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• Homo erectus from the seabed, new archaeological discoveries in Indonesia News - 16 May 2025

  Archaeological finds off the coast of Java, Indonesia provide insight into the world of Homo erectus, 140,000 years ago. Skull fragments and other fossil remains provide a unique picture of how and where these early humans lived, says Leiden archaeologist Harold Berghuis.

• Employees in stronger position to negotiate terms of employment News - 13 November 2024

  Employees are now in a better position to negotiate the terms and conditions of their employment. This is mainly visible in wage increases and fringe benefits. Olaf van Vliet, Professor of Economics at Leiden University, spoke to NU.nl about workers' improved negotiating position.

• What does ‘human’ really mean? When Philosophy and archaeology join forces News - 30 June 2025

  Archaeology is the only science that allows us to study the material traces left by most of human evolution. But what happens when we bring philosophy into the picture? A new series of papers demonstrates how philosophical reflection can enrich archaeological research - especially when grappling with…

• Honours Class makes cultural heritage tangible: ‘You are dealing with people’ News - 22 April 2022

  An Honours Class about the ostensibly unrecognisable worlds of insular Southeast Asia teaches students a fundamental piece of wisdom:

• Laura van Broekhoven: ‘For me, it’s about the stories and who’s telling them’ News - 20 February 2019

  Laura van Broekhoven always knew she wanted to study archaeology, and that’s exactly what she did. Now this Leiden alumna is director of the Pitt Rivers Museum, one of the four museums of the University of Oxford.

• NWO grant Yra van Dijk for international Holocaust research News - 30 June 2016

  Yra van Dijk obtained a NWO 'Internationalisation in the Humanities' grant. Together with Ernst van Alphen she will collaborate with 8 European and Israelian partners in researching 'Digital Memory of the Holocaust'.

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  Marie Soressi Professor of Hominin Diversity Archaeology

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• Neanderthals ran ‘fat factories’ 125,000 years ago News - 2 July 2025

  Fat is a very valuable food component, packed with calories, especially important when other resources might be scarce. Our earliest ancestors in Africa already cracked open bones to extract the fatty marrow from bone cavities. But now a new study published in Science Advances demonstrates that our…

• Laurie Cosmo: ‘Dutch museums have a very contemporary exhibition practice’ News - 20 March 2025

  University lecturer Laurie Cosmo, having grown up in New York, came to the Hague from Rome, Italy, where she fell under the spell of the Kunstmuseum. ‘I loved the building even before I worked at Leiden University.’

• ‘We died the day we left the forests’: Documenting the collective memories of the lost heritage of the Basua of Bundibugyo Event - 20 May 2025

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• Who is the rightful owner of colonial art? News - 26 November 2019

  Colonial art and artefacts were not necessarily looted. Pieter ter Keurs, Professor of Museums, Collections and Society, calls for more nuance in the debate on art and collectors’ items from a loaded past. Inaugural speech on 2 December.

• OSCoffee: Close the Black hole - a quick scan of possible academic heritage Event - 10 September 2024
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