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• Archaeologist Jennifer Swerida investigates emergent social complexity in the Omani desert News - 24 July 2024

  In June 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new Assistant Professor. Dr Jennifer Swerida, originally from the United States, will strengthen the Faculty’s expertise on the archaeology of West Asia. ‘I explore human-environment relationships inside an ancient oasis and the surrounding land. Previous…

• Honorary doctorate for anthropologist Rosemary Joyce News - 10 January 2022

  American anthropologist Rosemary Joyce will be awarded an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on its Dies Natalis on 8 February. Joyce has delivered important new insights into the ancient Mayan cultures of Central America.

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  Frans de Haas Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.a.j.de.haas@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272010

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  Sarah Wolff Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.wolff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272698

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  Morena Skalamera Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.skalamera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271982

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  Eric Cezne Postdoc

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  e.m.cezne@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Materiality, Religion and the Senses Event - 11 December 2025

  Conference, L*CeSAR Masterclass

• Materiality, Religion and the Environment Event - 19 March 2026

  Conference, L*CeSAR Research Workshop

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  Noortje van Swieten Study adviser

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Patricia Kret PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.m.m.kret@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273466

• Sacrifice and Social Imaginary in Hellenistic Kos Event - 16 April 2026

  Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar

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  Sarah Stevens PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.a.stevens@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.demarest@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Georgios Dikaios Postdoc / Marie Curie fellow

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  g.dikaios@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Amy Verdun Guest professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.c.verdun@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Christina Luise Toenshoff Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.l.toenshoff@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Constance Maly PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.f.m.maly@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Malte Riemann Assistant professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  m.riemann@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8008206

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  Felipe Colla De Amorim PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.colla.de.amorim@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Nika Kratsashvili

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  Sanne Rotmeijer Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.h.rotmeijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272044

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  Bonnie Tilland University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.r.tilland@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272191

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  Orson McMahon PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.mcmahon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Jiaxuan Huang PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.huang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Michel Wyss PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.d.wyss@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Robertus Benning PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.c.j.p.benning@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Ghulam Ali Murtaza PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.a.murtaza@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Anthony Coxeter PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.j.coxeter@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8001646

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  Alexander Geurds Dean / Professor

  a.geurds@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272206

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  Antje Wessels Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.b.wessels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272681

• Leiden archaeologists uncover earliest evidence of plant food processing News - 7 January 2025

  A new study carried out by Leiden archaeologists Hadar Ahituv and Amanda Henry, together with international colleagues, reports the identification and analysis of 650 starch grains preserved on basalt percussive tools (anvils and hammerstones) found at an early Middle Pleistocene site in Israel. These…

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  Wouter Veenendaal Professor by Special Appointment in Kingdom Affairs

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  w.p.veenendaal@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

• New method for extracting human DNA from archaeological objects yields success News - 3 May 2023

  An international team of researchers led by Leiden archaeology professor Marie Soressi and Leipzig senior geneticist Matthias Meyer has recovered the DNA of a woman belonging to an Ancient North Eurasian population from a 20,000-year-old pendant. This is the first time DNA analysis has been used to…

• Archaeological Forum: Aris Politopoulos and Dennis Braekmans Event - 20 November 2025

  Lecture

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  Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  v.tsagkroni@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275436

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  Femke Bakker Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.e.bakker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276188

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  Kate Bellamy Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.r.bellamy@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273983

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  Dennie Oude Nijhuis University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.m.oude-nijhuis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272734

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  Ingrid Samset Assistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  i.samset@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Timo Schmal Study adviser

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  t.l.schmal@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009143

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  Steven Denney University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.c.denney@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275918

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  Zhuoxi Han External PhD Candidate

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  z.han@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

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  Rong Yuan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.yuan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Fitri Murfianti PhD

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.murfianti@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Max Lesch

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  Alan Palacios

• Mark Driessen's Jordan fieldwork features in Photo Exhibition News - 19 December 2022

  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,…

• Archaeologist Mark Driessen’s book and project in royal spotlights News - 19 October 2022

  On September 28, 2022, dr.ir. Mark Driessen presented a publication about the ancient Roman frontier in Jordan. Venue for the book launch was the residence of the Dutch Ambassador in Amman. The event was attended by Prince Hassan bin Talal and his wife Princess Sarvath el Hassan, members of the Jordanian…

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  Sam Botan PhD candidate

  s.a.botan@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Glyn Muitjens Scientific coordinator

  muitjens@lorentzcenter.nl | 071 5272727