488 search results for “museum collecties and society” in the Library website
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Adriana Churampi RamirezFaculty of Humanities
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Andrea Reyes ElizondoSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Lisa LenderinkFaculty of Humanities
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Aleena KarimFaculty of Humanities
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Anthony AlbrightFaculty of Humanities
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Clodagh MurphyFaculty of Humanities
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Casper de JongeFaculty of Humanities
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Francien DechesneFaculty of Law
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Yann RyanFaculty of Humanities
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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Nick TombergeICLON
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Stefan NorbruisFaculty of Humanities
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Benedetto NeolaFaculty of Humanities
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Mitchell van VurenFaculty of Humanities
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Aida GholamiFaculty of Humanities
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Ana Cardozo de SouzaFaculty of Humanities
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Johan ChristensenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
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Helen WestgeestFaculty of Humanities
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Ali ShobeiriFaculty of Humanities
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Peter VerhaarLeiden University Library
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Tycho de GraafFaculty of Law
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Janna HouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Holly RiachFaculty of Humanities
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Christopher GreenFaculty of Humanities
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History of Science
Overview of databases, reference works and website for research in the History of Science
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Mark DriessenFaculty of Archaeology
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Fifty years of teaching and research in Egypt: ‘Visit to Cairo a highlight for students’
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Thousands of students and researchers from eight partner universities in the Netherlands and Flanders have been able to gain valuable experience in Egypt through the institute. Good reason for a celebrat…
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Exhibition Photography Becomes Art - Photo-Secession in Holland 1890-1937
In collaboration with the Fotomuseum Den Haag, Leiden University Libraries organizes the exhibition Photography becomes Art - Photo-Secession in Holland 1890-1937. The exhibition shows a selection of 65 early art photos from the Leiden University photography collection. It’s the first time that early…
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Exhibition - Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: Shadowy art from Leiden University Libraries
Ominous witches, gruesome monsters, and hideous freaks: from Saturday 15 June, Kunsthal Rotterdam will be putting the spotlight on the shady depths of human imagination in the exhibition Hello darkness, my old friend. Seventy works on paper from the collection of the Leiden University Libraries confront…
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Website Leiden Asia Year available
The programme for the Leiden Asia Year in 2017 is now available. Rector Carel Stolker launched the new website leidenasiayear.nl at the opening of the Academic Year of Leiden University on 5 September.
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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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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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La Galigo manuscript - UNESCO heritage – digitally available
The La Galigo manuscript at Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been digitized. The manuscript, which was inscribed in 2011 on UNESCO's ‘Memory of the World’ Register, is now freely available online and can be used for teaching and research. La Galigo is the world's longest epic, written in the Buginese…
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Leiden University Libraries welcomes Antariksa as visiting researcher
Antariksa (Indonesia) is a researcher and co-founding member of KUNCI Cultural Studies Center, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He is the 2017 laureate of Global South(s) du Collège d'études mondiales/Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme fellowship, Paris, and currently Associate Fellow of the Institute of…
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Medieval manuscripts made available in Europeana
Over 600 manuscripts and early prints have been made digitally available by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) via the Europeana platform. In the project 'The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages’ (ARMA), seven European heritage institutions added 30,000 digitised medieval items to Europeana’s database…
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Theological pamphlets reveal passionate religious debate
They might not have had Twitter, but they did have brochures (pamphlets), the Roman Catholics and ‘modern’ Protestants between 1840 and 1870. In these, they launched a passionate attack on each other’s ideas. Ineke Smit has catalogued the brochures from the collection of the University Library and outlined…
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Online exhibition - Rembrandt and Leiden University
Rembrandt van Rijn is inextricably linked to the city of Leiden. He was born and raised here, went to school in the city, and spent the early years of his career in Leiden, a career that would one day make him one of the greatest painters in Dutch history. There is a similar connection between Rembrandt…
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X-ray technique reveals hidden medieval pages
Researchers from Leiden and Delft have found a way to look inside early-modern bookbindings. An x-ray technique has allowed them to search for remains of medieval manuscripts hidden inside the bindings.
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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Bernet ElzingaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Louis VerrethFaculty of Humanities
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Nike van HeldenFaculty of Humanities
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Krista A. MilneFaculty of Humanities
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Paul SmithFaculty of Humanities
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Joanne StolkFaculty of Humanities
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Dorine SchellensFaculty of Humanities
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Alexander van der MeerFaculty of Humanities