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Investigating obsidian sources in Honduras with a Corrie Bakels Grant13 November 2023Obsidian, a volcanic glass-like material, is often used for making tools by Mesoamerican societies. In Honduras, certain obsidian artefacts do not yet...
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ERC Starting Grants for seven Leiden researchers05 September 2023Seven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. This will enable them to start their own project, build their resear...
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Archaeologist Martin Berger explores Latin American collections with an ERC grant04 September 2023All over Europe you will find ethnographic museums with large collections of indigenous objects from Latin America. These collections shaped the image...
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Investigating Caribbean migrations with a Vidi grant: ‘With isotope analysis we can look at individual behaviors and long term patterns’03 July 2023Archaeologist Jason Laffoon was awarded an NWO Vidi grant for an innovative investigation into ancient migrations in the western Caribbean. The innova...
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Byvanck Professor Caroline Vout wins London Hellenic Prize for 2022 book21 June 2023This year's London Hellenic Prize is awarded to Caroline Vout for her excellent study of representations of the human body in sculpture, Exposed: The ...
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Vincent Niochet investigates intercultural connectivity in the deep past with an NWO PhDs in the Humanities grant20 June 2023For already two years, Vincent Niochet has been affiliated with the Leiden Faculty of Archaeology as an external PhD candidate. Now, he has been award...
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Archaeologist Mink van IJzendoorn receives LUF grant to investigate late amphorae19 June 2023Amphorae are usually associated with the ancient Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. ‘Yet, in some cases, such as Byzantium, amphorae existed for c...
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Lennart Kruijer wins Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize with thesis on ancient Commagene09 June 2023The prestigious Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize is annually awarded to the five best dissertations published in the year before in the fields o...
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DEN Award for Streaming the Past project: 'A truly innovative way to engage with new audiences'06 June 2023Back in 2021, the project Streaming the Past, an NWA funded project ran by Leiden University and the VALUE Foundation, launched to take a young audien...
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Doggerland shortlisted for the annual EAA Book Prize31 May 2023The popular-science book 'Doggerland. Lost World under the North Sea' has been nominated for the EAA Book Prize 2023, awarded annually by the European...
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Osteoarchaeologist Maia Casna receives the NVFA Incentive Prize: ‘I try to push osteology into the public eye as much as I can’24 April 2023PhD candidate Maia Casna received an Incentive Prize from the Dutch Association for Physical Anthropology (NVFA). She was rewarded this honor for her ...
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Faculty of Archaeology ranks 6th in QS World University Ranking05 April 2023It is the seventh year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World Universi...
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Archaeologist Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart wins the IALA dissertation award for his doctoral thesis09 March 2023‘I was very happy and honoured that my thesis was recognised as a valuable contribution to the topic of landscape archaeology.’
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Alex Geurds receives NWO Vici grant for investigating human-environmental engagement across Central America & Colombia02 March 2023During pre-Columbian times, the Central American isthmus was marked by dynamic exchange and human mobility. Despite this, indigenous communities were ...
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Four Vici grants for Leiden University researchers23 February 2023Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded prestigious Vici grants the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced. The honoured applica...