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Coming-out day – A reading listIn the past few decades, LGBTQ+ acceptance has come a long way. In fact, more than fifty LGBTQ+ pride parades were held worldwide in 2019. Coming out,...
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Louise Glück is awarded Nobel Prize in LiteratureThe 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück (1942-). This means the Nobel committee passed by authors like Anne...
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Digitized post-medieval western manuscript and archives collection now available in Digital CollectionsLeiden University Libraries (UBL) has digitized more than a thousand individual manuscripts and several complete archives from the post-medieval weste...
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Leiden Yemeni manuscripts now digitally availableLeiden University Libraries (UBL) recently digitized circa 150 Yemeni manuscripts and has made them freely available for research and education. The m...
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Uncatalogued materials from the Middle East now available through Leiden University Libraries’ catalogueA collection of uncatalogued books from the Middle East is now available through the Leiden University Libraries’ (UBL) catalogue. The collection cont...
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Reading list: Our favourites for the summerThe collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) not only hold academic material, but also many novels, collections of poetry, non-fiction works a...
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'First Americans': exhibition on turbulent past and present of native AmericansThe First Americans exhibition in the National Museum of Ethnology showcases the resilience and creativity of native Americans. Striking artworks, fas...
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The importance of preserving documentary heritage: UNESCO Memory of the World registerOne of the main functions of a University Library is the preservation of documentary heritage. Not just to facilitate research and education, but also...
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Literature on discrimination and racism from the Leiden University Library collectionsAfter large scale protests in the United States following police violence against black American citizens, racism in the Netherlands, too, is once aga...
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Rick Honings appointed Scaliger professorSenior lecturer Rick Honings has been appointed Scaliger professor with effect from 1 July 2020. In the coming years his focus will be on promoting te...
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Digitised photos, daguerreotypes, and slides now available in Digital CollectionsLeiden University Libraries (UBL) has made 45,000 digitised daguerreotypes, autochrome plates, photo prints, albums, cameras and other objects from it...
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Want to study in the library? Reserve a study place!Leiden University students can reserve a study place at the University Library, including the Asian Library, and at the Law Library, the Social and Be...
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Pilgrims came to Leiden for ‘brain training’The Pilgrims to America exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal inspires reflection. How far do you go in the quest for freedom? It focuses on the Pilgrims’ ...
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NWO Fund for Open Access BooksAs of 1 June 2020, NWO will make 500,000 euros a year available for the Open Access publication of books resulting from funded projects.
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Announcement of Scaliger Institute research fellowship winnersWith support of several companies, including Brill Publishers and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries and the Scaliger Institute welcome ...