235 search results for “indigenous artifacts in museum collections” in the Student website
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Anne Land-Zandstra
Science
a.m.land@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5343
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D&I Symposium 2024: What have we achieved with a decade of diversity policy?
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.
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Maarten Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2439
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Programme
From ancient sites to heritage rescue, from digital sciences to the evolution of human origins: at Archaeology & Society, you will learn about the many multidisciplinary aspects of archaeological research.
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Leiden archaeologist works with Kazakhs on numismatic collections
In May of 2023, an agreement was signed between Leiden PhD candidate Jonathan Ouellet and General Director Onggar Akan of the A. Kh. Margulan Archaeological Institute in Almaty. The aim: a detailed study of the numismatic history of Southern Kazakhstan.
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Werkbezoek ‘Werken in een museum’
Career and apply for jobs
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Local Panama communities work with archaeologists on historic land rights
The question of land property titles is a common source of conflict between indigenous communities and federal authorities all over the Americas. A new Panamanian law have led indigenous communities to reach out to archaeologist Dr Natalia Donner. A grant from the Centre for Indigenous American Studies…
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Steven Lauritano
Faculty of Humanities
s.m.lauritano@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6078
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023
Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. In that respect, a huge amount happened at Leiden University in 2023.
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Archaeologist Natalia Donner receives an award from Panamanian Embassy
In the context of Panama’s independence month, the Panamanian Embassy in the Kingdom of The Netherlands decided to recognize Natalia Donner’s contributions to the study of Panamanian history and culture, as well as her role in a massive repatriation project.
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Liselore Tissen
Faculty of Humanities
l.n.m.tissen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Doing the CPC Run in The Hague? Collect your free Leiden University running shirt
Social
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Adam Benfer
Faculteit Archeologie
a.k.benfer@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Martine Bruil
Faculty of Humanities
m.bruil@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3340
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ArcheoNacht
Arts and culture
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Online voorlichting - Werken in een museum
Career and apply for jobs
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Archaeological excavations in Romania show life of earliest modern humans in Europe
In a new article in the journal Scientific Reports, Leiden archaeologist Wei Chu and colleagues report on recent excavations in Western Romania at the site of Româneşti, one of the most important sites in southeastern Europe associated with the earliest Homo sapiens. The site gives an important glimpse…
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Culture
Your student days are about more than just attending lectures. Don’t forget your cultural development. Enrich your life by attending arts courses and cultural symposia. And make time to visit the wonderful local museums and theatres.
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Digital Archaeology Group Meeting
Lecture
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Debate on painting of cigar-smoking white men
The brief removal of Rein Dool’s ‘cigar-smoking white men’ painting generated a storm of reactions last November. Students, staff and alumni reflected on this at a symposium on Friday 26 May.
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Call for: storytellers at objects during ArcheoNacht
Social
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Cultural Heritage Scholarship
Master
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Public Key Note of Mari Hvattum on the impact of style
Lecture
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Postdoc Adam Benfer stewards big data in the study of Central America
In the spring of 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new postdoc. Dr Adam Benfer, originally from the United States, occupies a double position as a researcher in the project of Alex Geurds and as the Faculty’s Data Steward. ‘It is pretty much what the title says: I steward data. Essentially,…
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Leiden archaeologists discover an early form of money from Prehistoric Central Europe
People in the Early Bonze Age used bronze artefacts as a means of payment. This is the conclusion reached by archaeologists Maikel Kuijpers and Catalin Popa in a PLOS ONE article published on 20 January.
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Thesis and papers
When writing a thesis or paper you must make good use of the insights you have gained during your lectures and studies so far. You should also refer to relevant literature and carry out your own research on the topic.
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What is there to do at Leiden University in 2023? Six events to look forward to
From sponsored runs to festivals and from open days to concerts: Leiden University hosts lots of events each year. We are highlighting six of them for 2023.
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Liesbet Nyssen
Faculty of Humanities
e.a.nyssen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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International Women's Day: the visibility of women in archaeology
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, equal opportunities for women worldwide, empowerment, and gender equality take centre stage. For years, the role of women in the past has been nearly invisible. Four archaeologists reflect on this inequality of focus, from hunter-gatherers in the palaeolithic to…
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Ralph Kijk in de Vegte
Administratief Shared Service Centre
r.kijk.in.de.vegte@assc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Silkscreening (every other week)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Leiden Archaeology Network and Career Event (LANCE)
Career Event
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Do your thesis research in Rome with a Thesis Scholarship for (Res)MA Students
Education, Research
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Financial support
As a student of Leiden University you may be eligible for financial support via a number of scholarships, funds and other rulings. Many companies and organisations also offer discounts to students.
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Botanical lino cutting
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Reuvens
Reuvensplaats 2-4, Leiden
- Daring questions in Islam
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Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery
Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…
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Summer meeting LUMC Alumni Association
Alumni event
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The archaeology of face masks: ‘Face masks layers will be a huge help for future archaeologists’
From one year to the next, face masks have started to appear in the environment. As the masks are discarded, they end up in the top soil, in sediment layers, and in refuse heaps. In a couple of generations archaeologists will study the layer that has already been labeled the Face Mask Horizon. Current…
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Maarten Jansen compares ancient Mexican writing systems as Distinguished Emeritus Professor in Bonn
Maarten Jansen, professor emeritus at the Faculty of Archaeology, was appointed as Distinguished Emeritus Professor for two years at the University of Bonn. In this position, Jansen, a world-renowned specialist on ancient Mexican pictorial manuscripts, will further expand upon the long-standing collaboration…
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Remote sensing for Roman Mallorca with a Chastelain-Nobach fund
For the past 2 years, Dr Letty ten Harkel has been jointly running an excavation project of a suspected Roman villa site on the Balearic island of Mallorca with colleagues Dr Antoni Puig Palerm and Ritchie Kolvers, MA. The project was recently awarded a LUF Chastelain-Nobach fund to explore the extend…
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Changing Approaches Towards Restitution and Return of Colonial Heritage: Tracing Experiences and Identifying Shared Decolonial Practices
INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM
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Model painting with diverse techniques
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Archaeology & Society
Changing the future, by understanding the past. Join Archaeology & Society and broaden your horizon!
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Programme
What can I do in the Humanities Lab Programme? Continue reading to find out the possibilities!
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‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands
The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…
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Leiden archaeologists involved in grant for state-of-the-art laboratory for isotope geochemistry
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a €4.84 million NWO Large grant to set up a new state-of-the-art laboratory for isotope geochemistry. The new lab, the “Netherlands Isotope GEochemistry Laboratory” (NIGEL), will be built in the brand new VU Research Building at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.…