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What makes peace sustainable?17 September 2018‘Realising we have shared ancestors and that our past is dynamic makes us more accepting of others.’ Sada Mire is an archaeologist at Leiden Universit...
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Cultural heritage and video games join together in Amsterdam exhibition05 September 2018The newly opened Culture Arcade exhibition is a place where cultural heritage and video games come together. It is co-organized and curated by the VAL...
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Amy Strecker wins Breed Grant to work on Property and Spatial Justice in International Law05 September 2018Dr Amy Strecker has recently been awarded a LGI BREED grant to develop her project on property and spatial justice in international law. Building on h...
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Sada Mire’s Leiden Experience: "the Johnny Cash of Archaeology"30 August 2018Pioneering in the archaeology of Somaliland, hosting international TV and radio shows, and producing a very successful MOOC: Dr Sada Mire already has ...
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How can you rescue clay tablets from the war in Syria?07 June 2018On 7 June, the National Museum of Antiquities opened a mini exhibition 'Scanning for Syria'. The exhibition shows how Leiden archaeologists and Delft ...
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Role play in Maritime Archaeology class25 May 2018This academic year Martijn Manders taught the course of Maritime Archaeology and cultural heritage management for the 8th year. Manders tries to make ...
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Exhibition Archaeology&ME at Leiden Central Station04 May 2018What triggers archaeology in you? Over 300 people show their answer in the travelling, pop-up exhibition ‘Archaeology&ME’, which can be visited at Lei...
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Heritage project showcased in EU brochure11 April 2018In the EU brochure 'Creative Europe: rediscovering our cultural heritage' 15 successful heritage projects are presented. Among these projects is NEARC...
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Svetlana Gorshenina will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar in February 201812 January 2018Svetlana Gorshenina, Associate Lecturer at Collège de France, Paris, will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar from 17 February until 25 February 2018...
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Caribbean Collections in European Museums and the Question of Returns20 December 2017Mariana de Campos Françoso and Amy Strecker published a new article in the International Journal of Cultural Property last week entitled 'Caribbean Co...
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Indigenous people as essential research partners16 November 2017The knowledge held by indigenous people is essential if you want to study the history or the language of a particular region. Leiden archaeologists an...
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Changes that threaten heritage10 March 2017The oil pipeline in Dakota, the widening of the motorway near Stonehenge, the construction of dams in Turkey and Iraq: newspapers and social media are...
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Araceli Rojas presents her book to Mexican communities04 January 2017On November 25, Dr Araceli Rojas presented her book El tiempo y la sabiduría: un calendario sagrado entre los ayöök de Oaxaca. The event took place in...
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Publication on video games and archaeology made possible by Kickstarter07 December 2016VALUE (Videogames and Archaeology at Leiden UnivErsity) is publishing an edited volume on the intersection of archaeology, heritage and video games. ...
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Discover our Perspectives on the Past12 October 2016The Faculty of Archaeology proudly presents the research brochure Perspectives on the Past, featuring passionate, dedicated researchers introducing a ...