2,064 search results for “archaeology of the near east” in the Staff website
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Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science: ‘I want to show how we’re finding alternatives to animal testing’
PhD candidate Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science. In videos and blogs, she will show what life is like as a young researcher.
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Students of the Special Chair visit the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam for a unique visit with a Leiden History MA Alum
On Tuesday November 25, 2025, Sarah Cramsey travelled with students from her masters seminar on 'New Approached to the Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe' taught at the History Institute to Amsterdam for a unique opportunity. There, Lotte Sophie Groenendijk, an alumna of the History Research Masters…
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grant for more diverse ancient history: 'Especially in the first year of the bachelor, the impact of a project is great'
The History programme has been working for several years to make the curriculum more diverse and inclusive. With a Comenius grant, university lecturer Kim Beerden wants to take the next step.
- Giant Robots, Big Ideas - Exploring the World of Mecha in Japanese Animation
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Night of the Lobbyist
Event
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Imagining the future of UK-Europe relations: Narratives from Brexit Britain
Lecture, CHEI Seminar
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Model painting with diverse techniques
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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LUCL Brainstorm on Gender and Nominal Classification
Conference, Brainstorm
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Linguistic Anthropology in Europe: Past, Present, and Futures
Conference
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Conference, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Book Talk: A Modern History of China’s Art Market
Lecture, China Seminar
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Crisis in Gaza: Protecting the Population and Those Who Support Them, the Case of UNRWA
Panel discussion
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Race and Ethnicity in Dutch Academia
Lecture, LIAS After-Lunch Talk Series
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4th Hybrid Cushitic Conference
Conference
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ASCL Seminar: Waves of Memory in the Red Sea: Unpacking Mixedness through Italo-Eritrean Livescapes
Lecture
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Rules for a lawless world? The international legal order in an age of great-power struggle for normative primacy
Lecture, Keynote Lectures
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Night of the Lobbyist 2026
Evenement
- Results of the university elections
- Results of the university elections
- Opening of the Faculty Year
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Researcher in the classroom: the importance of inclusive education
The number of Waldorf schools in the Netherlands is growing rapidly. Over the past ten years, student enrolment has increased by more than 40 percent. Thijs Jan van Schie not only teaches at such a school, he has also conducted research on this type of education — not in the Netherlands, but in the…
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Poetry Translation Competition: Fun and Games with Language
In November, Leiden organized a book presentation to celebrate the first Dutch translation of the collected works of the twentieth-century poet W.H. Auden. A poetry translation contest added lustre to the occasion. There were no fewer than three winners.
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Alumna Sytske Besemer on living and working abroad
This month's flash interview is with alumna Sytske Besemer, Criminologist, who works at a startup called Cradle. Sytske has specifically chosen to work for a company with societal impact. And she is about to move again, this time to Zürich.
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CEO of Tata Steel: ‘We have a debt of honour as a company’
Hans van den Berg, CEO of Tata Steel NL, is in the eye of the storm. He continues to believe in connection, debate and knowledge that will make green steel possible.
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Stolen Focus: Our Brains Online - The Reading List
There is a reasonable chance that you came to this reading list through a social medium. Now it's our job to keep your attention. We are going to do our best. There are so many distractions; from notifications on your phone, to another screen near you, that may also be screaming for attention. Every…
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Evening of the Political Debate
Debate
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Lunchbyte: Classroom of the future
Course
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Crucible of the Incurable: Facing ALS
Lecture, Unfolding Finitudes
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Extracellular Matrix Mechanics in the Regulation of the early steps of the Metastatic Cascade
PhD defence
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Reading Group: The Silence of the Sea
Reading group
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Marco CinelliFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.cinelli@luc.leidenuniv.nl |
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
m.van.groesen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272765
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There and Back Again: Spirit Travels in Western Religious Traditions (13th Leiden Symposium on New Religiosity)
Lecture, Symposium
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RMO avond: Echoes of the Nile
Festival
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In the Making #9: Eloquence of the Ineffable — The aftermath of the 2018 opera La Tragedia di Claudio M
Arts and culture
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26 Research and Education Grants in 2020 for the Institute of Security and Global Affairs
Whilst 2020 has been an unusual and taxing year for colleagues at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), the Institute nevertheless can look back on an impressive range of successful grant applications during the previous year. This impressive result was achieved on top of excellent results…
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The development of the Tocharian accent
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Researchers from Leiden visit Indonesia on knowledge mission
A delegation from Leiden University recently embarked on a knowledge mission to various NGOs, universities and government organisations in Indonesia. New partnerships were formed and important knowledge exchanged, and researchers from Leiden gave guest lectures.
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Veni grants for 18 Leiden researchers
Eighteen researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant gives promising young researchers the opportunity to develop their ideas for a period of three years.
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University diversity policy is alive and kicking: ‘We need to acknowledge each other’s experiences’
Leiden University has had a diversity policy since 2014. The aim is to create a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment for all students and staff. Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa updates us on the process and the results. It’s now 2022, what has already changed?
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Award Ceremony of the Betto Deelman Prize – Sophie van Rijn
Laureates’ Ceremony
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Relative chronology and the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European stop systems
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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How do our language rules come about?
Many of the language rules we use today were formulated in the 17th and 18th centuries. In a dual track at the universities of Leiden and Brussels, PhD candidate Eline Lismont investigated why some rules became successful while other rules were quickly forgotten.
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The Rise and Fall of the Limburgish tone
Lecture, SMILE Talks
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Leiden University in The Hague – Researchers of the City
Exhibition
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Leiden University in The Hague – Researchers of the City
Exhibition
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Ummahāt al-Khulafā’: Mothers of the Marwanid and Abbasid Caliphate
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Humanities researchers publish a new journal issue inspired by times of crisis
The ninth issue of the Journal of the LUCAS Graduate Conference has been published. This time the theme is ‘Reinventing Boundaries in Times of Crisis.’
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2023-2024
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Celebrating 40 Years of the Dutch Studies programme
Alumni event, Lustrum