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Contested heritage in The Hague: what to do with the remains of the Atlantik Wall? 28 June 2022During World War II, the Nazi’s ordered a coastal defensive line to be built from the south of France to Norway. This Atlantik Wall aimed to defend th...
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‘You feel connected to the people of a bygone era’ 16 June 2022Documenting and preserving rock art in the Pakistani Himalayas; this was the aim of the ‘Karakorum Rescue Project’ to which students at the Honours Co...
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Annual Report 2021 published 13 June 2022Leiden University’s Annual Report 2021 has been published. In this report, which consists of a general section and a financial section (the financial ...
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Leiden Archaeology Field School 2022 has begun in Oss 08 June 2022With the start of June, the annual Leiden Archaeology Field School has begun. Like last year, the Field School takes place in Oss. Every week, a group...
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Registration open new minor Violence Studies 22 April 2022In the academic year 2022-2023 the Social Resilience and Security interdisciplinary programme will offer a new minor for students who are interested i...
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Honours Class makes cultural heritage tangible: ‘You are dealing with people’ 22 April 2022An Honours Class about the ostensibly unrecognisable worlds of insular Southeast Asia teaches students a fundamental piece of wisdom: "We do not diffe...
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Charlotte van der Voort wins Leiden Thesis Prize 09 February 2022The winner of the Leiden University Thesis Prize has made an original and substantial contribution to argumentation theory. This is what Annetje Ottow...
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Jan Kolen new Artificial Intelligence Coordinator at Leiden University 03 February 2022The Executive Board of Leiden University has appointed Jan Kolen as the University’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Coordinator as of 1 February 2022. I...
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'Rome after Rome': a unique student-scholar exploration of early medieval Rome 17 November 2021Debates about the ‘end’ of the Roman era, how, when, and even if it ended, are still very much alive and raging. However, what happened after the (lon...
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From excavation to public outreach: our bachelor's students experienced the full cycle of archaeology 27 September 2021In May and June of 2021, Bachelor 1 and 2 students of the Faculty of Archaeology joined in the excavation at Oss. After the fieldwork itself, a second...
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Rachel Schats joins Leiden Teachers Academy: ‘I am always trying to look for ways to make teaching stick better' 24 September 2021The Leiden Teachers Academy (LTA) was founded to help collaboration between excellent teachers. Osteoarchaeologist Dr Rachel Schats has been one of th...
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New courses on 'Violence' 01 September 2021
In the academic year 2021-2022 the Social Resilience and Security interdisciplinary programme will offer two courses for interested students who are e...
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Holding the Byvanck Chair in times of corona 02 July 2021Professor Caroline Vout, Cambridge University, was awarded the Leiden University Byvanck Chair in 2020. In a pre-Covid-19 world, the Byvanck Chair wou...
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How to start with Open Science: ‘It has increased my workflow efficiency enormously’ 02 June 2021Bjørn Peare Bartholdy is Archaeology’s representative in the Open Science Community Leiden (OSCL) . We spoke with him about the value of Open Science ...
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Heritage expert Martin Berger honored as a member of the Young Academy Leiden 27 May 2021Our own Dr. Martin Berger has been accepted as a member of the Young Academy Leiden! He is thrilled with his appointment. ‘I am honored to be accepted...