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• Style and Society in the Prehistory of West Asia Research output

  Essays in Honour of Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse

• Motion of stars near Milky Way's central black hole is only predictable for few hundred years News - 13 September 2023

  The orbits of 27 stars orbiting closely around the black hole at the center of our Milky Way are very chaotic. As a result, researchers cannot predict with confidence where they will be in about 462 years. ‘That is astonishingly short,’ says astronomer Simon Portegies Zwart who collaborated on the r…

• Who was the owner of the drowned books near Texel? 'It must be someone who travelled a lot' News - 16 March 2023

  When hobby divers revisited a nearly 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Texel, they discovered more than 1,000 objects in wooden boxes. Eight years later, postdoc Janet Dickinson used recovered books to compile a profile of the mysterious owner.

• Amorites in the early Old Babylonian Period Research output

  This thesis explores several aspects of these Early Old Babylonian Amorites.

• Early death of massive galaxies in the distant universe Research output

  Promotor: M. Franx, Co-Promotor: I.F. Labbé

• Adaptation strategies, water management and social changes: the case of Turkmenistan Research project

  The main question I want to answer is about the mutual influence between the cultural and settlements changes that occurred between the Bronze and the Early Iron Age in Margiana and the management of water resources.

• Reading Rubbish Research output

  Using object assemblages to reconstruct activities, modes of deposition and abandonment at the Late Bronze Age dunnu of Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria.

• The Van Loon Project Research project

  The Van Loon project sets out to safeguard the archives of Dutch archaeologist Maurits van Loon (Amsterdam, September 22, 1923 - Montpellier, October 12, 2006) and make them accessible for further study.

• Scanning for Syria Research project

  Dutch archaeologists are making three-dimensional virtual reconstructions of archaeological objects lost in the Syrian civil war.

• Thy Name is Deer. Animal Names in Semitic Onomastics and Name- Giving Traditions: Evidence from Akkadian, Northwest Semitic, and Arabic Research output

  Hekmat Dirbas defended his thesis on 14 February 2017

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  Jonathan Ouellet PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.m.ouellet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jennifer Swerida Assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.l.swerida@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276048

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  Sam Botan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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

• Landscapes of Survival Research output

  The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Jordan’s North-Eastern Desert and Beyond

• Optical Near-Field Electron Microscopy Event - 4 June 2025

  PhD defence

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  Paul Kloeg Head Datamanagement

  Leiden University Libraries

  p.kloeg@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271094

• Rites of Passage in Ancient Near Eastern Rituals Event - 20 May 2025

  Middle East Studies Lecture

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  Ilan Peled Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.peled@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Burcu Yildirim PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  b.yildirim@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Correlates of Complexity Research output

  Essays in Archaeology and Assyriology Dedicated to Diederik J.W. Meijer in Honour of his 65th Birthday

• Water Dossier: Sustainability - The sustainable university

  Leiden University is committed to reducing our water consumption.

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  Peter Akkermans Emeritus hoogleraar

  Faculty of Archaeology

  p.m.m.g.akkermans@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Victor Klinkenberg Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.v.klinkenberg.3@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Tell Sabi Abyad – The Late Neolithic Settlement Research output

  Report on the Excavations of the University of Amsterdam (1988) and the National Museum of Antiquities Leiden (1991-1993) in Syria.

• Neolithisation of Northeastern Africa Research output

  Studies in Early Near Eastern Production, Subsistence, and Environment, vol.16. Edited by Noriyuki Shirai.

• Synthesis Research project

  Abrupt Climate Change and Cultural Transformation

• 'Eastern Desert tombs reflect successful culture adapted to harsh environment’ News - 13 March 2019

  The Jordan Times interviewed professor Peter Akkermans about this research on ancient tombs in Jordan's Eastern Desert. “The evidence of this flourishing culture can be seen, among other things, in the diverse and complex burial record which we are currently investigating.”

• Tell Sabi Abyad II – The Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Settlement Research output

  Report on the Excavations of the National Museum of Antiquities Leiden in the Balikh Valley, Syria.

• Excavations at Tell Sabi Abyad – Prehistoric Investigations in the Balikh Valley, Northern Syria Research output

  Balikh Valley Archaeological Project Monograph 1 - BAR International Series 468

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  Bleda Düring Professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  b.s.during@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276449

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  Caroline Waerzeggers Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.waerzeggers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 0622052915

• Visuospatial neglect during and after geriatric rehabilitation, keeping it NeAR Event - 4 November 2025

  PhD defence

• Towards near-infrared light-activated combination chemotherapy Event - 20 March 2025

  PhD defence

• Photo-activation of ruthenium-decorated upconverting nanoparticles Research output

  Metal-based prodrugs based on ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes have proven to be very suitable for application in both photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photo-activated chemotherapy (PACT).

• To the Euphrates and Beyond Research output

  The wide-ranging interests of the Dutch archeologist Maurits van Loon -prehistory, art history, and ancient history - are reflected in these papers, which commemorate his 30 years of archeological research in the Near East

• 'A Disney-version of Nimrud does not bring back history' News - 21 November 2016

  The Iraqi archaeological site of Nimrud was recently recaptured from IS. The site has been severely damaged. The question now is, what to do with it? Should it be restored? Bleda Düring spoke with Trouw about this complex issue.

• Quantum Lab (aQa)

  Quantum computing is a novel paradigm for computation, which is nearing real-world impact with the coming generation of limited, but nonetheless powerful quantum devices.

• APL 4 - Collection of Papers Research output

  Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia is the annual journal of the Faculty of Archaeology (formerly the Institute of Prehistory), Leiden University.

• Archaeology alumna Elizabeth Hicks awarded first runner-up in thesis competition News - 15 February 2022

  Elizabeth Hicks won first runner-up in the Netherlands Institute of the Near East (NINO) MA thesis 2021 competition at the end of January.

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  Marijke Tieleman Ex Oriente Lux

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.tieleman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271666

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  Wouter Hofland NINO Student Research Assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.g.hofland@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alisee Devillers NINO Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.k.m.devillers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Albert Planelles Orozco NINO Postdoctoral Fellow

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.planelles.orozco@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272038

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  Jesse Millek NINO Visiting Research Fellow / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.m.millek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kiki Freriks NINO editorial assistant Bibliotheca Orientalis

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.r.freriks@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272258

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  Georg Cyrus NINO Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.c.cyrus@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Eric Olijdam Guest Staff Member

  Faculty of Archaeology

  e.olijdam@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Villages in the Steppe – Late Neolithic Settlement and Subsistence in the Balikh Valley, Northern Syria Research output

  In this book, Peter Akkermans provides a systematic overview of the Halaf culture of the 6 th millennium BC in the Syrian portion of the valley of the Balikh River, a tributary of the Euphrates.

• Understanding Hegemonic Practices of the Early Assyrian Empire Research output

  Essays dedicated to Frans Wiggermann

• Babesch Supplement 16 Research output

  The Supplementa series of BABESCH is designed as a platform for thematic publications, in juxtaposition to the annual and varied mix of contributions offered by the journal itself. The thematic publications will include proceedings of colloquia, collections of particular studies by one or more authors,…