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Moving to virtual collaboration with Marike van Aerde and her team: ‘There is real team spirit in our WhatsApp group’ 02 April 2020
Marike van Aerde was at the brink of traveling to India for fieldwork when that country closed its borders, three weeks ago. Only a few days later, Le...
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Archaeology in ninth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 2020 12 March 2020
It is the fourth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World Universit...
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Chastelain-Nobach grant allows Tymon de Haas to enlarge Roman expansion research project 12 December 2019
Through the Chastelain-Nobach LUF fund, Classical and Mediterranean archaeologist Tymon de Haas has received a grant for his research on the ecologica...
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Professor Miguel John Versluys joins Supervisory Council of National Museum of Antiquities 11 December 2019
From 1 December 2019, Miguel John Versluys, Professor and Chair of Classical & Mediterranean Archaeology at the Faculty of Archaeology, will join the ...
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Exploring Roman Portugal with Regato grant 20 November 2019
The ancient Roman province of Lusitania, more or less contemporary Portugal, has been the focus of a joint research project by Leiden University, Évor...
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Tymon de Haas’ Leiden Experience: ‘A European consortium would be a very good option’ 13 September 2019
Classical and Mediterranean archaeologist Tymon de Haas is a relatively recent addition to the Faculty of Archaeology. Succeeding Tesse Stek in Septem...
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Anita Casarotto receives LUF grant for unlocking Mediterranean legacy survey data 12 April 2019
Mediterranean 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 expansion 04 April 2019
Through 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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Faculty of Archaeology contributes to 'Heritage on the Move' Overview Exhibition 03 December 2018
The Faculty of Archaeology, in the persons of Marlena Antczak and Lennart Kruijer, had three pictures included in the exhibition 'Heritage on the Move...
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Prof Ann Brysbaert participates in Getty Foundation’s initiative 12 November 2018
A new and recently started Getty Foundation project, Material Entanglements in the Ancient Mediterranean and Beyond, aims to forge connections among M...
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Archaeologist teaches Honours Course in The Hague: “The past is still alive.” 01 October 2018
This semester archaeologist Dr Marike van Aerde teaches an Honours Course at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs in The Hague. “In the cours...
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Leiden contributes to Getty Museum exhibition 27 August 2018
Leiden researchers have made an important contribution to the successful ‘Beyond the Nile’ exhibition in the American J. Paul Getty Museum. They also ...
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In memoriam: Dr Johanna Stöger (1957-2018) 21 August 2018
On 19th August, we received the sad news that our dear colleague, Dr Johanna Stöger, has passed on. Hanna died, surrounded by family, at home in South...
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2 new Veni-grants: investigating malaria in the Middle Ages and coinage in Rome 17 July 2018
Two 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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Archaeology in eighth position in QS World University Rankings 2018 01 March 2018
It 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...