412 search results for “middle east north africa” in the Library website
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Felix AmekaFaculty of Humanities
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Rolf BremmerFaculty of Humanities
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Geeske LangejansFaculteit Archeologie
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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Public lecture by Erik Kwakkel - Writing on the Wall: Medieval Advertisement Sheets in Perspective
Public lecture
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Paul KloegUniversitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Wim van den DoelCollege van Bestuur
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Podcast: Ancient cuneiform tablets reveal their secrets
Leiden scholars study clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia. But what exactly does the cuneiform script say?
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Agnieszka KazimierczukAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Wouter van BeekAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Fábio Bonfim DuarteFaculty of Humanities
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Digitised Leiden Maps and Atlases collection available in Digital Collections
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has made more than 20.000 maps, atlases and topographical prints and drawings available in Digital Collections. With this, a significant part of one of the largest and most important collections of maps and atlases in the Netherlands has now been made digitally available…
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Noise due to construction works next to the UB
Facility, Library
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Religious Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in religious studies.
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Nathalie BrusgaardFaculteit Archeologie
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Harry FokkensFaculteit Archeologie
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Arjan LouwenFaculteit Archeologie
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Louise OlerudFaculteit Archeologie
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Florian HelmeckeFaculteit Archeologie
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Richard JansenFaculteit Archeologie
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Erik KroonFaculteit Archeologie
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Quentin BourgeoisFaculteit Archeologie
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Asian Special Collections
The Asian special collections comprise tens of thousands of rare books, thousands of manuscripts, maps, prints, drawings and photographs, and hundreds of archives.
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Collection on the Italian occupation of Libya donated
UBL recently received a donation of some five hundred books on the Italian occupation of Libya and on Arabic linguistics. UBL gratefully acknowledges this donation by a Leiden University alumnus.
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Exhibition The Intolerant Republic
The Dutch Revolt or Eighty Years’ War and the Dutch Golden Age have traditionally been described in the national historiography as glorious periods; with the Dutch Revolt being depicted as a heroic battle for independence and the Dutch Golden Age as an unparalleled political, economic and cultural success…
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Visit ambassadors to the University Library Special Collections
Special visit of seven ambassadors of the Arabic-speaking world to the University Library
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Paula HarveyFaculty of Humanities
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Steven LauritanoFaculty of Humanities
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Afrikastudies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in African Studies
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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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French Language and Culture
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in French language and culture.
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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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Southeast Asian Special Collections
The Southeast Asian Special Collections contain text and audiovisual materials pertaining to the languages, histories, philosophies, religions, literatures, and (material) art of the region. The focus lies on the Malay world, in particular on the Nederlands-Indies/Indonesia. Apart from books and periodicals…
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Prior Fellows
Overview of the Scaliger, Brill, Elsevier, Van de Sande, Juynboll, Drewes, Isaac Alfred Ailion, Arminius and Lingling Wiyadharma Fellows who have conducted research in the Special Collections of the University Library.
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Banner exhibition graphic works of Harry van Kruiningen about the Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh was a lifelong inspiration to artist Harry van Kruiningen. This tale from Mesopotamia about the adventures of Gilgamesh, the legendary king of Uruk, and his friend Enkidu is one of the oldest surviving epics in world literature. Despite its almost 4,000 year age, it still captures…
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Exhibition photographic oeuvre of world traveller Alexine Tinne
In collaboration with the The Hague Historical Museum and photographer Dagmar van Weeghel, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) is the first to present a retrospective exhibition of the photographic oeuvre of Alexine Tinne (1835 – 1869). New research into her life and work is the reason for a reappraisal…
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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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Korean Newspapers, TV & Media
A guide for finding Korean newspapers, magazines, live TV broadcasts and audiovisual materials.
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Marie SoressiFaculteit Archeologie
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Accessibility
All Leiden University Libraries' locations are accessible to people with disabilities or health impairments. Our staff will be happy to assist all visitors requiring specific assistance navigating the library buildings or services.
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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah - a reading list
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah. The Swedish Academy praises Gurnah's "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents". The works in the reading…
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Ann BrysbaertFaculteit Archeologie
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Florian SchneiderFaculty of Humanities
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Jennifer SweridaFaculteit Archeologie
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
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