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Modern Arabic titles in catalogue searchable in Arabic script 27 October 2022Modern Arabic titles in the catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) can now also be consulted in original Arabic script. Taking away the need t...
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Medieval manuscripts made available in Europeana 21 October 2022Over 600 manuscripts and early prints have been made digitally available by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) via the Europeana platform. In the proje...
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Exhibition Maps: navigation and manipulation 20 October 2022Are maps objective or do they convey hidden messages that you would miss at first glance? A map is always a simplification of reality. Mapmakers reduc...
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler 11 October 2022Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian governmen...
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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Annie Ernaux - a reading list 06 October 2022The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to French writer Annie Ernaux (1940). In an explanation, the Swedish Academy praises Ernaux 'for t...
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Dr Farouk El-Hosseny joins the teaching staff of Grotius Centre as Visiting Assistant Professor of International Law. 28 September 2022
The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies is delighted to announce that Dr Farouk El-Hosseny will join the teaching staff as Visiting Assista...
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Ship channels and their landscapes require radical reconsideration to meet the energy transition and adapt to climate change 23 September 2022Han Meyer, Carola Hein, Paul van de Laar and Sabine Luning argue that in the current moment of major crises ship channels necessitate radical reconsid...
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Lights out, stars on: Daan Roosegaarde on Seeing Stars Leiden 20 September 2022‘What if we switch off all the lights one evening? That idea crossed my mind from time to time. And when I mentioned it to a taxi driver one day, he s...
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Yemen Amsterdam Library now available 15 September 2022The Yemen Amsterdam Library, or Maktabat al-Yaman al-Amstirdāmīyah, of eminent Yemen specialist Dr C.G. Brouwer has now been fully integrated in the c...
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Improving the treatment of pathogenic fungi. ‘The process is working, but not that well…’ 08 September 2022Fungi germinating in the lungs of patients. Doesn’t sound too nice, does it? Luckily, humans can deal with this normally, and we are able to clear the...
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Hans Slabbekoorn appointed professor: 'There are still gaps in our knowledge'. 08 September 2022Hans Slabbekoorn is specialised in animal sounds. On 1 July, he was appointed professor of Acoustic ecology and behaviour. A great honour, according t...
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Wood formation further explored by NWO-XL grant 07 September 2022Leiden researchers, Professor Remko Offringa and co-applicants Salma Balazadeh and Frederic Lens received an NWO-XL grant (2.5 million euros). Togethe...
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New front office of Leiden University in Jakarta opened 01 September 2022Last July, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Minister of Education, Culture and Science and Annetje Ottow, President of Leiden University's Executive Board, opened t...
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Online platform Historical Maps of Southeast Asia launched 30 August 2022On August 30, the online platform Historical Maps of Southeast Asia was launched. The platform provides access to over 1,400 digitised maps of Southea...
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Winners of Lingling Wiyadharma Fellowship 2022 26 August 2022Earlier this year, the Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Scaliger Institute announced a new fellowship: The Lingling Wiyadharma Fellowship. The fellow...