300 search results for “literature” in the Library website
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National Museum of Taiwan Literature donates to Leiden Chinese Queer Collection
On the occasion of the Workshop organized last July to officially launch the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC), the National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL) donated 30 titles of Taiwanese LGBTQ+ literature to support this initiative. These works where published between 1971 and 2022 by authors…
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
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Otto BoeleFaculty of Humanities
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Ronald KonFaculty of Humanities
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Sander BaxFaculty 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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Claudia BouteligierFaculty of Law
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Jan van DijkhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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Geert PrinsFaculty of Humanities
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Dorine SchellensFaculty of Humanities
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Gepco de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities
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Annelies Schulte NordholtFaculty 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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Geert WarnarFaculty of Humanities
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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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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Wilt IdemaFaculty of Humanities
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Paula Esteves dos Santos JordaoFaculty of Humanities
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Ako TsujitaFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan PriceFaculty of Law
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Olga van MarionFaculty 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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Liesbeth MinnaardFaculty 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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Tingting HuiFaculty of Humanities
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Oriol Febrer i VilasecaFaculty of Humanities
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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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Rianti ManullangFaculty of Humanities
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Marcos Neto de CordovaFaculty of Humanities
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Céline ZaepffelFaculty of Humanities
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Oussama Macnack
Faculty of Humanities
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Korean - Dutch Literature Night
Reading & Panel Discussion
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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Esther EdelmannFaculty of Humanities
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Yinzhi ZhangFaculty of Humanities
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Anne Sytske KeijserFaculty of Humanities
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Frans Willem KorstenFaculty of Humanities
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Renske JanssenFaculty of Humanities
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Mitchell van VurenFaculty of Humanities
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Edwin de VetteFaculty of Humanities
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Aritri DuttaFaculty of Humanities
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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
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Lieke SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan PowellFaculty of Humanities
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Georgios-Evgenios DouliakasFaculty of Humanities