The COVID-19 pandemic forced many staff of Leiden institutes abroad to leave their posts in a hurry. How is the KITLV Jakarta team doing now? Director...
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, now thirty years ago, Russia lost much of its former prestige, influence, and territory. The ascent of Vladimi...
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) in partnership with Elsevier hosted a series of online seminars on the challenges involved in achieving reproducibil...
From 28 April onwards, national curfew restrictions will be lifted. Library opening hours will be adapted.
In the past half a century, China has transformed from an underdeveloped and inward-looking country to a major player in world politics. The country a...
In 2021, it is exactly 400 years since Hugo Grotius mounted his daring escape from Loevestein Castle, hidden in his book chest. Although his escape is...
More than 2000 objects from the Middle Eastern collection at Leiden University Libraries (UBL) have been made available online through Digital Collect...
Jacques J. M. van Gent (8 June 1932 - 26 March 2021) was director of Leiden University Library from 1983 to 1993. He was librarian in a time of transi...
On 17 March, the Dutch may go to the ballot box to choose a new parliament. What are the most pressing issues, trends and traditions defining these el...
As of April 1, 2021, Dr. Saskia Gieling will be the new managing publisher of Leiden University Press (LUP), the academic press of Leiden University. ...
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been able to acquire an extraordinary Chinese manuscript at auction in Hong Kong. It concerns an Imperial Edict ...
A team including staff from Leiden University won the Open Initiative Trophy on 11 February, a prize for the best open science initiative in the Nethe...
On 11th February 2021 ZonMw and Health~Holland jointly launched the call 'Citizen Science voor Gezondheid en Zorg (CS4GZ)'.
The storming of the United States Capitol in January 2021 showed people disrupting democratic procedure in the name of ‘real democracy’. Both elected ...
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has made approximately 2300 old printed books and special editions available online through Digital Collections. Wit...
