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Two exhibitions with Asian maps of the university libraryFrom mid-September two exhibitions with maps from the collections of Leiden University Libraries are on view. Mapping Asia opens in the National Museu...
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Festive opening of Asian Library by Queen MáximaOn 14 September Queen Máxima symbolically opened Leiden’s new Asian Library. In a Pieterskerk filled with international guests, the queen received the...
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Urban Jungle: Megacities in AsiaWhat is it like to live in a megacity? To have more than ten million fellow citizens? How do you get from home to work, is there enough green space ar...
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From coffee to Rembrandt: Surprisingly UBYes. We keep books. But the University Library offers so much more! 11 things that you might not expect from a University Library, but that you will c...
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La Galigo manuscript - UNESCO heritage – digitally availableThe La Galigo manuscript at Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been digitized. The manuscript, which was inscribed in 2011 on UNESCO's ‘Memory of t...
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Donation photo archive of Volkskrant Journalist and Photographer Hans BeynonCan you still remember the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, or the Dutch royal state visit to Indonesia in 1971? These are only a few of the dr...
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The Leiden Special Collections Blog live!The Leiden University Libraries is proud to announce its new Leiden Special Collections Blog. Curators, guests and fellows of the Scaliger Institute w...
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Queen Máxima to open Asian LibraryQueen Máxima will open Leiden University's new Asian Library in a ceremony in the Pieterskerk on 14 September. The Library houses important collection...
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Survey E-books and user experienceE-books have become an important part of the academic resources available to both students and researchers. The University Library is home to a large...
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Closer collaboration NINO with Leiden University and the National Museum of AntiquitiesThe board of the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) has agreed on June 27 on a plan for closer collaboration with Leiden University and th...
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Russian Embassy presents the Illustrated Chronicles of Ivan the TerribleOn 21st June 2017, Yury Uraksin, First Secretary of the Russian Embassy in the Netherlands, presented the Illustrated Chronicles of Ivan the Terribl...
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Archiving email of leading scholarsOne of the tasks of Leiden University Libraries is to manage academic heritage, including letters and scholarly archives of leading researchers. Much ...
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Historian Peter Frankopan Visiting Scaliger professorHistorian Peter Frankopan has been appointed Visiting Scaliger professor at Leiden University for 2017. The holder of this chair is affiliated both to...
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Record number of applications for fellowships at Scaliger InstituteThis year the Scaliger Institute received a record number of applications from domestic and foreign submitters for a fellowship to consult and researc...
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1200 North Korean posters in one databaseKorea specialist Koen De Ceuster has combined 1200 posters from North Korea in one database. He believes the posters are extremely valuable for resear...