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Five ERC Starting Grants for young Leiden University researchers26 July 2018The European Research Council has awarded a Starting Grant to five early career scientists from Leiden University. They received funding up to 1.5 mil...
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Corinne Hofman elected to prestigious British Academy fellowship19 July 2018Professor Corinne Hofman has been made a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences. She is among 76 distingui...
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2 new Veni-grants: investigating malaria in the Middle Ages and coinage in Rome17 July 2018Two researchers at the Faculty of Archaeology have received a Veni award from the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO). This award off...
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Veni subsidies for sixteen Leiden researchers16 July 2018Sixteen researchers at Leiden University have received a Veni award from the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO). This award offers p...
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David Fontijn appointed as affiliated member German Archaeological Institute11 July 2018The German Archaeological Institute is a world leading research institute, which conducts and facilitates research in the archaeological sciences and ...
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European subsidy for exchanges doubled at Leiden University25 June 2018Almost a hundred students and researchers can study in Leiden or go from Leiden to another university abroad as part of an exchange programme. Fourtee...
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European award for dissertation on Early Iron Age elite burials22 June 2018In 2017 Sasja van der Vaart-Verschoof defended her dissertation on Early Iron Age elite burials of the Low Countries at the Faculty of Archaeology. Ou...
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Leiden University Fund awards grants12 June 2018
Over thirty research projects have been awarded a grant from the Leiden University Fund (LUF). The academics each receive a sum of between 5,000 and 2...
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Subsidy for digitalisation of Tell Deir Alla fieldwork09 May 2018The Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) accepted the request for subsidy to digitise the archive of the archaeological fieldwork at Tell Deir...
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Joanita Vroom investigates Byzantines and Ottomans with Aspasia grant29 March 2018The Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) has awarded Professor Joanita Vroom with the Aspasia grant of €200,000. She will use...
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Archaeology in eighth position in QS World University Rankings 201801 March 2018It is the third year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is ranked the highest in continental Europe. Aside from this the faculty features, as it...
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Research into colonial encounters wins Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship06 February 2018Archaeologist Corinne Hofman wins the Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship 2018/19 for research into the changing world of indigenous peoples as a result ...
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Hall of Fame 201722 December 2017Many of our staff and students have won prizes over the past year. Others have been awarded a subsidy, or, because of their eminence in their field, t...
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Archaeology alumnus Wytze Stellingwerf 2nd place IISG Thesis Award 201707 December 2017With his master's thesis 'The patriot behind the pot' Wytze Stellingwerf reached second place, among 38 contestants, in the IISG Thesis Award 2017. "W...
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First Dutch National Post-Doc Prize Awarded to Dr. Hayley Mickleburgh24 November 2017The first Dutch National Post-Doc Prize was awarded to Dr. Hayley Mickleburgh, postdoctoral researcher in the field of funerary archaeology with ERC-S...