1,210 search results for “de world van talen en culture” in the Library website
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Jennifer SweridaFaculteit Archeologie
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Frans Willem KorstenFaculty of Humanities
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
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Alwin KloekhorstFaculty of Humanities
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Paula HarveyFaculty of Humanities
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Erik DanenScience
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Aida GholamiFaculty of Humanities
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importance of preserving documentary heritage: UNESCO Memory of the World register
One of the main functions of a University Library is the preservation of documentary heritage. Not just to facilitate research and education, but also because this heritage in many ways represents our collective memory. UNESCO has been registering special and often threatened documents in the international…
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Rafal MatuszewskiFaculty of Humanities
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Book Presentation - Bookshop of the World by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen
On Wednesday 27 March, 17.00 - 18.30, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen will present their book: 'The Bookshop of the World. Searching for markets in the Dutch Golden Age’ at the Lipsius-Building (Cleveringaplaats 1, room 11). Anton van der Lem, curator at the Leiden University Library will introduce…
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Krista A. MilneFaculty of Humanities
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Marie-leen RyckaertFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Recognizes Manuscripts First Voyage Around the Globe and Hikayat Aceh as World Heritage
UNESCO has recognized an international set of fifteen manuscripts about Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation of the globe and the three Hikayat Aceh manuscripts as World Heritage. The manuscripts are inscribed in the global UNESCO Memory of the World Register. This list contains documentary heritage…
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Monique van den DriesFaculteit Archeologie
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Donation of personal archive and collection of Leiden Sinologist Robert van Gulik
The family of the famous diplomat, sinologist and writer Robert van Gulik has donated his personal archive and part of his collection to Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The collection and archive provide insight into the life and work of Robert van Gulik, who became known to the general public for…
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler
Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian government during the Covid pandemic. German Arabist Beatrice Gründler will also receive an honorary doctorate for her work in the field of Oriental Manuscript…
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University Libraries acquires 16th-century Chinese imperial edict from Robert van Gulik’s collection
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been able to acquire an extraordinary Chinese manuscript at auction in Hong Kong. It concerns an Imperial Edict (dated 1582) from the Ming dynasty period, at one time part of the former collection of well-known sinologist and author of detective-novels Robert van…
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Jessie SunFaculty of Humanities
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Gert OostindieFaculty of Humanities
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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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Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree: ‘It’s high time to discuss the ritualisation of the past’
The annual commemoration of the nation’s war dead on Dam Square and at Waalsdorpervlakte, the Dutch apologies for historical slavery and the Cleveringa Lecture itself: our relationship with history is often ritualistic, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree will say in his inaugural lecture on 27 Nove…
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Rosanneke EmmenFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Nike van HeldenFaculty of Humanities
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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…
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Metje Postma
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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David Schaper
Faculteit Archeologie
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Jac AartsFaculteit Archeologie
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Femke ReidsmaFaculteit Archeologie
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Sarah Siegenthaler
Faculty of Humanities
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Top 450 continues: lawyer Lizzy van Dorp is the 100th entry
Lawyer, economist, politician and women’s rights activist Lizzy van Dorp is the 100th entry in our Top 450. Who or what is your favourite?
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Nicolás Moreno-GutiérrezFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Rosa van StratenFaculty of Humanities
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Siddharth DivakaruniFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ben SchoenmakerFaculty of Humanities
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Rowie StolkFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sony JeanGelieerde instellingen
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Dutch research institutions and Elsevier initiate world’s first national Open Science partnership
VSNU, NFU, NWO and Elsevier have agreed publishing, reading and open science services to support Dutch research and innovation ambitions.
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Márcia GonçalvesFaculty of Humanities
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Wouter WagemakersFaculty of Humanities
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Monique ArntzFaculteit Archeologie
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Anneleen Stienaers
Faculteit Archeologie
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Nanne TimmerFaculty of Humanities
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Katharina RiebelScience
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Janine PrinsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sarah BozuwaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Eva Pfanzelter
Faculty of Humanities
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Wiebe RuijtenbergFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Iris Jongejan
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Tuvana ArasFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gido Oude KotteFaculty Governance and Global Affairs