226 search results for “contemporary arts and literature” in the Library website
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Ernst van Alphen
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Webb
Faculty of Humanities
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Mitchell van Vuren
Faculty of Humanities
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Exhibition on art, culture and architecture along the Silk Road
Ornately decorated head pieces and jewellery, images of imposing mosques and photos of local people. The 'Splendours of the Silk Roads' exhibition depicts life and different cultures along this important trade route.
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Jacqueline Hylkema
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Svetlana Kharchenkova
Faculty of Humanities
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Carmen van den Bergh
Faculty of Humanities
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Georgios-Evgenios Douliakas
Faculty of Humanities
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Exhibition Photography Becomes Art - Photo-Secession in Holland 1890-1937
In collaboration with the Fotomuseum Den Haag, Leiden University Libraries organizes the exhibition Photography becomes Art - Photo-Secession in Holland 1890-1937. The exhibition shows a selection of 65 early art photos from the Leiden University photography collection. It’s the first time that early…
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German Language and Culture
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in German language and culture.
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Rehanna Nurmohamed
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Evert Jan van Leeuwen
Faculty of Humanities
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Wim van den Doel
College van Bestuur
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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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Art student Clara Lezla wins logo design competition: 444 years of Leiden University
Leiden University celebrates its 444th anniversary in 2019, and a special age requires a special logo. The logo for the celebration was designed by Clara Lezla, a student at the Royal Academy of Art The Hague.
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Festive opening LAFV and Leiden Law School exhibition: 'Intersection of Art and Science'
On the initiative of Leiden Law School’s Art Committee, the festive opening of the photo exhibition of the Leiden Amateur Photographic Society (LAFV) took place on Friday 20 May 2022 in the C corridor of the Kamerlingh Onnes Building.
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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Annie Ernaux - a reading list
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to French writer Annie Ernaux (1940). In an explanation, the Swedish Academy praises Ernaux 'for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory'.
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Wouter Wagemakers
Faculty of Humanities
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Leiden Literature Lunch Lecture (and reading) - Literary Leiden
Lunch Lecture (and reading)
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Sara Polak
Faculty of Humanities
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Korean - Dutch Literature Night
Reading & Panel Discussion
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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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Subject Librarians and Medical Information Specialists
UBL has assigned a Subject Librarian or Medical Information Specialist to each department and program who provides in-depth assistance for researchers and teachers
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Drawings
The collections of drawings consists of around 12,000 drawings of mostly Dutch origin, dating from 1500 until now. The collections is the result of some major purchases, such as the collections of Albertus Welcker (1957) and Adolphus Staring (1969). Almost every Dutch artist is represented with a single…
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Peter Meel
Faculty of Humanities
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Journalism and New Media
Overview of databases and reference works for research in journalism and new media.
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Steven Lauritano
Faculty of Humanities
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Elena Paskaleva
Faculty of Humanities
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Yasco Horsman
Faculty of Humanities
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Rare Books
Some books have particular features such as design, unique illustrations and descriptive annotations. These features can be of interest for specific research.
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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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Prints
The collection of prints was started through a donation from the aristocrat Jean Theodore Royer, who bequeathed some 20,000 prints to the university in 1815. The collection has expanded through further donations and some major purchases. The nucleus consists of Dutch graphic art from 1500 until now.…
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Collections
The UBL develop collections which support the needs of faculty and students of the University.
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Prints, Drawings and Portraits
The collection Prints, Drawings and Portraits comprises over 100,000 prints, 12,000 drawings and 30,000 portraits.
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Religious Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in religious studies.
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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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Photography
The number of historical and contemporary photographs of Leiden University approaches a half million.
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Japan Studies: Politics and International Relations
Overview of reference works, journals and website for research in Politics and International Relations of Japan
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Exhibitions
Library exhibitions, both online and physical, give an idea of the breadth of our collections.
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Early Printed Books
In the course of over four centuries the book collections have been greatly enlarged thanks to the bequests and grants or the purchases from the propriety of scholars or private collectors. Sometimes it concerned collections with thousands of early printed books, such as the purchase of the library…
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French Language and Culture
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in French language and culture.
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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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International Studies
This Subject Guide will provide you with an overview of useful databases and online resources available within and outside the University Library. This subject guide is your starting point, aiding you in finding sources for any research field within the field of International Studies and International…
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Seventeenth-century Dutch were masters in fake news
LUC historian Jacqueline Hylkema unmasks forgeries from the early modern Dutch Republic in the research project "Mapping the Fake Republic".
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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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Old printed works and special editions in Digital Collections
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has made approximately 2300 old printed books and special editions available online through Digital Collections. With this, a small but important part of one of the oldest and most important collections of printed works in the Netherlands is now digitally available…
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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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Keuzegids consumer guide: six top programmes at Leiden University
Leiden University has six top bachelor’s programmes, according to Keuzegids universiteiten 2024 consumer guide to universities published on 30 November 2023. This once again puts the university in third place among broad universities ranked according to top programmes.
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Isaac Alfred Ailion Fellowship
The Isaac Alfred Ailion Fellowship will support scholars to work with the extensive Special Collections of Leiden University in the field of Japanese culture and language for a period of maximum three months.