112 search results for “literature and poetry” in the Library website
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Johannes Müller
Faculty of Humanities
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Ernst van Alphen
Faculty of Humanities
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Anne Sytske Keijser
Faculty of Humanities
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Yinzhi Zhang
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Webb
Faculty of Humanities
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Renske Janssen
Faculty of Humanities
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Mitchell van Vuren
Faculty of Humanities
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Carmen van den Bergh
Faculty of Humanities
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Latin American Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Latin American Studies
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Literature on discrimination and racism from the Leiden University Library collections
After large scale protests in the United States following police violence against black American citizens, racism in the Netherlands, too, is once again being widely debated. This renewed and intensified interest in the problems surrounding racism is prompting many to (re)read important works by black…
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Judith Naeff
Faculty of Humanities
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Sara Polak
Faculty of Humanities
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Emma Grootveld
Faculty of Humanities
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Acquisition requests
Need a book or journal the library doesn’t own?
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Thijs Porck
Faculty of Humanities
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Bareez Majid
Faculty of Humanities
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Afrikastudies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in African Studies
- Literary Studies
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Chinese Special Collections
The Chinese Special Collections are part of the Asian Library. Items can be consulted at the Special Collections Reading Room.
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Nidesh Lawtoo
Faculty of Humanities
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Film and Literary Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Film and Literary Studies
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Classics
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Classics
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Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences
Overview of databases en websites for research in the Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Life Science & Technology
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Life Science & Technology
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Middle Eastern Library
The Middle Eastern Library is located on the ground floor of the new Herta Mohr Building at Witte Singel.
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Russian and Eurasian Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for Research in Russian and Eurasian Studies
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New in the collections: correspondence of Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska
Slavicist, translator and publisher Pim van Sambeek recently donated his correspondence with Nobel Prize winner Wisława Szymborska to Leiden University Libraries (UBL). Most letters were written in 1982-1983 before the first publication of a collection of Szymborska’s poetry in Dutch, translated by…
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Reading list: Our favourites for the summer
The collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) not only hold academic material, but also many novels, collections of poetry, non-fiction works and even cookbooks. Is your summer reading list still unfinished, take a look at the list below and borrow your book through the UBL catalogue.
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700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri: the UBL Dante collection
In September 1321, exactly 700 years ago, one of Italy's most famous writers, Dante Alighieri, died as a Florentine exile in Ravenna. That makes 2021 a Dante year. Already during his lifetime, he was a famous writer. His current fame rests especially on the Divine Comedy, a long narrative poem describing…
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New scholarly monographs in humanities and social sciences available soon in open access
Knowledge Unlatched makes 343 new humanities and social sciences scholarly monographs available in Open Access.
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Palestine and Israel
This subject guide is a work in progress, aimed to provide access to relevant academic works and online resources on Palestine and Israel, as well as, documentaries, films, and literature to familiarize yourself with the complexities of the conflict.
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Exhibitions
Library exhibitions, both online and physical, give an idea of the breadth of our collections.
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English Language and Culture
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in English language and culture.
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Winners of Fellowship for Digital Scholarship sponsored by Elsevier
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Scaliger Institute are glad to welcome the first two Fellows for Digital Scholarship in fall 2019. The Fellowship for Digital Scholarship was established in 2019 with generous support from Elsevier.
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Reading list - our favourites for the summer
The collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) not only hold academic material, but also many novels, collections of poetry, non-fiction works and even cookbooks. Is there still some space on your summer reading list? Take a look at the list below and borrow your book through the UBL.
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Honorary doctorate for Arabist Beatrice Gründler
Beatrice Gründler, professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Freie Universität Berlin, will receive an honorary doctorate in Oriental Manuscript Studies from Leiden University.
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South and Southeast Asian Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for South and Southeast Asian Studies.
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Middle Eastern Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Middle Eastern Studies
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Research suggestions
The research suggestions below may be suitable for a bachelor's or master's thesis or can be used as additional source material in ongoing research.
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Uitbreiding collectie UBL eigentijdse Marokkaanse literatuur
Een uitbreiding van de NIMAR collectie van de Universitaire bibliotheken Leiden.
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler
Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian government during the Covid pandemic. German Arabist Beatrice Gründler will also receive an honorary doctorate for her work in the field of Oriental Manuscript…
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Art & Art History
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Art & Art History
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Our favourites for the summer - reading list
The collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) not only hold academic material, but also many novels, collections of poetry, non-fiction works and even cookbooks. Is there still some space on your summer reading list? Take a look at the list below and borrow your book through the UBL.
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Religious Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in religious studies.
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Online exhibition - Rembrandt and Leiden University
Rembrandt van Rijn is inextricably linked to the city of Leiden. He was born and raised here, went to school in the city, and spent the early years of his career in Leiden, a career that would one day make him one of the greatest painters in Dutch history. There is a similar connection between Rembrandt…
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Leiden Yemeni manuscripts now digitally available
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently digitized circa 150 Yemeni manuscripts and has made them freely available for research and education. The manuscripts, dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, were digitized as part of the Zaydi Manuscript Tradition project. Yemen has been marked…
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New English translation of Huizinga’s Autumntide of the Middle Ages (Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen)
Leiden University Press presents a new now unabridged, richly illustrated edition of Huizinga's famous study of forms of life and thought of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in France and the Low Countries.
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Japan Studies: General Subject Guide
This Subject Guide is designed to support students of Japan studies at Leiden University in their research process. For every step of the research process, this guide introduces a number of tips and recommended resources. You can find several sub-guides and contacts in the 'quick links' in the tab on…
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Leiden University Libraries acquires 16th-century Chinese imperial edict from Robert van Gulik’s collection
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been able to acquire an extraordinary Chinese manuscript at auction in Hong Kong. It concerns an Imperial Edict (dated 1582) from the Ming dynasty period, at one time part of the former collection of well-known sinologist and author of detective-novels Robert van…
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Leiden Chinese heritage collections digitised in Pagode-Europeana-China project
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently participated in the Pagode-Europeana-China project as an associated partner. As a result, almost two hundred items related to China from the UBL Special Collections are now available via the Europeana website. The UBL was the only library to participate in…