 2016Scientist looked for the genetic footprint of fire use in our genes, but found that our prehistoric cousins - the Neanderthals - and even the great ap...
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Dean Archaeology Corinne Hofman Member of Academia Europaea15 September 2016The Council of the Academia Europaea (AE) has announced prof.dr. Corinne Hofman as one of the new Academy members. Corinne Hofman, Dean of the Faculty...
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Shumon Hussain wins EAA Student Award31 August 2016The 2016 EAA student award was won by Leiden Archaeology PhD candidate Shumon Hussain.
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High-tech imaging reveals rare precolonial Mexican manuscript hidden from view for 500 years16 August 2016Researchers 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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Crowd funding for Cultural centre at Aguas Buenas archaeological site, Nicaragua04 August 2016Campaign initiated at Generosity to cover the cost of construction.