958 search results for “de world van tales en culture” in the Library website
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Gerlov van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
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Gert OostindieFaculty 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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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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Ramesh Premaratne GanoharitiFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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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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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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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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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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Maikel KuijpersFaculteit Archeologie
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Karsten WentinkFaculteit Archeologie
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Yasco HorsmanFaculty of Humanities
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Janet ConnorFaculty of Humanities
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Márcia GonçalvesFaculty of Humanities
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Fan LinFaculty of Humanities
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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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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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Nike van HeldenFaculty of Humanities
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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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Katharina RiebelScience
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Wouter WagemakersFaculty of Humanities
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Summer School: Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World
Summer School
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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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Film night: 'Une femme est une femme' (1961) with passion talk by Sylvie de Leeuwe
Lecture + film screening
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Our favourites for the summer - reading list
The collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) not only hold academic material, but also many novels, collections of poetry, non-fiction works and even cookbooks. Is there still some space on your summer reading list? Take a look at the list below and borrow your book through the UBL.
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In contact met collecties - Kaarten van het Midden-Oosten
Workshop | In contact with collections
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Film night: 'In Time' (2011) with passion talk by Filip van Dijk
Filmavond & lezing
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Leiden University's world-renowned collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts
Lecture, Studium Generale
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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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Old printed works and special editions in Digital Collections
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has made approximately 2300 old printed books and special editions available online through Digital Collections. With this, a small but important part of one of the oldest and most important collections of printed works in the Netherlands is now digitally available…
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Leiden Papyri and the Economic History of the Early Medieval Islamic World
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Marguerite van Wijk-van LennepFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Linda van Erp-van GenderenScience
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Caroline van Battum-van Klink
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Yvonne van Eijk-van VeenFaculteit Archeologie
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Margareth van Hoorn-van der Poel
Administratief Shared Service Centre
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Angelica van Haaster-van der VliesFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Angelique van Wetten-van der Linden
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Elisabeth van Persijn van Meerten
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Jacomijn van Haersolte-van HofFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Laura van Vliet-van den Dool
Science
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Connie van Gent-van DorpScience