2,382 search results for “archaeology and anthropology of africa” in the Public website
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Archaeology as self-reflection
Archaeology can help us reflect critically on our European identity. This is what David Fontijn will claim in his inaugural lecture on 18 March.
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Annemarie Samuels
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.samuels@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1724
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Gerard Persoon
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
persoonga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451
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Wrap the dead
The funerary textile tradition from the Osmore Valley, South Peru, and its social-political implications (2005)
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About
Descriptive linguistics at LUCL covers documentation and descriptive analysis of lesser-studied languages as well as typological and historical comparison.
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Globalising Sociolinguistics
This book challenges the predominance of mainstream sociolinguistic theories by focusing on lesser known sociolinguistic systems.
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Indigenous ancestors and healing landscapes
In Indigenous Ancestors and Healing Landscapes Jana Pešoutová presents new interpretations of current healing practices in Cuba and the Dominican Republic juxtaposed against the European colonization of the Caribbean after 1492.
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Cotton, control, and continuity in disguise: The political economy of agrarian transformation in lowland Tajikistan
Irna Hofman defended her thesis on 10 January 2019.
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Punching Back - Gender, Religion and Belonging in Women-Only Kickboxing
Punching Back is a detailed ethnographic study that demonstrates that young Muslim women who kickbox develop agentive selves by challenging gender norms, challenging expectations, and living out their religious subjectivities.
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Hunters of the Golden Age
The Mid Upper Palaeolithic of Eurasia 30,000 - 20,000 BP
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Self-Steering Committees
Within Una Europa, academic collaboration takes place in interdisciplinary Self Steering Committees (SSCs)
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Putting life into Late Neolithic houses
Investigating domestic crafts and subsistence activities through experiments and material analysis
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Language and the human past
At LUCL, researchers aim to contribute to a comprehensive and informed perspective on the human past.
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Analecta Praehistorica leidensia 45
Excerpta archaeologica leidensia: Corrie Bakels & Hans Kamermans (eds) (2015)
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Language and the human past
At LUCL, researchers aim to contribute to a comprehensive and informed perspective on the human past.
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The material semantics of the ‘palace of Mithridates’ in Samosata
Innovating objects in a Eurasian center of the Late Hellenistic period.
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Aris Politopoulos
Faculteit Archeologie
a.politopoulos@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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HOME
HOME will search for a diversity of Palaeolithic shelters during the Late Pleistocene through informed systematic surveys and excavations of archaeological sites in East-Central Europe.
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Indigenous Peoples preserved
Indigenous Peoples possess rich worldviews and unique knowledge that form part of our global heritage. Oppressing these peoples and violating their natural environment is leading to the destruction of this knowledge. Leiden researchers aim to counter this through collaborating with Indigenous Peoples…
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The assembled palace of Samosata: object vibrancy in 1st C. BCE Commagene
This dissertation develops an innovative approach to cultural transformation in the kingdom of Commagene (modern south-east Turkey) during the 1st c. BCE, focusing on a palatial context in the capital Samosata.
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Una Isla, Dos Mundos
The arrival of Columbus to the Caribbean in 1492 marked a milestone in world history. In both the European and the indigenous world, a set of economic, political and hierarchical networks and relations were defined, structured and changed. These changes affected the indigenous population at different…
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The French-Anglophone divide in lithic research
In this provocative study, Shumon T. Hussain engages with the long-standing issue of French-Anglophone research conflicts in Palaeolithic archaeology.
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About
Leiden University has long history of research and teaching on Asian traditions, with a focus on language and philology, history, religious studies, philosophy, law and literature. Leiden has in the last thirty years also built up an equally impressive strength in the study of modern and contemporary…
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“Heritage and the Question of Conversion”: Internships in Work Package 3B of Pressing Matter
Pressing Matter: Ownership, Value and the Question of Colonial Heritage in Museums is a large-scale research project funded through the Dutch National Research Agenda, and led by Wayne Modest and Susan Legêne (Vrije Universiteit). Work Package 3 on “Value” phrases its main research question as follows:…
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Study programme
In the African Studies BA programme you will obtain in-depth knowledge about Africa and the specific theme of your choice. At the same time, you will develop valuable academic and digital competences, as well as personal skills.
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Verba Africana
The project
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Siyun Wu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.wu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451
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Jaap Corthals
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.corthals@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9589
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Zamzam Fauzanafi
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.z.fauzanafi@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451
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Carola Hein
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
c.m.hein@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Irene Moretti
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
i.moretti@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 2829 8870
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Tim van de Meerendonk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
t.van.de.meerendonk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6760
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Bjørn Peare Bartholdy
Faculteit Archeologie
b.p.bartholdy@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7843
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What’s in a plant?
Tracking early human behaviour through plant processing and -exploitation.
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Enya Seguin: ‘Healthcare in Africa could be so much better'
Enya Seguin is an idealist. This 22-year-old alumna of Leiden University College in The Hague wants to make it possible for patients in Africa to have access to doctors anywhere in the world via an app. She is not deterred by the many problems and pitfalls she meets along the way.
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Azeb Amha
Afrika-Studiecentrum
a.amha@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3364
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Akinyinka Akinyoade
Afrika-Studiecentrum
a.akinyoade@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6701
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TruLife – Pre-Columbian Tropical Urban Life
TruLife applies lessons from the study of long-term urban traditions, exemplified by pre-Columbian Maya tropical cities, to present-day sustainable urban design.
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A timeless vale
Archaeological and related essays on the Jordan Valley in honour of Gerrit van der Kooij on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday
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Stone Artefact Production and Exchange among the Lesser Antilles
ASLU 13
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Lions in West and Central Africa apparently unique
Lions in West and Central Africa form a unique group, only distantly related to lions in East and Southern Africa. Biologists at Leiden University confirm this in an article published in Scientific Reports.
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Archaeology thanks to computer-based research
A mix of data research, artificial intelligence and archaeology led to lively discussions on 31 January. On that day the unique event 'AI & Data Science @ Archaeology' took place in which the Data Science Research Programme (DSRP), SAILS and the Faculty of Archaeology joined forces.
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Digitalisation Research Cluster
The d12n Research Cluster provides a space for inquiry and intervention into the ongoing digit(al)isation of culture, society, and scholarship. The research cluster aims to link CADS Institute researchers to each other as well as to experts and praticioners from around the world as we combine thinking…
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Archaeological fieldwork in Central Nicaragua, summer 2014
This coming June and July, excavations will continue at the Aguas Buenas archaeological site.
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Benjamin Fogarty-Valenzuela
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
b.l.fogarty@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 2829 8903
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Richard Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
r.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2932
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Nico Staring
Faculty of Humanities
n.t.b.staring@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Weishuo Li
Faculteit Archeologie
w.li@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Antoinette Huijbers
Faculteit Archeologie
a.m.j.h.huijbers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Simone Casale
Gelieerde instellingen
casale@kitlv.nl | +31 71 527 2371