Ashleigh Morris is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Burcu Yildirim is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.

As part of Mariana Françozo’s BRASILAE project, a group of representatives of the Ka’apor people was invited to visit Leiden. The Ka’apor, an indigenous people from Brazil, are some of the present-day relatives of the Tupi-speaking peoples who used to live in the northeastern region of Brazil, claimed…

The Archaeological Forum lecture series gives colleagues and other interested parties the chance to listen to presentations on research or fieldwork. The lectures are followed by drinks. Lieke Bes Living in an early medieval emporium: who was buried in Dorestad? Adam Benfer Animating Stone: Zoomorphic…

In Bronze Age Europe many bronze objects such as axes, swords and jewels were deliberately left at specific spots in the landscape. PhD research by Leiden archaeologist Marieke Visser shows that these practices were expressions of people’s relationship with the world around them. ‘It was a completely…

Murat Dirican is a Postdoc Researcher at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Mike Field is Associate Professor in Archaeobotany at the Faculty of Archaeology. He is also Head of the Bioarchaeology Laboratories.

Alireza Mashaghi is a principal investigator at the LACDR Division of Systems Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Leiden University, since 2016. He leads the Medical Systems Biophysics and Bioengineering group. His lab conducts experimental and computational research at the interface of physics, engineering,…

13:30 Tour at the museum 14:30 Leiden junior research in Islamic archaeology Kate Mokránová Aila Santi Jonathan Ouellet 15:30 Coffee break 16:00 Keynote Neil Price (Uppsala University) 17:00 Drinks 18:30 Speakers' dinner Registration until November 18th at: H.Nol@em.uni-frankfurt.de. Please mention…

For already two years, Vincent Niochet has been affiliated with the Leiden Faculty of Archaeology as an external PhD candidate. Now, he has been awarded an NWO PhDs in the Humanities grant, allowing him to continue his research as a paid PhD staff member. ‘The past two years have been quite challenging,…

Recently Professor Joanita Vroom’s book Feeding the Byzantine City was published by the prominent academic publishing house Brepols. This volume is the fifth in a series called Medieval and Post-Medieval Mediterranean Archaeology, of which she is the editor. ‘This series aims to offer new perspectives…

De Faculteit Archeologie bestaat dit jaar 25 jaar. Ter ere van dit jubileum opende de faculteit op 1 maart zijn deuren voor het brede publiek.

This website provides an overview of the organisational structure of Leiden University. Here you can find contact details of secretariats, staff lists by department, co-participation bodies, and regulations.

Mr. A. Ramcharan is staff member of the Zoology Laboratory & expert in the area of animal bone.

Fenno Noij is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Many children have an unhealthy diet and do not get enough exercise. Sanne de Vries wants to help everyone get a healthy start in life.

During this event the book 'Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology. Past, Present, and Future' will be presented by the authors. After the presentation and a review of the publication, there will be drinks. Please register for the event if you plan to attend either on campus or online. The event will…

Traces of the past remain hidden in rivers, lakes and seas. In his inaugural lecture Martijn Manders will explain why underwater archaeology is important to understanding our history.