290 search results for “mediterranean archaelogy” in the Public website
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Evaluating the dietary micro-remain record in dental calculus
And its application in deciphering hominin diets in palaeolithic eurasia
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Staff
The academic staff of the Leiden University Institute for History.
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Tracing Prehistoric Social Networks through Technology
A Diachronic Perspective on the Aegean
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On colonial grounds
A comparative study of colonialism and rural settlement in first millennium BC west central Sardinia
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Urban Space and Urban History in the Roman World
This volume investigates how urban growth and prosperity transformed the cities of the Roman Mediterranean in the last centuries BCE and the first centuries CE, integrating debates about Roman urban space with discourse on Roman urban history.
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Neutrinos From the Milky Way
Promotor: M. de Jong, Co-Promotor: Samtleben
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Material Culture Studies
Material Culture Studies revolves around the analysis of the cultural biographies of all sorts of material objects from flint axes, to pottery, to houses and monumental structures.
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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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Liquid footprints
The present study explores the role of water in the ancient Roman city of Ostia.In antiquity, Ostia was situated at the intersection of the Tiber River and the Mediterranean Sea, and acted as one of the harbour cities of Rome for several centuries.This study investigates how water was acquired, used,…
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Slaving Zones. Cultural Identities, Ideologies, and Institutions in the Evolution of Global Slavery
In Slaving Zones: Cultural Identities, Ideologies, and Institutions in the Evolution of Global Slavery, fourteen authors—including both world-leading and emerging historians of slavery—engage with the ‘Slaving Zones’ theory.
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Escher and the Droste effect
Artful Mathematics: The Heritage of M. C. Escher
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Ann Brysbaert
Faculteit Archeologie
a.n.brysbaert@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5328
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Seeing the Romans - and ourselves - in a different light
Globalisation means becoming globalised, a process in which material culture plays a crucial role. This is what Miguel John Versluys, the new Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology, teaches. He bases his teaching on research into the origin and growth of the Roman Empire from the 3rd…
- Ostia Speaks
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Medieval MasterChef
Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on Eastern Cuisine and Western Foodways
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Islam in Central Asia: Shrines along the Silk Road
This programme examines cultural space, national identity and the politics of tangible and intangible heritage in Islamic Central Asia.
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Late Antiquity and early Islam
This NWO project, which is being be carried out in close cooperation with the universities of Oxford (contact: Prof. Robert Hoyland) and Princeton (contact: Prof. John F. Haldon) and the UMR 8167 (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS, University Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV, University Panthéon-Sorbonne,…
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About the programme
The one-year History specialisation in Ancient History offers an attractive mix of theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
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About the programme
During the Europe 1000-1800 programme you will learn from inspired academics. Find out more about the programme below.
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Bleda Düring
Faculteit Archeologie
b.s.during@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6449
- Laboratory for Ceramics Studies
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Excavating Chlorakas-Palloures
Investigating the emergence of complex societies in Chalcolithic Cyprus.
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About the programme
Following your personal interests, you may choose one of three area specialisations. Will you focus on the archaeological history of the European continent? Or do you prefer to dive into the Mediterranean world? Or would you rather study pre-Columbian America? The choice is up to you!
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Archaeology (Research MA)
The research master’s programme in Archaeology is the most diverse in the Netherlands. Benefit from our extensive experience and international reputation in archaeological research, and lay the best foundation for a career in academia.
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About the programme
During the one-year master’s programme in Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present you will be studying an academic field that is an entirely new research area, putting you at the forefront of a new way of thinking about European history.
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Europe 1000-1800 (MA)
In the master's programme Europe 1000-1800 at Leiden University you will learn to think comparatively about practices of power in premodern Europe in its global context.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Hebrew and Aramaic Studies at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Egyptology at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Institute for History
The Leiden University Institute for History is responsible for the main part of the historical research carried out at Leiden University. The institute has a wide-ranging academic scope.
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Publications
Below you will find an overview of the publications of The Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic.
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The Walking Dead at Saqqara. The Making of a Cultural Geography
The main case study of the project is the cultural geography of Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, and its development.
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Thalia Hoffman
Thalia Hoffman is a visual artist and researcher working in film, video, performance, and public interventions in the area she lives in, east of the Mediterranean. In 2020 she graduated from the Leiden University PhDArts programme, with the thesis Guava, a conceptual platform for art-actions.
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Religion and Trade: Cross-Cultural Exchanges in World History, 1000-1900
This book published by Oxford University Press discusses religion and trade in world history.
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Book presentations
Now and then we organise book launches to present the latest publications, both academic and popular, in our broad field.
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ForSeaDiscovery - Forest resources for Iberian empires: ecology and globalization in the age of discovery
An interdisciplinary and innovative research group combining History, underwater archaeology, GIS and wood provenancing methods.
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Research
LIAS has a School of Asian Studies (SAS), a School of Middle-Eastern Studies (SMES) and a School of Religious Studies (LUCSoR). These designations, and the fields within them, remain foundational to our work. At the same time, the academic community benefits from the presence of cross-regional networks…
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Embedding Conquest: Naturalising Muslim Rule in the Early Islamic Empire (600-1000)
What made the early Islamic empire so successful and have we missed the story by neglecting crucial evidence? The 7th-century Arab conquests changed the socio-political configurations in the Mediterranean and Eurasia forever. Yet we do not really know how the Arabs managed to gain dominance of this…
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Knowledge Networks and Craft Traditions in the Ancient World
Material Crossovers
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The Guava Platform
The Guava Platform, which is at the centre of this PhD thesis, was initiated in 2014 as a conceptual framework of my art practice and research. The aim of the Guava Platform is to research and create possible techniques of art-actions that are part of my quest to continue to live in the conflicted landscape,…
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Egypt
This is an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project of Leiden University with the American University in Cairo.
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Reinventing 'The Invention of Tradition'?
Indigenous Pasts and the Roman Present
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Archaeology (MA/MSc)
Studying archaeology at Leiden University is all about studying societies and cultures from the past, trying to reconstruct them and bring them back to life. You will apply your interest in the past to make a meaningful contribution to resolving present-day societal issues, such as migration, globalisation…
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Extra-curricular
The Classics and Ancient Civilizations programme offers many extracurricular opportunities to enrich your study experience.
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Archaeology of Europe
In the master’s programme in Archaeology, you can follow courses on the archaeology of Europe, deepening your understanding of the continent’s long history.
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Career prospects
Open up a world of opportunities with your master's degree in Archaeology from Leiden University!
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- Meet our staff
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Maritime Conflict Management in Atlantic Europe, 1200-1600
What can we learn from how maritime conflicts were managed in the past? What significance did Maritime Conflict Management have in shaping the standards of diplomacy and international law in pre-modern Atlantic Europe (1200-1600)?
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A word from our postdoctoral research fellow
Dr Amany Soliman joined the NVIC as a postdoctoral research fellow in October 2017. She is a lecturer of modern history and international relations at the Mediterranean Studies Institute at the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University. For her PhD thesis, she examined the nationalist movements in Spain,…