News
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Psychology lab embraces open science 14 June 2021
‘If you want to implement open science, you at least need someone at each faculty who can help researchers to solve practical problems.’ Dorien Huijse...
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The wisdom of the Nahua 10 June 2021
Indigenous philosophies have been ignored for too long. This prompted Osiris González Romero to study the wisdom of the Nahua in Mexico. Their philoso...
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Medieval Oegstgeest did business with all of Europe 08 June 2021
Generations of Leiden students and academics have done archaeological research into the early medieval history of Oegstgeest. This makes this old sett...
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How to start with Open Science: ‘It has increased my workflow efficiency enormously’ 02 June 2021
Bjørn Peare Bartholdy is Archaeology’s representative in the Open Science Community Leiden (OSCL) . We spoke with him about the value of Open Science ...
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Heritage expert Martin Berger honored as a member of the Young Academy Leiden 27 May 2021
Our own Dr. Martin Berger has been accepted as a member of the Young Academy Leiden! He is thrilled with his appointment. ‘I am honored to be accepted...
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Starting grant for the investigation of the forgotten landscapes of World War II 25 May 2021
PhD candidate Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart has received the Stichting Elise Mathilde Fonds grant from the Leids Universiteits Fonds (LUF) to work on...
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Caribbean archaeology in times of corona: ‘Instead of fieldwork, our students worked on an online exhibition’ 25 May 2021
Recently, in the midst of coronavirus situation, Professor Corinne Hofman and her team became part of the NWO project Island(er)s at the Helm. Both th...
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Leiden students give commentary on games live on Twitch 17 May 2021
Three Leiden students will be sharing their knowledge of history while playing video games. The livestreams are part of the ‘Streaming the Past’ proj...
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Archaeologists Involved in Ambitious Study on Past Land Use 12 May 2021
To increase the accuracy of climate models, it is crucial that they include past human land-use and human-driven vegetation changes. Here archaeology ...
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Archaeologists receive funding for science communication: ‘We want to change the public image of archaeology’ 10 May 2021
A diverse team of Leiden archaeologists applied for, and was awarded, the KNAW ‘Appreciated!’ grant, meant to further their science communication ende...
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Angkor region was actually a large Medieval city 10 May 2021
The Greater Angkor Region in contemporary Cambodia was dramatically more urbanized in the 13th century than previously thought, and home to 700.000 to...
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Seven Leiden professors elected new members of KNAW 28 April 2021
Seven Leiden professors have been elected as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). In total 23 new members will be ina...
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Eleven Leiden scientists receive funding for science communication 22 April 2021
The KNAW has rewarded 11 Leiden scientists for their commitment to science communication, by awarding them 10,000 euros each from the ‘Appreciated!’ f...
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A Manifesto for Investigating the Impacts of Object Flows on Past Societies: Objectscapes 21 April 2021
World history is often framed in terms of flows of people and migration: humans coming ‘out of Africa’, the spread of farmers in the Holocene, Phoenic...
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Documentary From Aksum to India premiered during Week of Classics 15 April 2021
For the annual Week of Classics, Dr Marike van Aerde and her team made a documentary about their research project Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connect...