450 search results for “cultures of the middle east” in the Library website
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Athina Boleti
Faculteit Archeologie
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Erik Odegard
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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Historian Peter Frankopan Visiting Scaliger professor
Historian Peter Frankopan has been appointed Visiting Scaliger professor at Leiden University for 2017. The holder of this chair is affiliated both to the Scaliger Institute of Leiden University Libraries and to the Faculty of Humanities. Former holders of the chair include Anthony Grafton (Princeton…
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16th-century herbarium research
In March 2018 with the support of the Van de Sande Foundation Dr. Abdolbaset Ghorbani Dahaneh (Uppsala University) will research the sixteenth-century Rauwolff Herbarium and its botanical sources in Leiden University Libraries. On Wednesday, March 14, during the Clusius Symposium Ghorbani will give…
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Art & Art History
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Art & Art History
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James Bond, the cultural phenomenon - a reading list
With the creation of James Bond, author Ian Fleming laid the foundation for a sprawling media franchise. Since the first novel appeared in 1953, Bond has appeared in books, movies, comic strips, video games and countless other media. On September 30, the twenty-fifth instalment of the film series, 'No…
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Geeske Langejans
Faculteit Archeologie
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Evert Jan van Leeuwen
Faculty of Humanities
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Jacqueline Hylkema
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Paula Esteves dos Santos Jordao
Faculty of Humanities
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Adriaan van der Weel
Faculty of Humanities
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Dick Smakman
Faculty of Humanities
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Benjamin Fogarty-Valenzuela
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Alain Wijffels
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Yasmin Ismail
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Dirk Alkemade
Faculty of Humanities
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Boya Li
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Carel Smith
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Liesbeth Rosen Jacobson
Faculty of Humanities
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Rodrigo Ochigame
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Henk te Velde
Faculty of Humanities
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Martine Bruil
Faculty of Humanities
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Letty ten Harkel
Faculteit Archeologie
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Paul Kloeg
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Medieval manuscripts made available in Europeana
Over 600 manuscripts and early prints have been made digitally available by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) via the Europeana platform. In the project 'The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages’ (ARMA), seven European heritage institutions added 30,000 digitised medieval items to Europeana’s database…
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Noise due to construction works next to the UB
Facility, Library
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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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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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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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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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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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Libraries back to regular schedule
Library
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History of Science
Overview of databases, reference works and website for research in the History of Science
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Natalia Donner
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Liebregts
Faculty of Humanities
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Olga van Marion
Faculty of Humanities
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Elena Burgos Martinez
Faculty of Humanities
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Müge Kinacioglu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Randal Sheppard
Faculty of Humanities
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Leila Demarest
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Felix Ameka
Faculty of Humanities
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Jessie Sun
Faculty of Humanities
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Marie Soressi
Faculteit Archeologie
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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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