News
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High school students at the Open Day: 'I want to do my own thing' 24 October 2022
Last Saturday, the Turfmarkt in The Hague, where during the week thousands of commuters make their way to the many ministries in the city centre, was ...
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Archaeologist Mark Driessen’s book and project in royal spotlights 19 October 2022
On September 28, 2022, dr.ir. Mark Driessen presented a publication about the ancient Roman frontier in Jordan. Venue for the book launch was the resi...
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Meet Foteini Tsigoni: ‘My role will be to help improve interactions between international and Dutch students’ 18 October 2022
Starting September 2022, Foteini Tsigoni is tasked by the Faculty of Archaeology to bring the different nationalities within the faculty community tog...
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Heritage Quest project wins European Heritage Europa Nostra Award 14 October 2022
Heritage Quest is a large-scale citizen science project in the field of archaeology that allows anyone to contribute to scientific research. It is the...
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Archaeologists come up with a more precise estimate for how long modern humans and Neanderthals co-existed 13 October 2022
Modern humans and Neanderthals may have co-existed in France and Northern Spain for up to 2,900 years until the Neanderthals disappeared. This is what...
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Five new Teaching Fellows appointed 29 September 2022
Max van Lent, Aris Politopoulos, Emily Strange, Claire Vergerio and Astrid Van Weyenberg have joined the Leiden University Teachers’ Academy. Lecturer...
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The Botany Club goes abroad: excursion to the Eifel 15 September 2022
The Botany Club, a group of enthusiastic archaeobotanists and -biologists, travelled to the Eifel in May 2022 for their annual excursion. The chosen d...
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Archival Photo Negative Collection: A Glimpse into the Past, Holding the Mirror to the Present 14 September 2022
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Faculty of Archaeology which naturally leads to questions about its past. Part of the ans...
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Archaeologist Lennart Kruijer's year: a Cum Laude dissertation, a grant, a fellowship 14 September 2022
In May 2022 Lennart Kruijer succesfully defended his PhD, which he wrote as a member of the VICI Project ‘Innovating Objects’, led by prof. Miguel Joh...
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Faculty of Archaeology kicks off celebratory lustrum year 13 September 2022
25 years ago the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden University was founded. In the academic year of 2022-2023 several lustrum activities will be organis...
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Samatar Botan investigates ancient Aksum with a Mosaic 2.0 grant 12 September 2022
In July 2022 our alumnus Samatar Botan received the news that he had received the NWO Mosaic 2.0 grant. This grant enables him to start a PhD research...
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Archaeologists in action: stories from the field 08 September 2022
During the summer, staff and students of the Faculty of Archaeology travel to all parts of the world, initiating or joining fieldwork projects. Read s...
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Meet the Faculty's new Research Policy Adviser: Jimmy Mans 07 September 2022
Following the retirement of Roswitha Manning, a vacancy arose at Faculty of Archaeology for the role of Research Policy Advisor. We found one in the p...
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Meet the Faculty’s new Student Assessor: Imen el Idrissi 05 September 2022
After two years in the Faculty Board, Student Assessor Zoë van Litsenburg makes room for a successor per September 1, 2022. Let’s meet the new Student...
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Coring among sheep: investigating a pasture's past 24 August 2022
It is late June, and on a windy meadow north of Leiden known as the Vrouw Vennepolder a group of archaeology students just hit the last ice age. Consi...