474 search results for “ancient relations” in the Student website
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Jan MelissenFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Fitri MurfiantiFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Heba GhalebFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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JanPieter van Borssum WaalkesFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Zhuoxi Han
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Hein Drop
Faculty of Humanities
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Julien Bastrup-Birk
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Alan Palacios
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Maaike Smit-BeemsterboerFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Valerie de KoeijerFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Rong YuanFaculty of Humanities
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Pralay KanungoFaculty of Humanities
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Documentary From Aksum to India premiered during Week of Classics
For the annual Week of Classics, Dr Marike van Aerde and her team made a documentary about their research project Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connectivity. In the film the team touches upon the interactions of Greeks and Romans with the wider ancient world, ranging from the African kingdom of Aksum…
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Cologne Summer School 2025
Education
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Highlighting Dutch-Jordanian archaeological cooperation in Udhruh
In 2011, the University of Hussein Bin Talal in Maan and Leiden University initiated the joint Udhruh Archaeological Project, led by Professors Fawzi Abudanah and Mark Driessen.
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Judith FrishmanFaculty of Humanities
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Aitor Burguet-Coca studied fire-use from Palaeolithic to Bronze Age: ‘This gives us an image on different uses of fire across prehistory’
For the following years, Dr Aitor Burguet-Coca will be a returning face at the Faculty of Archaeology. He will join Dr Amanda Henry’s team with his expertise on prehistoric fire use and the methodologies that studying ancient hearths requires.
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Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture: The Achaemenid Persian Empire and World History
Lecture
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Hugh Kennedy
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Hugh Kennedy from SOAS University of London to Leiden. He is the fourth Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University.
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Three Leiden papers in top 10 most cited of Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
At the start of the year a lot of journals publish lists of their most cited papers of the previous year. Three papers published by Leiden archaeologists were ranked in the top 10 of the Journal of Archaeological Science: reports.
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DUSANE
Conference
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
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DNA study reveals remarkable stability in prehistoric Low Countries populations
For thousands of years, the prehistoric communities of the Low Countries followed their own path, compared with the rest of Europe. An international research team has now published these findings in Nature.
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Import in the Stone Age? How object biographies shed new light on the Neolithic
On April 22, Lasse van den Dikkenberg defended his dissertation: Living with Flint. For this, he examined flint finds from the Rhine-Meuse Delta. These finds belong to the Vlaardingen culture, which existed here from 3400-2500 BC. His research revealed that import played a larger role in the Neolithic…
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Investigating Caribbean migrations with a Vidi grant: ‘With isotope analysis we can look at individual behaviors and long term patterns’
Archaeologist Jason Laffoon was awarded an NWO Vidi grant for an innovative investigation into ancient migrations in the western Caribbean. The innovative character of this research project lies in the wide-scale application of isotope analysis and isotope mapping. ‘We aim at further developing methods…
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Investigating health equality in the past with a VIDI grant: ‘We will look for indications of stress’
Dr Sarah Schrader, an expert in the study of human remains, received a VIDI grant for a research project on health and inequality. In present day people with a high socio-economic status encounter fewer health risks than those in lower socio-economic strati. ‘Now we will look at this process in the…
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The Botany Club goes abroad: excursion to the Eifel
The Botany Club, a group of enthusiastic archaeobotanists and -biologists, travelled to the Eifel in May 2022 for their annual excursion. The chosen destination was the former army barracks at Vogelsang located above the Rur valley between Schleiden and Simmerath on the western side of the Eifel region…
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Ethical guidelines to better regulate DNA research on human remains
Rapid developments in DNA techniques allow researchers to find out more and more about human genetics. An international group of scientists has drawn up five ethical guidelines to ensure that this DNA research is better regulated. Leiden archaeologist Marie Soressi – one of the signatories - explains…
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Petr KopeckyFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Arjen Boin
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Archaeologist Sarah Schrader receives a grant to explore the evolution of stress
Stress and overwork are massive problems today, but relatively little is known about stress factors in the past. With a look at the deep history of stress, Sarah Schrader hopes to get a better understanding of the human stress experience. Her project application received an NWO XS grant.
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Three Leiden PhD candidates awarded Mosaic 2.0 scholarships
Three PhD candidates from Leiden University have been awarded a Mosaic 2.0 scholarship for their PhD research. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) Mosaic 2.0 programme is aimed at an underrepresented group of graduates with a migrant background.
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Millet isotopes reveal advanced agriculture in early imperial China
A new study reveals how ancient Chinese farmers managed soil fertility and water resources over thousands of years. By analyzing carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in millet crops, the research provides long-term isotopic evidence of farmland management practices in the Guanzhong Basin—the political…
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National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) open on Thursday nights
Social
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Study trip Greek and Roman History 2026: Explore the Roman past of the Netherlands
Festival, Study trip Greek and Roman History 2026
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Network on Greek Sanctuaries Leads to New Perspectives on Antiquity
A group of experts on ancient Greek religious practices has joined forces in the form of the HIERON network. In a grassroots fashion, they decided to host frequent get-togethers in order to share experiences, research ideas, and interdisciplinary views. Leiden archaeologist Michael Kerschner was one…
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Kamila Krakowska RodriguesFaculty of Humanities
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Randal SheppardFaculty of Humanities
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Willem AdelaarFaculty of Humanities
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Carsten StahnFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maja VodopivecFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Niels BlokkerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Saskia RademakerFaculty of Humanities
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Sanjukta PoddarFaculty of Humanities
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Sergei BoekeFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Tingjie Guo -
Margot van der Doef
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences