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• Early hunter-gatherers reshaped Europe’s ecosystems long before agriculture News - 22 October 2025

  In a new study published in PLOS One, Leiden archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina, together with an international team from France, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, challenges the long-held belief that early humans had minimal impact on their environment before the rise of farming.

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  Emma Grootveld University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.j.m.grootveld@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272069

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  Jakub Senesi PhD candidate

• Now available: Open Science: A Practical Guide for Early-Career Researchers News - 9 June 2023

  This practical guide is aimed at PhD candidates, Research Master Students, and early-career researchers from all academic disciplines. The instructions in the guide intend to inspire young researchers and to help them practice Open Science, by sharing all aspects of research as open possible.

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  Ariadne Schmidt Associate Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.schmidt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272502

• PhD candidates and early-career researchers: join a data science and AI challenge in Madrid Announcement - 19 March 2026

  Research

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  Karel Berkhoff Professor by Special Appointment

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.c.berkhoff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272785

• 'Rome after Rome': a unique student-scholar exploration of early medieval Rome News - 17 November 2021

  Debates about the ‘end’ of the Roman era, how, when, and even if it ended, are still very much alive and raging. However, what happened after the (long) late antique period is a lesser-known and lesser-studied subject. The post-Roman past needs, however, as much energetic investigation and discussion.…

• Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections News - 19 April 2024

  On Thursday, May 16, Leiden University Libraries is organizing a workshop on early photography of the Middle East. In the workshop, curator Maartje van den Heuvel shows photos of three adventurous Dutch nineteenth-century travel and photography pioneers. They created beautiful photos and photo albums…

• Archaeologist Marie Soressi joins the discussion about the early use of bow-and-arrow technology in Europe News - 27 February 2023

  Nature News reported on the use of bow-and-arrow for hunting based on the research made on small points found in a 54,000-year-old cave site in southern France.

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  Terence Renaud Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.r.renaud@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272767

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  Hendri Schut PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.w.schut@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• grant for Nathalie Brusgaard's investigation into complex relationship early farmers and wild animals News - 3 September 2025

  The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a prestigious Starting Grant to Leiden archaeologist Dr Nathalie Brusgaard. With this €1.5 million grant, Brusgaard will investigate how the transition to farming in Western Europe affected the relationship between humans and wild animals. A theme that,…

• How do you find your way as an early career researcher in the academic pressure cooker? News - 30 March 2026

  How do you find your was as an early career researcher in the academic pressure cooker?

• Acquisition of early African photographs by explorer and photography pioneer Alexine Tinne News - 15 February 2024

  Over 160 years ago, the Hague-based photography pioneer and traveler Alexine Tinne (1835-1869) captured current South Sudan and its inhabitants on film. These photographs represent some of the earliest images taken in the heart of the African continent.

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  Jan Wim Buisman Guest employee

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.w.buisman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jelmar Hugen Postdoctoral researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.f.hugen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hans Janssen Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.l.janssen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Wim van Anrooij Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.van.anrooij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rachel Fletcher Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.a.fletcher@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Neanderthals changed ecosystems 125,000 years ago News - 15 December 2021

  Hunter-gatherers caused ecosystems to change 125,000 years ago. These are the findings of an interdisciplinary study by archaeologists from Leiden University in collaboration with other researchers. Neanderthals used fire to keep the landscape open and thus had a big impact on their local environment.…

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  Steven Lauritano University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.m.lauritano@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276078

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  Louis Sicking University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.h.j.sicking@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272717

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  Stephanus Huijbregts Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  shuijbregts@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271723

• Coaching & Intervision (early career) lecturers Course

  Didactics

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  Marie Soressi Professor of Hominin Diversity Archaeology

  m.a.soressi@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275355

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  Igor Djakovic PhD candidate

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

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  Cora Tabea Leder PhD candidate

  c.t.leder@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anastasia Nikulina Postdoc

  a.nikulina@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Areti Leventi PhD candidate

  a.leventi@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alexandra Tutwiler

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  Amanda Henry Professor

  a.g.henry@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277844

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  Jürgen Zangenberg Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.k.zangenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272579

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  Henk Kern Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.h.c.kern@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272764

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  Pablo Merayo Montes PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.merayo.montes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Bernhard Rieger Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.rieger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271290

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  Yann Ryan Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.c.ryan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rosanne Baars Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.m.baars@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272720

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  Shiru Lim Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.lim@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273030

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  Ton Harmsen

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.j.e.harmsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Minke Jonk-Thuong ICTO coordinator

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.d.m.jonk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272140

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  Anna Scott Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.m.scott@kunsten.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Pim van der Helm PhD candidate/guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.p.van.der.helm@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Wim Tigges Guest

  w.tigges@sea.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Travis Bowman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.m.b.bowman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Petr Koluch PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.v.koluch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Magda Rafael PhD Candidate

  ICLON

  m.m.rafael@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Paul Hoftijzer Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.g.hoftijzer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rolf Bremmer Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.h.bremmer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Prestigious Gutenberg Research Award for archaeologist Wil Roebroeks News - 23 February 2022

  Leiden archaeologist Professor Wil Roebroeks receives the 2021 Gutenberg Research Award of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). "By granting Wil Roebroeks the 2021 Gutenberg Research Award, we are honoring his extraordinary contributions to paleoanthropology through his field research, his interdisciplinary…