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Schöningen honours researcher from Leiden26 September 2017Since 1992, Professor Thijs van Kolfschoten, has been excavating at Schöningen.
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Plastic Soup Surfer calls for sustainable academic year04 September 2017One person can already make a difference, and if all students and academics were eco-friendly, the world would be a much more sustainable place. Plast...
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What makes us human? Or modern human?31 May 2017Two Vidi subsidies for Faculty of Archaeology.
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€ 18.8 million grant for research into innovation processes in antiquity04 May 2017Successful innovation requires more than technological progress alone. Every new concept must first be firmly anchored into an existing context. At le...
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Gravitation grants for three major research programmes04 May 2017Three major research projects involving Leiden scientists have been awarded a grant from NWO’s Gravitation Programme. The projects are on innovation p...
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DANS Klein DataProject bursary for Joanita Vroom03 May 2017Joanita Vroom, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Archaeology, has received a DANS Klein DataProject (KDP) bursary for her project entitled ‘Data A...
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City of Epe issues subsidy for research Quentin Bourgeois06 April 2017For the next three years the municipality of Epe will contribute to the research on the Epe barrow alignment. The city complements funds that NWO made...
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ERC Advanced Grant for Frans Theuws06 April 2017Prof. dr. Frans Theuws has received an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The 2,5 million euro grant will be used in a 5-year A...
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ERC starting grant for Mariana de Campos Françozo04 April 2017Mariana Françozo has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council. With this 1.5 million euro grant Dr. Françozo and her research te...
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Archaeology article Scientific Reports in top 100 most read29 March 2017The research article ‘Selection and Use of Manganese Dioxide by Neanderthals’ received 12421 article views in 2016, placing it as one of the top 100 r...
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Archaeology in ninth position in QS World University Rankings 201709 March 2017It 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 fellowship16 February 2017As 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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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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442nd Dies Natalis focuses on Asia08 February 2017On the 442nd anniversary of the foundation of Leiden University, and at the start of the Leiden Asia Year, lawyer Jan Michiel Otto, an expert in the f...
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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...