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Archaeology Inter-Section journal offers students the chance to publish: ‘Inter-Section is a great way to get your work in the spotlight’ 14 November 2024The Faculty of Archaeology's own home-grown journal Inter-Section has released a new volume. Inter-Section offers students and PhD candidates the uniq...
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New video on Leiden student city feature Archaeology student Julia and Anthropology student Daria 08 November 2024In Leiden University's video series on Leiden and The Hague as student cities, students interview each other at their favorite spots. In the fifth vid...
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Assessors: for 25 years an essential link between students and the university 22 October 2024For 25 years now, each faculty has had an assessor, a student representing the interests of all the faculty’s students. Yet few students are aware of ...
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Archaeologist Arjan Louwen joins Young Academy Leiden: ‘I would like to further explore academic outreach’ 21 October 2024On September 16th, 2024, Dr Arjan Louwen was inaugurated to the Young Academy Leiden. This platform serves to bring young, enthusiastic and driven ear...
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Lego Lost at Sea: an archaeological and environmental exhibition at the Van Steenis 17 October 2024At the entrance of the Van Steenis building you may now visit an exhibition on material culture. Unexpectedly, it does not display pottery or tools, b...
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Archaeologist Valerio Gentile investigates Bronze Age spear combat 14 October 2024How can we tell whether and how a prehistoric weapon was used? How can we better understand the dexterity and combat skills involved in Bronze Age spe...
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Archaeologists bring experts on human evolution together with Kiem grant 11 October 2024Leiden University's Kiem grants aim to help develop new interdisciplinary and interfaculty collaborations and encounters. In the first round, a Kiem g...
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New video on Leiden student city feature Archaeology student Azra and Biology student Floris 11 October 2024In Leiden University's video series on Leiden and The Hague as student cities, students interview each other at their favorite spots. In the fifth vid...
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Professor Joanita Vroom investigates medieval Greece with The Packard Humanities Institute grant 07 October 2024In 2024, Professor Joanita Vroom received a substantial grant from the Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) in support for her Hinterlands of Medieval C...
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Exhibition featuring 50 years of Leiden’s archaeological excavations in Oss 01 October 2024Princely graves, swords, pots or just soil discolouration. Leiden archaeologists have been conducting research with students and local archaeologists ...
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Leiden students research the Relief of Leiden: ‘It was a divided city’ 30 September 2024If you do research on Leidens Ontzet in Leiden, you can count on a lot of interest. But Leiden Kennisstad interns Marieke Nolten and Alexander Nuijten...
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PhD-Student Maia Casna receives two awards for osteoarchaeological research 23 September 2024PhD-student Maia has received multiple awards regarding her research on the impact of tobacco on the respiratory health of past Dutch populations.
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Archaeologist Amanda Henry linked to Naturalis as Professor by Special Appointment on the Evolution of the Human Diet 23 September 2024Starting September 2024, Amanda Henry has started a new role as Professor by Special Appointment on the Evolution of the Human Diet at Naturalis Biodi...
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33rd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) to Leiden in 2027 19 September 2024Leiden is proud to announce that the city has been selected to host the 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), sched...
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New video on Leiden student city features archaeology student Meike 19 September 2024In Leiden University's video series on Leiden and The Hague as student cities, students interview each other at their favorite spots. In the third vid...