310 search results for “asian modernities and tradition” in the Library website
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Donate
Your support enables the UBL to continue fulfilling its role for the Leiden University community. You can make a one-off donation or make donations on a periodical basis. Gifts can made for the library as a whole, or for a designated project, the purchase of a subject collection or the…
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Manon van der HeijdenFaculty of Humanities
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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David SchaperFaculteit Archeologie
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Aafje de RoestFaculty of Humanities
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Alex Gekker
Faculty of Humanities
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Website Leiden Asia Year available
The programme for the Leiden Asia Year in 2017 is now available. Rector Carel Stolker launched the new website leidenasiayear.nl at the opening of the Academic Year of Leiden University on 5 September.
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This was the Leiden Asia Year
2017 was the Leiden Asia Year. Leiden has had connections with Asia and built up extensive knowledge of the continent over many centuries. This Leiden-Asia link has been in the spotlight for the past year.
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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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Requesting (digital) course reserves
A (digital) course reserve shelf offers the possibility to set library materials for a designated period aside.
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Jonathan SilkFaculty of Humanities
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Elizabeth CecilFaculty of Humanities
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Sugoi! Start of Leiden Asia Year
Throughout the coming year, all attention in Leiden will be on Asia. This special year, featuring numerous Asian events, conferences, exhibitions and concerts, celebrates the new Asian Library at Leiden University. Come and read, watch, listen, taste or dance Bollywood style.
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Sara PolakFaculty of Humanities
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Willemijn TuinstraFaculty of Humanities
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Isabel CasteelsFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van AnrooijFaculty of Humanities
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Quinten SomsenFaculty of Humanities
- Searching and using images
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Film and Music
Tips for using film and music in your presentation or essay
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Searching for book reviews
Book reviews give you a quick overview of the main arguments, quality and structure of a book.
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Library organisation
Leiden University has several library locations. These libraries are part of one organisation: Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The UBL includes the University Library, the Social and Behavioural Sciences Library, the Law Library, the Science Library, the Asian Library, the Middle Eastern Library, the African…
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Latin American Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Latin American Studies
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North Korea
Welcome to the Sub-guide for North Korea. This Sub-guide is designed for students looking to locate, access and use a wide variety of scholarly and non-scholarly sources which are either (1) published or produced in North Korea or (2) about North Korea. This Sub-guide is a part of the General Subject…
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Adrian PerkasaGelieerde instellingen
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Wahyu WidodoFaculty of Humanities
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Wenjing QiuFaculty of Humanities
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Aminuddin Siregar
Faculty of Humanities
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La Galigo manuscript - UNESCO heritage – digitally available
The La Galigo manuscript at Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been digitized. The manuscript, which was inscribed in 2011 on UNESCO's ‘Memory of the World’ Register, is now freely available online and can be used for teaching and research. La Galigo is the world's longest epic, written in the Buginese…
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A Buddha in the Backyard
The exhibition 'A Buddha in the Backyard: Asia as a Source of Inspiration' shows how we surround ourselves with elements from Asian cultures and gives a glimpse into the rich Asia collections of Leiden University. The exhibition runs from January 26 to May 9 and is on display in the exhibition hall…
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Donation photo archive of Volkskrant Journalist and Photographer Hans Beynon
Can you still remember the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, or the Dutch royal state visit to Indonesia in 1971? These are only a few of the dramatic events covered by Hans Beynon, whose archive of 7.000 photos was recently donated to the Leiden University Libraries (UBL) by his family.
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Japan Studies: Gender and Women's Studies
Overview of reference works, journals and website for research in Gender and Women’s studies of Japan
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Verena MeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden University Libraries donates more than 3000 images to Wikimedia
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has donated over 3000 historic photographs and prints on the Dutch East Indies, China, Japan, Singapore and Suriname to Wikimedia Commons, the image database of Wikipedia.
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Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture 2023: The Place of Archives in Modern African Studies: A Searchlight on the Patronage of National Archives of Nigeria
Lecture
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Indonesia and Leiden University have a shared history – and a shared future
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will head a delegation that is visiting Indonesia at the end of June. The visit is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ‘Leiden’ institute KITLV-Jakarta. What does this institute do and why is Indonesia important to the University?
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Finding books using LCC
Looking for a book? Materials within the Leiden University Libraries (UBL) collection are (mostly) arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification.
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Easy access tools
Our list of commonly used tools facilitate your work and research online.
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Exhibitions
Library exhibitions, both online and physical, give an idea of the breadth of our collections.
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Drewes Fellowship
The G.W.J. Drewes Fund was invoked to celebrate the transfer of the scholarly legacy of Professor Drewes to the UBL and to mark the opening of the Asia Library in the University Library at the Witte Singel. The fund provides financial support to one or more fellowships at the Scaliger Institute. The…
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Lingling Wiyadharma Fellowship
The Lingling Wiyadharma Fellowship program offers the opportunity to three scholars to spend up to three months conducting research using the Southeast Asian and particularly the Indonesian special collections at Leiden University Libraries.
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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.
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Sanskrit across Asia and Beyond
The exhibition ‘Sanskrit – Across Asia and Beyond’ tells the story of Sanskrit’s more than 3,000-year-long existence. It displays manuscripts and objects from Leiden University Library, complemented with objects from the Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen. The exhibition runs from May 18 to August…
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Fernanda Korovsky MouraFaculty of Humanities
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Tabitha SpeelmanFaculty of Humanities
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Antoinette HuijbersFaculteit Archeologie
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Aline DoumaFaculty of Humanities
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Jip BarreveldFaculteit Archeologie
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Online exhibition - The world’s last picture writing: Naxi Dongba manuscripts
Manuscripts that look like a comic book, that's how you could describe the manuscripts of the Dongba people from China. The manuscripts are one of the last examples of a so-called pictographic script that can only be interpreted by Dongba priests, shamans, who have knowledge of the ancient Dongba cu…