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News and Agenda

: 16 March 2010: Next Ancient Worlds Seminar; Mirjam Hoijtink - Caspar Reuvens and his Universal Museum of Antiquities in Leiden.; Read more

: 18 March 2010: guestlecture David Breeze; On March 18 Prof. David Breeze (University of Edinburgh) will lecture on the ‘Frontiers of the Roman Empire’-programme of the UNESCO-World Heritage Centre. Time: 15.00 (sharp!) – 17.00 hours. Place: room 028 of the Lipsius building.; Read more

: 19 March 2010: Global Interactions Seminar; Prof. dr. Chris Goto-Jones (School of Asian Studies) and Prof. dr. Peter Pels (Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology); Read more

: 19 March 2010: The 8.2 ka Climate Event and Archaeology in the Ancient Near East.; Within the framework of the project Abrupt Climate Change and Cultural Transformation in Syria in Late Prehistory (c. 6800-5800 BC) a workshop is organized to explore the effects of the so-called 8.2 ka abrupt climate event on prehistoric societies in the Near East. Date: Friday March 19, 2010. Venue: Leiden University (Academy Building).; Read more

: 23 March 2010: Next Archaeological Forum 16:00 sharp Lipsius 227; Title to be announced; Read more

: 27 March 2010: DUSANE IV; The fourth Dutch Symposium of the Ancient Near East, or DUSANE, will be held in Leiden on the 27th of March 2010.; Read more

: 30 March 2010: Inaugural Lecture Annelou van Gijn; On the 30st of March 2010 Dr. Annelou van Gijn will hold her inaugural lecture for her appointment as Professor at the University of Groningen.; Read more

: 'From Prehistory to Ethnography in the Circum-Caribbean and Amazonia'; The ‘Leiden in the Caribbean’ conference will take place from March 30th till April 1st 2010. The conference, entitled ‘From Prehistory to Ethnography in the Circum-Caribbean and Amazonia’, is proudly presented by Prof. dr. Corinne Hofman and the Caribbean Research Group (Faculty of Archaeology).; Read more

: Deadlines for the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme 2010; Deadline full proposals: Veni - January 7th; Vidi - February 11th; Vici - March 30.; Read more

: 22 April 2010: Next PhD Defence; Alice Samson - Renewing the house: Trajectories of social life in the yucayeque (community) of El Cabo, Higüey, Dominican Republic, AD 800 to 1504.; Read more

: Information about USIS; In the spring of 2010, Leiden University will implement a new student information system. Among other things, it will be used to register your results and track the course of your studies. What will be the consequences for you as a student of Archaeology?; Read more

: National Student Questionnaire; On February 11, you received the request to fill in the National Student Questionnaire.; Read more

Graduating with a "doctoraal" title is still possible up to August 31, 2010.

Graduate students who still want to graduate as "drs./doctorandus", should as soon as possible notify the study coordinator of the Graduate School Archaeology.

: Pilot excavation in Iraqi Kurdistan; The Netherlands organisation for Scientific Research NWO has granted a subsidy to prof. dr Wilfred H. van Soldt (Humanities, LIAS) and dr Diederik J.W. Meijer (Archaeology, Near East) to conduct a pilot excavation in Iraqi Kurdistan.; Read more

: Dumbarton Oaks Project Grant for Alexander Geurds; Alexander Geurds was awarded a Dumbarton Oaks Project Grant this week. He received this grant to support his ongoing research into the spread and development of monumental stone sculpture in Central and Caribbean Nicaragua; Read more

: Internal and External Symposia, Lectures, Workshops, Congresses, Prizes, Awards; Information on both internal and external upcoming activities.; Read more

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