Heritage Management in a World Context

Specialisation of: Archaeology
Degree: Master of Arts in Archaeology
Mode of Study: Full-time
Duration: 1 year
Start date: September, February
Language of instruction: English
Location: Leiden
Croho/isat code: 60805
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In this specialisation students will trace the roots and development of archaeological heritage management, its international treaties and organisations.

Research/PhD

A few master’s students can become eligible for a research master’s programme in preparation for a possible PhD research position. Strict selection criteria apply here. Apart from carrying out their own research, PhD students are expected to follow the education programme of a research school such as the Research School for Archaeology (ARCHON) or CNWS. They also have modest teaching obligations, such as being in charge of a seminar based on their own research project.

If you have an interest in research, please see the research master’s in Archaeology webpage.

PhD candidate

Sjoerd van der Linde

“I regularly have the opportunity to go to international conferences and universities for my research, and can also count on qualified supervision.”

“When I was a BA student in Leiden, faculty staff encouraged and supported me to include courses of other disciplines and universities so that I could specialise abroad in the field of heritage management. Now several years later, I decided to return to Leiden to undertake a PhD and found that this stimulating and international environment, combined with a high quality of research, is still very much alive.

My research deals with archaeological heritage management in the developing world, and is part of a European Union project with over 10 international partners. I regularly have the opportunity to go to international conferences and universities for my research, but can also count on a combination of qualified supervision and stimulating graduate schools. My research is part of the newly developed field of International Archaeological Heritage Management, an area that is gaining more impetus in Leiden and that can build on the scale, tradition and experience of all the international work that is undertaken. To be part of this and to work and study closely with students and staff from many different backgrounds both in Leiden and abroad is simply fantastic.”

Integration of Education and Research

Interested in Research?

Consider the two-year Research Master’s in Archaeology