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Andrew Sorensen receives Veni for continuation of prehistoric fire-making research16 July 2019In 2018, Sorensen’s research into the fire-making habits of the Neanderthals reached the headlines all over the world. Now, a Veni grant will enable h...
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Veni grants for 25 Leiden researchers16 July 2019From molecular ping-pong to cassava in the Amazon, and from extraterrestrial life to special antibodies. Twenty-five researchers from Leiden Universit...
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Jason Laffoon's Archaeometry article in top 20 most read25 June 2019The research article ‘The life history of an enslaved African’ is one of the top 20 read Archaeometry articles in the period of January 2017 to Decemb...
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Andy Sorensen's Scientific Reports article in top 100 most read21 May 2019The research article ‘Neanderthal fire-making technology inferred from microwear analysis’ received 7,053 article views in 2018, placing it as one of ...
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LUF Grant for Natalia Donner for archaeological research at Darien Gap18 April 2019Archaeologist Natalia Donner has been awarded a grant of €5,000 from the Bakels Fonds for her research Bridging the Gap: a historical ecological appro...
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Anita Casarotto receives LUF grant for unlocking Mediterranean legacy survey data12 April 2019Mediterranean archaeologist Dr Anita Casarotto has been awarded a grant of € 5,800 from the Byvanck Fonds for her research on unlocking important data...
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Tymon de Haas receives LUF grant for research on the ecological impact of Roman expansion04 April 2019Through the Byvanck Fund, Classical Mediterranean archaeologist Tymon de Haas has received a grant of €6,350 for his research on the ecological impact...
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Erasmus+ grant for project on heritage as bridge between Academy and Society07 March 2019Together with four European partner universities heritage specialist Dr Monique van den Dries has been granted an Erasmus+ project (EU-CUL) by the Eur...
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Building an excavation report search engine with a Digital Humanities grant21 February 2019PhD candidate Alex Brandsen, working in the Digital Archaeology research group has recently received a grant from the Leiden University Centre for Dig...
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Dr Andrew Sorensen wins Tübingen Prize for Older Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology12 February 2019Andrew Sorensen received the award for his work on the origins of fire-making, especially for his dissertation "Beyond Prometheus: Pursuing the origin...
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Giacomo Fontana wins thesis prize with 'Seeking tombs from space'11 February 2019The Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) annually awards the best theses on the Ancient Near East. The 2018 award went to archaeology studen...
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2018 Hall of Fame21 December 2018Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a...
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Student Igor Djakovic awarded Raymond and Beverly Sackler Scholarship18 October 2018Igor recently started his research master's in Archaeology. Now he is awarded the prestigious Raymond and Beverly Sackler Scholarship. The scholarship...
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Senior Teaching Qualification for first ten lecturers15 October 2018The Senior Teaching Qualification is for experienced lecturers who have done more than lecturing alone. Ten quotes from the first ten lecturers to re...
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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...