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Looking to the future of Leiden’s legacy collections: taking care of the past, teaching tomorrow’s students 23 October 2019In the Faculty of Archaeology depots, many artefacts, accumulated after decades of fieldwork across the world are stored. The Leiden Inventory of the ...
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What do you learn when attending an Open Day? 22 October 2019The Open Day of Leiden University, on Saturday, October 19, 2019 was busy, in a pleasant way. More than 12,500 prospective students and supervisors vi...
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Materials from the past contain lessons for today 22 October 2019Studying ancient materials and the way they were made can give us groundbreaking insights into the past. Not only that, the interplay between people a...
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Neanderthal glue from the North Sea 22 October 2019A flint tool covered with a tar-like substance has turned out to be a top scientific find. Research by a Dutch team of scientists showed the find to b...
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First LUF Snouck Hurgronje Grant awarded to Past-at-Play Lab 18 October 2019At the end of 2018, the LUF announced a new annual grant: the Snouck Hurgronje Grant. This annual grant is awarded to innovative interfaculty research...
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Public Lecture ‘The Role of the Humanities in an Information Age’ by Ted Underwood, Visiting Scaliger Professor 18 October 2019Leiden University Libraries invites you to the public lecture by Ted Underwood, Visiting Scaliger Professor. This lecture will be held on Thursday 21 ...
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Archaeology Open Day: ‘Excavations are cool’ 14 October 2019‘We’ve come because our granddaughter started studying archaeology here this year. But I’m really interested in archaeology too.’ The Open Day at the ...
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Monique van den Dries' Leiden Experience: 'Usually I end up with (too) many ideas and running projects' 09 October 2019Heritage 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 2019Professor 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 2019The 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 2019Classical 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 2019Archaeologist 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 2019This 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 2019Over 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 2019Livestock was already transported over long distances in the Bronze Age Netherlands. That is what researchers from Leiden University and VU Amsterdam ...