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Throwback to the panel discussion about the future of archaeology 22 December 2022As part of the celebrations around the 25th birthday of the Faculty of Archaeology, a panel discussion on the future of archaeology was organised on D...
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Throwback to the successful LANCE internship and job market 22 December 2022On December 1, the Faculty of Archaeology hosted the LANCE internship and job market 2022 for our BA2 and BA3 students. No less than 14 Dutch commerci...
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Robotics and AI in archaeological theory and practice 22 December 2022What can Robotics and AI bring to archaeological theory and practice? In return, how can archaeology contribute to the developments in robotics and AI...
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed? 20 December 2022The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary natur...
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Three questions about the D&I Symposium 2023 19 December 2022How can inclusive communication make you feel welcome at a university? That is one of the questions that will be discussed at the D&I Symposium 2023 o...
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Committee appointed on Rein Dool painting and exhibitions policy 19 December 2022A diverse (ad hoc) committee will advise Leiden University’s Executive Board on its exhibitions policy in a broad sense, with a special focus on the p...
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Wei Chu receives SNMAP funding for dating earliest dwelling structures in Ukraine 19 December 2022At some point in the deep past the first known dwelling structures were built out of mammoth bones in a country we now know as Ukraine. Archaeologist ...
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Mark Driessen's Jordan fieldwork features in Photo Exhibition 19 December 2022The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden features a small photo exhibition on Mark Driessen's fieldwork research project in Southern Jordan. In th...
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Research and current affairs: 2022 in six stories 19 December 2022Life returned to something resembling normal after Covid but other crises soon took its place. These great challenges are also being felt at the Unive...
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Rector Magnificus presented with long list of missing Iranians 14 December 2022Hester Bijl, the Rector Magnificus of Leiden University, was handed a ‘shockingly long list’ of names of missing Iranians in her office at the Adminis...
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Leiden University takes another step in becoming smoke-free with 'Peukenzee' initiative 12 December 2022In recent months, the university has been running the 'Smoke-free university' campaign because of the large number of cigarette waste on and around th...
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What do children see in art? Psychologists are studying this at the Rijksmuseum 12 December 2022From games to scavenger hunts: museums already do all sorts of things for children. But how do children really look at art? Do paintings affect them m...
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They came, they saw, they left: on the first humans in the Low Countries 29 November 2022Over hundreds of thousands of years, our region witnessed the comings and goings of various types of hominin. This depended on the temperature as ice ...
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Executive Board column: Our institutes abroad are part of our international DNA 21 November 2022Ever since its foundation, Leiden University has turned its gaze outwards to other cultures, languages and forms of academic practice. It is only natu...
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Iranian regime faces dilemma: ‘You can’t just block social media’ 21 November 2022Protests have been raging in Iran for two months since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The role of social media in the protests against the Iran...