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Writing history together in the Transvaal18 October 2021Alicia Schrikker doesn't usually get involved in urban history. As a senior lecturer, her research field is generally the colonial history of Asia and...
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Meet archaeologist Martin Berger: ‘I want to answer archaeological and heritage questions’08 April 2021In the course of 2020 the Faculty of Archaeology was bolstered by some new staff members. Due to the coronavirus situation, sadly, this went for a lar...
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Local Panama communities work with archaeologists on historic land rights09 February 2021The question of land property titles is a common source of conflict between indigenous communities and federal authorities all over the Americas. A ne...
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Rescuing ancient rock art in Pakistan with a Prince Claus Heritage Emergency Grant22 October 2020Pakistani archaeologist Abdul Ghani Khan (MPhil) and Dr Marike van Aerde (Leiden University) have been awarded the Prince Claus Heritage Emergency Gra...
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Corn connects many generations of Maya18 May 2020That corn was highly important in the Maya culture is something that Genner Llanes Ortiz, himself a Maya from the Mexican province of Yucatan, has alw...
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Hunt for archaeological remains without leaving your home03 April 2020The Heritage Quest project begins on Monday 6 April. Heritage Quest is the first large-scale citizen science archaeology project in the Netherlands: a...
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Ian Simpson’s Leiden Experience: ‘Engaging with heritage can be a matter of cultural survival’12 February 2020Ian Simpson is a relatively new face at the Faculty of Archaeology. Starting as an assistant professor in the Heritage and Society department in 2018,...
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Angels for sale: retrieving looted cultural property27 January 2020The illicit trade in stolen cultural property is booming. Countless works of art and antiquities will be lost if we don’t do more to stop this. This i...
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Archaeology students vlog at Castellum Hoge Woerd08 January 2020For the bachelor's course Past and Future, Archaeology students visited Castellum Hoge Woerd (Utrecht), a modern interpretation of the Roman fort that...
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Who is the rightful owner of colonial art?26 November 2019Colonial art and artefacts were not necessarily looted. Pieter ter Keurs, Professor of Museums, Collections and Society, calls for more nuance in the ...
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Monique van den Dries' Leiden Experience: 'Usually I end up with (too) many ideas and running projects'09 October 2019Heritage expert Monique van den Dries has a long history with our Faculty. She did her studies and PhD in Leiden, and before returning to academia ...
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New Van Steenis exhibition: What is Archaeology for YOU?09 May 2019Starting on Thursday 16 May 2019, the Faculty of Archaeology features a new mini exhibition, ‘Archaeology&ME’. Ten showcases address the public’s conn...
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Genner Llanes-Ortiz’s Leiden Experience: ‘Indigenous stories contain knowledge from deep past’14 March 2019Back in 2016, Genner Llanes-Ortiz joined the Faculty of Archaeology as an assistant professor in the Heritage of Indigenous Peoples research group. Ge...
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Erasmus+ grant for project on heritage as bridge between Academy and Society07 March 2019Together with four European partner universities heritage specialist Dr Monique van den Dries has been granted an Erasmus+ project (EU-CUL) by the Eur...
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Replica of unique prehistoric sword unveiled in Oss11 January 2019The Faculty of Archaeology has a long research tradition in the municipality of Oss. Since 1974, researchers and students have been carrying out archa...