This study aims to provide a long time perspective of human landscape manipulation. Studying the roles of prehistoric foragers in past ecosystems is of great importance to establish the character of past 'natural' landscapes and to enhance the management of current ones.

Supervisor: Gerard van Westen

The research is aimed at development of an efficient gene targeting method that allows controlled integration of DNA at a preselected site in the Trichoderma genome.

The Botany Laboratory is part of the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Leiden. Under the supervision of Dr Mike Field, research is carried out here on archaeo- and palaeo-botanical material including seeds and fruits, pollen and spores, and wood.

It is estimated that approximately 30% of all proteins require a metal to function. Investigating the relationship between metal-binding and peptide/protein folding allows us to uncover fundamental rules for creating metallo-peptides and proteins, which in turn leads to the creation of new structures,…

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.

Supervisor: Natalia Ortiz Zacarías

Since 2013, the National Natural History Museum of the Netherlands, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, is unearthing the largest bonebed of the horned dinosaur Triceratops discovered so far. In order to answer questions about sedimentology, taphonomy and palaeobiology, palaeontologists and geologists collaborated…

How does contemporary art and culture represent nuclear contamination in post-nuclear landscapes?

There is little evidence of the routes connecting Amerindian communities in the Caribbean prior to and just after 1492. Uncovering possible canoe routes between these communities can help to explain the structure, capabilities, and limitations of the physical links in their social and material networks.…

This project investigates the well-preserved agricultural terraces of the Inn valley and the evolution of resource use in the inner Alps.

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For students taking the Pre-Classes, it is important that they are supported by their parents and school. On this site, you will find all the information relevant to this.

Excavations at Geleen-Janskamerveld 1990/1991

Our recent excavations have focused on the more recent New Kingdom/Late Period (ca. 1500-332 BCE) material.

Clara ten Hacken defended her thesis on 16 December 2015

The central question of this thesis is: What drives late Middle Paleolithic stone artifact variability? In its attempt to answer this question, this thesis is a contribution to understanding variability within and between late Middle Paleolithic assemblages of the European Plain.

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, W. Kustiawan, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

Archaeometric analysis of glazed pottery assemblages from the Early Byzantine to the Early Modern periods in the Aegean.

Towards a Biological Understanding of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transition

This handbook provides a resource for those already familiar with some kinds of micro-particles who wish to learn more about others, or for those just starting out in the study of microremains who wish to have a broad understanding about microscopic archaeology.

On the 23rd of June Arianna Sacco successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 20, 2004

A Functional Analysis of Pre-Columbian Shell and Stone Artefacts from Anse à la Gourde and Morel, Guadeloupe, FWI

Surveying Indigenous Peoples’ culinary practices prior to the advent of European invasions in the Greater Caribbean

In this thesis, the focus lies on studying glucocorticoid receptor dynamics in living cells with the aim of understanding how this transcription factor finds its DNA target sites to regulate transcription.

Volume 20 contains eight articles based on research of the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University.

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: J.B.F. Juurlink

Patterns of paleomobility in the Caribbean were studied through an inter-disciplinary approach using a combination of archaeological, osteological, mortuary, and isotopic data.

From surface science towards industrial practice using high-pressure scanning tunneling microscopy.

Nadeera Seneviratne defended her thesis on 21 January 2016.

Edited by Dr. S. Arnoldussen and Prof. dr. H. Fokkens

Advanced sensing techniques require graphene with high quality and well-controlled surface chemistry.

The growing demand of energy indicates that global energy resources in the form of fossil fuels will not be sufficient in the future. In order to solve potential future energy problems development of a sustainable hydrogen economy is highly desirable.

This thesis describes the Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA (MASCARA), which consists of two small robotic telescope designed to detect exoplanets around the brightest stars in the sky.

Clinical development of drugs for central nervous system (CNS) disorders has been particularly challenging and still suffers from high attrition rates.

Middle Paleolithic stone tool technology is one of the major sources of information about Neandertal behavior and adaptations. The Balkan Middle Paleolithic often remains outside of the major debates and interpretations of Neandertal behavior.

PhD defence

Mmmonk en het Henri Pirenne Instituut voor Middeleeuwse Studies (UGent) organiseren eind 2024 de tweede editie van Mmmonk School: Lessen voor gevorderde beginners rond het middeleeuwse boek. Mmmonk School biedt een interdisciplinair praktijkgericht programma over middeleeuwse Vlaamse manuscripten. Experts…

This is the project page for the Saltswat project, a joint initiative of The Centre for Innovation, ICLON, and UFB. With commends, question, or feedback on this site, or for questions about active learning initiatives at Leiden University generally, please contact Cameron Hope at c.a.hope@sea.le…

The Centre for the Study of Political Parties and Representation is hosted by Leiden University.

Combine the analytical tools of the Political Science discipline with an in-depth study of current politics in the Netherlands.

The three-year BSc programme ‘Politicologie’ introduces students to the key concepts and approaches of the Political Science discipline. It is based in the city of Leiden and taught primarily in Dutch .

Welcome to the conference site of ICEHL-21, which will be held in Leiden, 7-11 June, 2021. If you are on Twitter, you may be interested in following @ICEHL21 for regular news, updates and reminders.

Are you a student and do you find that after reading about the Leiden Leadership Programme, you still have questions?

In August 2024 LUCL published its Self-Assessment for the past 6 years (2018-2023), which is now made open access. The international evaluation committee made the site visit in October 2024 and their report is expected to appear in March 2024.

Finally we know for sure that there is a black hole at the centre of our own galaxy. Today, astronomers unveiled the first ever photo of Sagittarius A*, a super-massive object at the centre of the Milky Way. This picture could only be taken thanks to the cooperation of telescopes worldwide.

Update : March 2020 A.J. Mills

The project seeks to come to an understanding of the archaeology of the desert and the ways in which its inhabitants engaged with their constraint, marginal environments through time. It compares and interprets site distribution and community organisation over a long time scale and across several different…