479 search results for “culture of the middle east” in the Library website
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Symposium The ‘Holy Land’ and Modernity: the Frank Scholten Collection in Context
Leiden University Libraries (UBL), the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) and the Nederlands Fotogenootschap would like to invite you for the symposium ‘Holy Land’ and Modernity: the Frank Scholten Collection in Context’ and hands-on viewing of Frank Scholten photographs and albums on Monday…
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Medieval Manuscripts
With its more than 1400 bindings and over a thousand fragments Leiden’s collection of medieval manuscripts (up to ca. 1550) is the largest in the Netherlands.
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Maps and Atlases
The collection of maps and atlases consists of approximately 100,000 map sheets (including c. 3,000 manuscript maps), 3,500 atlases and 25,000 topographical prints and drawings.
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Collections
The special collections of Leiden University Libraries offer access to worldwide known valuable, rare, and unique materials. The collections are actively complemented and made accessible for research and education.
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Hundreds of visitors learn about Leiden University science during 3 October University
Glorious sunshine, dozens of enthusiastic academics and huge numbers of Leiden residents ensured that this year’s special jubilee version of 3 October University was a great success.
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State Secretary Gräper visits to discuss cultural heritage and opening up collections
How should we address our colonial heritage? And how digital and accessible are our collections? Outgoing State Secretary Fleur Gräper spoke with researchers and heritage specialists about this on 25 January.
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Marie Soressi
Faculteit Archeologie
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Peter Liebregts
Faculty of Humanities
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Olga van Marion
Faculty of Humanities
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Müge Kinacioglu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Leila Demarest
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jessie Sun
Faculty of Humanities
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Randal Sheppard
Faculty of Humanities
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Felix Ameka
Faculty of Humanities
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Natalia Donner
Faculty of Humanities
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Elena Burgos Martinez
Faculty of Humanities
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Yemen Amsterdam Library now available
The Yemen Amsterdam Library, or Maktabat al-Yaman al-Amstirdāmīyah, of eminent Yemen specialist Dr C.G. Brouwer has now been fully integrated in the collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL). Books and other documents from the collection are now available for loan via the UBL Catalogue.
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Ann Brysbaert
Faculteit Archeologie
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Purchased with support from the Friends
As a Friend, you contribute to the acquisition, digitisation and restoration of important objects.
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Leiden University's world-renowned collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Gert Oostindie
Faculty of Humanities
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Diederik Smit
Faculty of Humanities
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Maarten Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Wouter van Beek
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Gerlov van Engelenhoven
Faculty of Humanities
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Bareez Majid
Faculty of Humanities
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M. Revello Lami-
Faculteit Archeologie
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Liesbeth Minnaard
Faculty of Humanities
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Information literacy course
Study support
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Embed information literacy in your course
Knowing where scientific information can be found and how to use it is of great importance for getting through university. In collaboration with teachers, UBL guides students in information literacy skills: from assessing information to searching in the Special Collections and citation management.
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Lingling Wiyadharma Fellows do research in Leiden Special Collections
In November, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) welcomed the first Lingling Wiyadharma Fellows in the Special Collections reading room. Fellows Chin Nyuk Tin, Evi Fuji Fauziyah and Arman AZ are all working on different research projects, yet their goals are the same: building bridges between Southeast…
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Exhibitions
Library exhibitions, both online and physical, give an idea of the breadth of our collections.
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Vici grants for seven researchers from Leiden University
From research on stellar winds to sign language: an impressive seven researchers from Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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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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Closer collaboration NINO with Leiden University and the National Museum of Antiquities
The board of the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) has agreed on June 27 on a plan for closer collaboration with Leiden University and the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO). The plan includes the launch of a NINO research institute with an annual budget of approximately 300.000 euro.
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Collections
The UBL develop collections which support the needs of faculty and students of the University.
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia
The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visit by a delegation from Leiden University to Indonesia at the end of June highlighted the benefits of cooperation.
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Archaeology
Overview of databases and reference works for research in Archaeology.
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Maikel Kuijpers
Faculteit Archeologie
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Karsten Wentink
Faculteit Archeologie
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Yasco Horsman
Faculty of Humanities
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Janet Connor
Faculty of Humanities
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Erik Danen
Science
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Márcia Gonçalves
Faculty of Humanities
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Fan Lin
Faculty of Humanities
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Frans Willem Korsten
Faculty of Humanities
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Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives
Overview of databases, reference works and websites in western languages for research in Comparative Philosophy
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Collection of historian Johan Huizinga fully available online
The complete Johan Huizinga, the single most important historian of the Netherlands, is now available worldwide through the new Huizinga Online website. Huizinga’s scholarly archive, his Verzamelde Werken and his correspondence have been made digitally accessible by Leiden University Libraries (UBL).…