231 search results for “literature” in the Library website
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Why Humanities? Frans-Willem Korsten about Literature & Law
Lecture
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Nadine Akkerman
Faculty of Humanities
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Otto Boele
Faculty of Humanities
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Dorine Schellens
Faculty of Humanities
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Sander Bax
Faculty of Humanities
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Ronald Kon
Faculty of Humanities
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Gepco de Jong
Faculty of Humanities
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Geert Prins
Faculty of Humanities
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Caribbean Literature - A Reading List
Caribbean literature holds a unique position in the world. Literature produced in the Caribbean region is extremely diverse, not only because of the wide variety of languages spoken, but also due to distinct colonial legacies that exist in the archipelago. Despite cultural specificities, the region…
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Mineke Schipper-de Leeuw
Faculty of Humanities
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Tommie van Wanrooij
Faculty of Humanities
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Olf Praamstra
Faculty of Humanities
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Bram Caers
Faculty of Humanities
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Claudia Bouteligier
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jan van Dijkhuizen
Faculty of Humanities
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French literature via Classiques Garnier Numérique
Library
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New in the library: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature
Library
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Peter Liebregts
Faculty of Humanities
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Modern Literature from the Middle East - The Reading List
The Middle East has a rich literary tradition, which is steadily gaining a foothold in the West. Modern literary works deal with contemporary issues, such as the legacy of colonialism, the struggles between traditionalism and modernity, the place of women in society and the war in Israel/Palestine.
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Louise Glück is awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
The 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück (1942-). This means the Nobel committee passed by authors like Anne Carson, Jamaica Kincaid en Maryse Condé, many of whom were tipped by academics and literary critics as being strong contenders for the prize in 2020.…
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Annelies Schulte Nordholt
Faculty of Humanities
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Wilt Idema
Faculty of Humanities
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Ako Tsujita
Faculty of Humanities
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Jonathan Price
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Geert Warnar
Faculty of Humanities
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Paula Esteves dos Santos Jordao
Faculty of Humanities
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Ton Anbeek van der Meyden
Faculty of Humanities
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‘Literature explores all sorts of things that the law is not yet ready for’
As Professor of Literature, Culture and Law, Frans Willem Korsten explores the interplay between literature and law. These are two disciplines that most people wouldn’t immediately connect, but Korsten can see a lot of common ground between them. ‘A fictional story can have a huge impact on law.’
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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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Esther Op de Beek
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Literature on discrimination and racism from the Leiden University Library collections
After large scale protests in the United States following police violence against black American citizens, racism in the Netherlands, too, is once again being widely debated. This renewed and intensified interest in the problems surrounding racism is prompting many to (re)read important works by black…
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Olga van Marion
Faculty of Humanities
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Rolf Bremmer
Faculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth Minnaard
Faculty of Humanities
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Paul Smith
Faculty of Humanities
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Julia Szirmai
Faculty of Humanities
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Eric van Hoof
Bestuursbureau
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Gabrielle van den Berg
Faculty of Humanities
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Tingting Hui
Faculty of Humanities
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Oriol Febrer i Vilaseca
Faculty of Humanities
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Marcos Neto de Cordova
Faculty of Humanities
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Rianti Manullang
Faculty of Humanities
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Korean - Dutch Literature Night
Reading & Panel Discussion
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Céline Zaepffel
Faculty of Humanities
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Frans Willem Korsten
Faculty of Humanities
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Esther Edelmann
Faculty of Humanities
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Judith Bosnak
Faculty of Humanities
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Wim Tigges
Faculty of Humanities
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Andries Hiskes
Faculty of Humanities