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Louise Glück is awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 08 October 2020The 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 Collections 05 October 2020Leiden 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 available 16 September 2020Leiden 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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Leiden cholera epidemics mapped out, literally 07 September 2020Three cholera epidemics struck 19th-century Leiden. Today’s corona epidemic prompted Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at the Leiden Univers...
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Uncatalogued materials from the Middle East now available through Leiden University Libraries’ catalogue 20 July 2020A 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 summer 17 July 2020The 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 Americans 16 July 2020The First Americans exhibition in the National Museum of Ethnology showcases the resilience and creativity of native Americans. Striking artworks, fas...
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Working in the archaeological ceramic lab in times of corona 15 July 2020BA 3 student Dasha Derzhavets is one of the first students to be back in the lab at the Faculty of Archaeology. She is conducting experiments in the c...
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The importance of preserving documentary heritage: UNESCO Memory of the World register 09 July 2020One 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 collections 03 July 2020After 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 professor 30 June 2020Senior 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 Collections 12 June 2020Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has made 45,000 digitised daguerreotypes, autochrome plates, photo prints, albums, cameras and other objects from it...
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Pilgrims came to Leiden for ‘brain training’ 04 June 2020The 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 Books 02 June 2020As 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 winners 26 May 2020With support of several companies, including Brill Publishers and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries and the Scaliger Institute welcome ...