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Archaeologists find Roman camp near ErmeloArchaeologists and students from Leiden University and local volunteers have found a Roman camp in the woods near Ermelo. The camp is four kilometres ...
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A Roman camp or not? How our archaeologists found the answerArchaeologists from Leiden University find what is clearly an earth wall and ditch structure in the woods near Ermelo. They suspect it may be the rema...
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How can we tell the story of multivocal the Netherlands?At a time when statues of figures from history have an uncertain future Valika Smeulders has just become Head of History at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. W...
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‘I hope to leave a little mark on the field’
Born in Hungary and moved to Austria, András Bárány grew up bi-lingual. It undoubtedly ignited his interest in languages. In Leiden, he now researches...
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Meet the student mentors of Archaeology: ‘I like this opportunity to meet new people’All first-year bachelor’s and master’s students at the Faculty of Archaeology have been assigned a student as a mentor to help them find their way aro...
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Rising infections: how is the University responding?The infection rate is rising again in the Netherlands, which means it may also be rising among Leiden University’s students and staff. How is the Univ...
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Digital archaeologist Alex Brandsen featured in Artificial Intelligence dossierApps that can precisely identify shards, coins or heel bones: archaeology has embraced artificial intelligence. Alex Brandsen is working on a search e...
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‘As a tutor you’re the helpdesk to help them get off to a flying start’All first-year bachelor’s students at Leiden University are assigned to a tutor group, with a student as mentor and a lecturer as tutor. This extra co...
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ERC Creative Europe Culture grant for Alexandria: (re)activating common urban imaginariesFrom 2020 to 2023, Professor Miguel John Versluys and his research group will participate in an international consortium that has just received a larg...
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Dr. Niels Laurens as new Executive Director at FGGA and FdA
On Tuesday September 8th, the Executive Board of Leiden University appointed Dr. Niels Laurens as Executive Director at the faculties of Governance an...
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Leiden European City of Science in 2022The title of European City of Science was officially handed over to a delegation from Leiden in the Italian city of Trieste on 6 September. Leiden wil...
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How sustainable does the University want to be by 2030?Leiden University has become more sustainable in the past few years, but it could do better, particularly in the area of teaching and research. A stud...
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Stolker: ‘Scholars are people with not only insights but also doubts’What is the role of academia in solving societal problems such as the corona crisis? Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker spoke about this at the opening o...
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Introducing the new Chair for L.A.S. Terra: Iqra AmerThe start of this new study year is not like any other year. Covid-19 changed the way L.A.S. Terra introduces itself to the new students and how activ...
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National Action Plan on Diversity and Inclusion launched at WijnhavenAs of 1 September, the Netherlands has a national action plan to promote diversity and inclusion in teaching and research. The plan was launched at Le...