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301 search results for “dutch colonial and postcolonial literature” in the Library website

• Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery News - 1 July 2024

  Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…

• ICAS Book Prize awarded at the Asian Studies conference in Kyoto, Japan News - 24 August 2021

  The ICAS Book Prize (IBP) is one of the most prestigious book awards in the field of Asian Studies. The prizes were awarded in Kyoto, Japan at the 2021 International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS). As the proud sponsor of the ICAS Book Prize, Leiden University Libraries/Asian Library congratulate…

• Acquisition: early topographic manuscript map of southeast Sumatra News - 18 October 2016

  Thanks to the financial support of our friends foundation (Stichting Vrienden van de Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden) Leiden University Libraries was able to purchase a very early topographic map of southeast Sumatra.

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  Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Ingrid van Biezen Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Michael Meffert Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Eveline Crone Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Rick Honings appointed Scaliger professor News - 30 June 2020

  Senior lecturer Rick Honings has been appointed Scaliger professor with effect from 1 July 2020. In the coming years his focus will be on promoting teaching and research on the Special Collections of the Leiden University Library. Honings succeeds book historian Erik Kwakkel, who held this chair until…

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  Kees Goudswaard Professor emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

• Katinka Zeven

  Katinka Zeven is a lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics.

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  Julia Folz Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Cornelis Hokke Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Ludo Waltman Scientific Director / Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Jim Been Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Tuomas Aivelo Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Iris Kole Content Marketer

  Administration and Central Services

• Leiden University Libraries acquires major 19th-century photography collection on South East Asia News - 22 October 2018

  Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently acquired a major collection of 19th-century photographs on South East Asia. The collection comprises more than 3,700 photographs of the Netherlands East Indies and mainland South East Asia, including Singapore, Myanmar, Penang and Malacca. The photographs are…

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  Gergana Vasileva PhD candidate

  ICLON

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  Kitty Zijlmans Professor Emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ilios Willemars University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jos Brosschot Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Ernst van Alphen Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Yasco Horsman University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Leiden University Libraries acquires a rare map of Suriname News - 29 August 2023

  Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has acquired a rare manuscript map of Suriname. The map from 1830 is almost 2.5 meters long and is highly detailed. It was hand-drawn by Helmuth Hendrik Hiemcke (1808-1858), one of the official surveyors employed by the colonial administration, and shows Suriname in…

• Successful Asia Day on Indonesia News - 17 September 2018

  Leiden University Libraries is looking back at an exciting Asia Day with a focus on Indonesia: interview about the Dutch colonial war in Indonesia, a roundtable with experts about Indonesian politics, economy and the Euro-Indonesian relationship, a keynote lecture about Malay manuscripts and digitization,…

• ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands News - 27 October 2023

  The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…

• State Secretary Gräper visits to discuss cultural heritage and opening up collections News - 26 January 2024

  How should we address our colonial heritage? And how digital and accessible are our collections? Outgoing State Secretary Fleur Gräper spoke with researchers and heritage specialists about this on 25 January.

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  Henrike Vellinga PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bianca Angelien Claveria PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Amy Eaglestone Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Petr Kopecky Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Martina Vijver Scientific director/Professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Corinne Hofman Professor of Caribbean Archaeology

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Governance and Democracy in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects Event - 8 April 2025

  Lecture, Studium Generale

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  Paul Smith Professor Emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Liselore Tissen Postdoctoral researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

• Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden News - 22 November 2023

  Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.

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  Maarten van 't Zelfde Education and research staff member

  Faculty of Science

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  Nikkie Buskermolen PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Huub de Groot Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Science

• Simone Rijksen

  Simone Rijksen is participating as a dual PhD Candidate in the Leiden University Dual PhD Centre The Hague programme. Working title dissertation: 'Kenmerken en condities van reflectieve dialoog in de context van samenwerkende en samen lerende docenten in het Nederlandse basisonderwijs'. (Characteristics…

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  Ingrid Meulenbelt Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Mi-lan Woudstra Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Jet Bussemaker Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Michiel Dam Assistant professor

  ICLON

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  Fons Verbeek Professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Pouwel van Schooten PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Photographs

  The photographs collection of Leiden University Librarie (UBL) contains specimens of almost all photographic processes from the history of the medium, rare objects and artistic highlights. Together, they shed light on the history of photography as a technique, a means of scientific, historic and personal…

• Reading list – Culinary culture and tasty tales News - 15 December 2022

  Are we going vegetarian this year? Shall we keep the dessert the same? Where do I find inspiration for a festive meal during the holidays? For readers who like to postpone these questions, for those who like to tell a good story with their culinary contribution, or for those who simply want to know…

• Prior Fellows

  Overview of the Scaliger, Brill, Elsevier, Van de Sande, Juynboll, Drewes, Isaac Alfred Ailion, Arminius, Van Gulik and Lingling Wiyadharma Fellows who have conducted research in the Special Collections of the University Library.