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ICAS Book Prize awarded at opening ceremony of the Asian Studies conference in Leiden.The ICAS Book Prize (IBP) is one of the most prestigious book awards in the field of Asian Studies. The prizes were awarded in the Hooglandse Kerk in ...
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Leiden University Libraries welcomes 2,200 Asia specialists during ICASThe International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) will be held in Leiden from 16 to 19 July. A number of panel sessions will be organised during th...
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Over 55,000 Pages of Medieval Manuscripts now available onlineThe Greek manuscripts and mixed Greek and Latin manuscripts collected by Isaac Vossius (1618-1689) are digitised and now available as an online public...
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Utrecht University Library donates more than 13.000 Portuguese BooksUtrecht University Library has donated 13.023 books to Leiden University Libraries in the areas of Portuguese language and literature, and the cultura...
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University strengthens ties with IndonesiaThe climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visi...
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Document discovered about Rembrandt's student years in LeidenA previously unknown document about Rembrandt’s student years in Leiden has been found in the archive of Leiden University. The document, which is bei...
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Panji – Diponegoro – La Galigo Exhibition UNESCO Memory of the WorldThe Panji manuscripts, Prince Diponegoro’s autobiography, and the La Galigo epic poems are some of the most remarkable literary works from Southeast A...
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New Rembrandt Route takes in seven Leiden University buildingsSeven large reproductions of works by Rembrandt on seven Leiden University buildings reveal the relationship between the painter and the University. R...
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Announcement of Scaliger Institute research fellowship winnersWith support of several companies, including Brill Publishers, Elsevier and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries and the Scaliger Institut...
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Over 3 million digital objects available from Leiden’s Special CollectionsLeiden University Libraries (UBL) is making over 3 million digital objects (more than 60TB) available worldwide for education, research and the genera...
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Web-archiving and digital archives: Chinese communities in the Netherlands and IndonesiaOn May 15th, from 15.15 to 17.00 in the Vossiusroom, Leiden University Libraries will host a program on web-archiving and digital archives of Chinese ...
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Touching Treasures: The History of PhotographyDue to an overwhelming amount of enthusiasm for Touching Treasures: The History of Photography, another workshop will be organised on 13 May 2019, fro...
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Symposium — New Perspectives on Chinese WritingPseudo-writing on Delftware, naive scribbles by young monks, the “withdrawn withdrawal” of the character script, calligraphy on the pavement: on Monda...
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Book Presentation - Bookshop of the World by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der WeduwenOn Wednesday 27 March, 17.00 - 18.30, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen will present their book: 'The Bookshop of the World. Searching for marke...
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Leiden researchers make their publications more findable via ORCIDIn 2018, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has worked on a project in which all researchers affiliated with Leiden University were encouraged to creat...