Archaeology & Society
Changing the future, by understanding the past
Trailer Honours track Archaeology & Society
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Watch the video on the original website or- Engage with current issues related to politics, environment, heritage and scientific research from Archaeology’s multidisciplinary perspective
- Focus on societal outreach programs alongside recent and ongoing archaeological projects from across the world
- Train your practical and creative skills through flexible internships and team work and gain new skillsets for heritage management and applied knowledge sharing
- Go beyond the regular Leiden Archaeology curriculum, with focus on sites and projects from Asia and East Africa
- Location: Leiden
- Language: English
- Open to: All Leiden University Bachelor’s students
Daphne de Vos
Why did Daphne de Vos choose to follow the honours track?
"I chose to follow the honours track, because I wanted to do and learn more than was provided in the regular courses. Next to that, my regular studies went well and I was looking for a challenge."
Internships
"What I like most about the honours track are the two internships, that can focus on entirely different subjects. For my research internship I studied a collection of prehistoric flint artefacts from the Vlootbeek Valley in Limburg. I wrote reports about a Neolithic hand axe and fractures on Neolithic arrowheads for the National Museum of Antiquities. It is really nice that you can already contribute to a research project in your first year."
Involving the public
"The idea of the social internship is to involve the public in archaeology. For my social internship I am helping with the Non-Professional Archaeological Photographs (NPAPH) project . It involves studying non-professional photographs of objects or archaeological sites made during the ‘60s and ‘70s in the Near East. Determining the location at which a photograph is taken is challenging, as it may depend on a blurry building somewhere in the distance. After having been described, the photographs will be made accessible to the public through an online database."
Dreaming of a PhD
"I would love to do research and dream of doing a PhD. I am especially interested in the prehistory of North-Western Europe, so I would like to work in that field. I think the honours track can help realising a job in research, as you gain experience in different fields through the internships. You also meet with people that have a lot of experience in those fields. In short, I’m thoroughly enjoying the honours programme."
