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• Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too News - 30 November 2023

  Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at the Rijksmuseum. What this change comprises and how it has come about is the subject of her keynote speech at the D&I Symposium on 11 January.

• D&I Symposium 2024: What have we achieved with a decade of diversity policy? News - 15 January 2024

  How has progress been made on diversity and inclusion at Leiden University over the past decade? Attendees reflected on this at the D&I Symposium 2024: Untold Stories. And in the workshops, students and staff discussed the next steps toward a more inclusive community.

• conference IFLA 2023 - Empire, Indigeneity, and colonial heritage collections: confronting difficult pasts, enabling just futures Event - 18 August 2023

  Satellite conference

• Grant enables archaeologists to study origins of museum artefacts News - 13 December 2023

  Two researchers from the Faculty of Archaeology have received a grant from the Museums, Collections and Society (MSC) interdisciplinary programme. This grant is for collection-based research. Jason Laffoon is using his grant for research into the origins of Central American turquoise, while Dr Marike…

• Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections Event - 16 May 2024

  Workshop

• Dutch state returns stolen artefacts: ‘Make sure to tell the full story’ News - 11 July 2023

  The Netherlands returned 478 artefacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka this week, on the advice of a Dutch committee. Rightly so, says Leiden professor Pieter ter Keurs from the Museums, Collections and Society interdisciplinary research programme. ‘But do make it clear why you are returning something.’

• Meet archaeologist Martin Berger: ‘I want to answer archaeological and heritage questions’ News - 8 April 2021

  In the course of 2020 the Faculty of Archaeology was bolstered by some new staff members. Due to the coronavirus situation, sadly, this went for a large part unnoticed. In a series of interviews we are catching up, giving the floor to our new colleagues. We give the floor to Dr Martin Berger, who joined…

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  Esra Nartok-van der Kist Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.e.nartok@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Fotini Vassou Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  f.m.vassou@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Eldad Vainstoc Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.vainstoc@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

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  Tilko Arne Swalve Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.a.swalve@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Thomas Scarff Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.e.c.scarff@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

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  Aris Agoglossakis Foley Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.v.agoglossakis.foley@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tim Kalkman Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  w.t.kalkman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

• Advice to EU on looted art claims: ‘An agency could bring order to the legal chaos’ News - 12 December 2023

  What practical steps can we take to resolve cross-border claims to looted art and prevent illicit trafficking in cultural goods? That's what the European Parliament asked Leiden legal scholar Evelien Campfens. Her advice: develop a registration system, issue art with a ‘passport’ and set up a European…

• Interdisciplinary symposium on restitution policies seeks more diverse perspectives News - 8 May 2024

  Taking responsibility concerning colonial heritage and restitution is a pressing issue for countries and museums worldwide. On 23 and 24 May, a Leiden University interdisciplinary symposium will explore new perspectives as a basis for policies. Organising professors Carsten Stahn and Pieter ter Keurs…

• Mediterranean hunter gatherers navigated long-distance sea journeys well before the first farmers News - 24 April 2025

  Small, remote islands were long thought to have been the last frontiers of pristine natural systems. Humans are not thought to have been able to reach or inhabit these environments prior to the dawn of agriculture, and the technological shift that accompanied this transition. A paper recently published…

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  Claire Perrette PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  c.perrette@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Justin Spruit Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.p.n.spruit@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tenzin Tsepak Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.tsepak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273923

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  Anja Groten Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.groten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272946

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  Rosalba Icaza Garza Professor International Relations

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  r.icaza@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Amber Lauwers Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.r.lauwers@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512

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  Max Joosten Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.a.joosten@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sebastian David Pantoja Barrios Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.d.pantoja.barrios@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Peter Castenmiller Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  p.g.castenmiller@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273879

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  Gul-i-Hina van der Zwan Postdoc / guest

  International Institute Asian Studies

  g.shahzad@iias.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maria Amjad Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.amjad@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mira Burmeister-Rudolph Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.e.burmeister-rudolph@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Vishwesh Sundar Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  v.sundar@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Benjamin Kester Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  b.a.n.kester@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Georgios Dikaios Postdoc / Marie Curie fellow

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Aitor Burguet-Coca Researcher / guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.burguet-coca@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Areti Leventi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.leventi@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Igor Djakovic PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  i.djakovic@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alexander Wilkinson PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.e.wilkinson@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Harry Berghuis PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  h.w.k.berghuis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Karel Kuipers PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  k.j.kuipers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Femke Reidsma Postdoc / guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

  f.h.reidsma@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Amanda Henry Professor Evolution of the Human Diet

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.g.henry@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7844

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  Alexander Verpoorte Associate Professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.verpoorte@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2927

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  Robert Zwijnenberg Professor emeritus Art and Science Interactions

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.zwijnenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anastasia Nikulina PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.nikulina@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Pieter ter Keurs Professor emeritus Museums, Collections and Society

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.j.ter.keurs@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• PhD candidate Marie Kolbenstetter helps repatriate Honduran heritage News - 31 March 2025

  In a significant step toward restoring cultural heritage, PhD candidate Marie Kolbenstetter has played a pivotal role in repatriating a collection of 133 archaeological artefacts from the prestigious Musée du quai Branly in Paris back to their place of origin in southern Honduras. Her efforts underscore…

• Homo erectus from the seabed, new archaeological discoveries in Indonesia News - 16 May 2025

  Archaeological finds off the coast of Java, Indonesia provide insight into the world of Homo erectus, 140,000 years ago. Skull fragments and other fossil remains provide a unique picture of how and where these early humans lived, says Leiden archaeologist Harold Berghuis.

• 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…

• What does ‘human’ really mean? When Philosophy and archaeology join forces News - 30 June 2025

  Archaeology is the only science that allows us to study the material traces left by most of human evolution. But what happens when we bring philosophy into the picture? A new series of papers demonstrates how philosophical reflection can enrich archaeological research - especially when grappling with…

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  Vincent Niochet PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  v.niochet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Jan Kolen Dean / Professor Landscape Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.c.a.kolen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1284