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Veronica Tamorri comes to Leiden with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie post-doctoral fellowship 02 March 2023
Since November 2022, Veronica Tamorri has been a new face at the Faculty of Archaeology. Originally from Rome, she joined the Faculty with a two-year ...
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Interdisciplinary minor ‘Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’ 27 February 2023
The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits of t...
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Faculty of Archaeology features in Archeologie Magazine Special 23 February 2023
The Faculty of Archaeology is proud to present the special edition in honor of our 25th anniversary. In 15 pages, the Dutch-language special gives an ...
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Four Vici grants for Leiden University researchers 23 February 2023
Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded prestigious Vici grants the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced. The honoured applica...
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Interdisciplinarity offers ‘golden opportunities’ but not without big changes 23 February 2023
How should we organise interdisciplinary work within Leiden University? This was the key question at a symposium organised by the Liveable Planet inte...
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Turkish and Syrian students talk to Rector about possible support 22 February 2023
A group of Turkish and Syrian students from the university are raising money for victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Two of them met Recto...
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Proteins are not distributed equally in ancient teeth 20 February 2023
In a study led by Leiden alumnus Jan Dekker, based on his research master’s thesis, he applied Mass Spectrometry Imaging to archaeological human teeth...
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Changing of the guard: Quentin Bourgeois to succeed Joanita Vroom as Head of the Department of World Archaeology 20 February 2023
Joanita Vroom's term as Head of the Department for World Archaeology runs out on March 1, 2023. Quentin Bourgeois will succeed her. In this interview,...
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Diversifying archaeological practice with a small grant: ‘This helps us to work in collaboration with the Faculty community’ 20 February 2023
The Faculty of Archaeology is running a funding scheme to assist small-scale projects that contribute to diversifying archaeological practice in all d...
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Archaeologist Everest Gromoll wins LUF Thesis Prize with groundbreaking research on human responses to climatic shifts 20 February 2023
On Saturday, February 11, 2023, at the Dies for Alumni event, archaeology alumni Everest Gromoll was awarded the LUF Thesis Prize. His thesis, titled ...
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The Ambassador of the Dominican Republic visits the Faculty of Archaeology 16 February 2023
Monday 6 February the Faculty of Archaeology had the honour to receive the e Ambassador of the Dominican Republic, H.E. Dr. Juan Bautista Durán. The m...
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Archaeologist Sarah Schrader receives a grant to explore the evolution of stress 13 February 2023
Stress and overwork are massive problems today, but relatively little is known about stress factors in the past. With a look at the deep history of st...
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Archaeologist Natalia Donner receives an award from Panamanian Embassy 13 February 2023
In the context of Panama’s independence month, the Panamanian Embassy in the Kingdom of The Netherlands decided to recognize Natalia Donner’s contribu...
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Saxion students visit the Faculty of Archaeology 02 February 2023
The end of January arrived together with welcome guests from Saxion University of Applied Sciences. As a part of their two-day-long visit to South Hol...
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Greek Ambassador visits Faculty of Archaeology 02 February 2023
On January 17th 2023, Caterina Ghini, Ambassador of Greece to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, visited the Faculty of Archaeology. Her Excellency reach...