News
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Monique van den Dries' Leiden Experience: 'Usually I end up with (too) many ideas and running projects' 09 October 2019
Heritage expert Monique van den Dries has a long history with our Faculty. She did her studies and PhD in Leiden, and before returning to academia ...
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Lessons from the Bronze Age: ‘In order to achieve something, you have to give something up.’ 26 September 2019
Professor David Fontijn is fascinated by the question why people destroy objects that are dear to them. It is a phenomenon that you find everywhere in...
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Archaeologists start blogging in Leiden Archaeology Blog 20 September 2019
The Leiden Faculty of Archaeology has recently launched its own research blog. In the Leiden Archaeology Blog, our researchers share their activities ...
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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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Archaeologist Mike Field rides toughest horse race in the world 12 September 2019
Archaeologist Mike Field spent his summer holiday riding in the toughest horse race in the world, the Mongol Derby: 1,000km in ten days across the Mon...
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Thijs van Kolfschoten President Quaternary Research union 10 September 2019
This summer, the International Union For Quaternary Research (INQUA) 2019 Congress took place in Dublin (Ireland), with 2305 delegates from 75 countr...
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On the road with an International Credit Mobility grant 09 September 2019
Over the next three years, 92 students and researchers from Leiden University and its partner universities will be strengthening their research and te...
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Livestock transport could signify close ties between humans and animals in the Bronze Age 06 September 2019
Livestock was already transported over long distances in the Bronze Age Netherlands. That is what researchers from Leiden University and VU Amsterdam ...
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Leiden archaeologists in play about frontiers 03 September 2019
Archaeologists from Leiden University are contributing to Grens, a theatre performance in Leiden’s Matilo neighbourhood.
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Eventful opening of academic year: minister in the church, protest on the square 02 September 2019
Not one but two openings: the minister who defended her plans and many who emphasised the importance of standing together with the arts and social sci...
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Fierce protests against Education Minister's redistribution plans 02 September 2019
Over a thousand researchers and students protested in Leiden on 2 September against the plans to transfer money to science and technology at the expen...
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Pieter ter Keurs new professor of Museums, Collections and Society 02 September 2019
The Executive Board has appointed Pieter ter Keurs as professor of Museums, Collections, and Society as of 1 September 2019. The chair will be part o...
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Museums, Collections and Society' research programme launched 29 August 2019
The Museums, Collections and Society programme, a joint initiative of the Faculties of Humanities and Archaeology, examines the dynamics and implicati...
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Official opening of 467 new student flats 27 August 2019
Kajsa Ollongren, Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, opened a complex of 467 student flats in Leiden on 26 August. This is the (Y)ours dev...
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Archaeologists in action: stories from the field 15 August 2019
During the summer, staff of the Faculty of Archaeology travel to all parts of the world, initiating or joining fieldwork projects. Read some of their ...