1,299 search results for “ancient history and archaeology” in the Staff website
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Archaeology students play important role in visit indigenous Ka’apor people
As part of Mariana Françozo’s BRASILAE project, a group of representatives of the Ka’apor people was invited to visit Leiden. The Ka’apor, an indigenous people from Brazil, are some of the present-day relatives of the Tupi-speaking peoples who used to live in the northeastern region of Brazil, claimed…
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Mark Driessen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Vote now! Doggerland book nominated for Current Archaeology Book prize 2024
Britain's biggest archaeology magazine has announced the nominees Book of the Year award and this time one of our own has been nominated!
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Mark Driessen's Jordan fieldwork features in Photo Exhibition
The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden features a small photo exhibition on Mark Driessen's fieldwork research project in Southern Jordan. In this small exhibition you will see a selection of nine photos, made in Udhruh. This ancient Jordanian settlement lies fifteen kilometres east of Petra,…
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Anne Gerritsen
Faculty of Humanities
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Fan Lin
Faculty of Humanities
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Archaeology in eighth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 2021
It is the fifth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World University Rankings by Subject looks at criteria like academic reputation and citation ratios. Dean Jan Kolen is pleased with this news: 'In recent years, the Faculty…
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Leiden-NIA Course in Athens for archaeology and heritage practitioners
Education
- New Code of Conduct for Archaeological Fieldwork: from ethics to alcohol consumption
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Internships for students: Future learning and sustainable preservation of archaeology
Whilst the world is opening up, the teaching will continue in a hybrid form next academic year. During the past year, when all of us were bound to our home offices and computer screens, new forms of education had to be developed – some of which proved to be efficient in preparing the students for their…
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Meet Dr. Rebekka Grossmann, LJSA Member
Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Grossmann worked at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She first did her PhD and then she joined the Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History and the Jacob Robinson Institute for the History of Individual and Collective…
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Factory Girls, Sex Workers, and Minorities: Writing the Marginalized in History
Hanan Hammad and Eftychia Mylona give a master class focusing on conceptual and methodological challenges in writing histories of marginalized social groups.
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Throwback: a festive end of the Faculty of Archaeology’s celebratory year
On Tuesday, the 16th of May, the Faculty of Archaeology put a festive end to the 25th year celebrations. The programme included a dedication of our largest meeting room, the sealing and burying of a time capsule, and a BBQ.
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Research by Leiden archaeologists in The Jordan Times
Recent fieldwork at the vast desert region in north-eastern Jordan has revealed an immensely rich heritage of an area that is difficult to access and archaeologically less known. Professor Peter Akkermans was interviewed about his groundbreaking research in this area, known as the Black Desert.
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Summer Stream Extravaganza: historical video games, archaeology and studying in Leiden
Social
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Register for ARCHON’s workshop on multidisciplinary perspectives in archaeology and marine historical ecology
Education
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Add your thoughts about the future of the Faculty of Archaeology to the time capsule
Social
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Agendas and lists of resolutions Faculty Board Archaeology can be found on Teams
Organisation
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Election results are in: Faculty Council Archaeology 2023-2024 established
Organisation
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New archaeological perspectives on an Arabian oasis in Islamic periods
Lecture
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Board Secretary Mischa Hautvast leaves Archaeology and starts working for LIACS
Organisation
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a new team member? Check out the new Onboarding Quick Guide for Archaeology
Human resources
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Diversify ARCHaeology (DARCH) Fund: Call for Applications for 2023-2024
Organisation
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Hoe ontstonden handelsnetwerken in het derde millennium voor Christus?
Grondstoffen werden vroeger over duizenden kilometers afstand vervoerd. Waarvoor werden ze geruild en waarom sloten mensen in West-Azië zich aan bij deze handelsnetwerken?
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Suggestion Box: Help us create and maintain an inclusive archaeology community
Facility
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Jump start your grant application process: apply for a Faculty of Archaeology seed fund
Research
- Autumn School in Athens: Audio Visual Methods in Archaeology and Heritage Studies
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Aitor Burguet-Coca
Faculteit Archeologie
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Patrick Degryse
Faculteit Archeologie
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Fulco Scherjon
Faculteit Archeologie
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Areti Leventi
Faculteit Archeologie
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Andrew Sorensen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Alexis Maldonado Ruiz
Faculteit Archeologie
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Wei Chu
Faculteit Archeologie
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Wil Roebroeks
Faculteit Archeologie
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Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart
Faculteit Archeologie
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Andrea Richards-Cummins
Faculteit Archeologie
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Marlieke Ernst
Faculty of Humanities
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Floris Keehnen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Annemieke Verbaas
Faculteit Archeologie
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Yvonne Lammers-Keijsers
Faculteit Archeologie
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Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam
From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…
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Revisions to Parameter Model Archaeology focus on committee work and research projects of substantial size
Human resources
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What can AI do for your archaeological research? On April 22 you can consult the experts!
Research
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Save the date: Discussion meeting Liveable Planet at Faculty of Archaeology on February 22
Research
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Developing methods on remote sensing detection of archaeological features in Colombia with LDE grant
A Leiden-Delft-Erasmus research team has been awarded a LDE Global Support Grant to develop reusable algorithms in the remote detection of non-orthogonal architectural features, taking place in the archaeological context of the northern extremities of the Andean, part of the Istmo-Colombian Area.
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Yuye Que
Faculty of Humanities
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Gerard Versluis
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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DUSANE: Dutch Symposium of the Ancient Near East 2023
Symposium
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Exhibition Books that made history
From Galileo Galilei to Albert Einstein and from Anna Maria van Schurman to Anton de Kom: only a selection of the 25 authors who's books and ideas had extraordinary historical impact, in some cases even to this day. Leiden University Libraries and the National Museum of Antiquities jointly present the…