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Exhibition Photography Becomes Art - Photo-Secession in Holland 1890-1937 18 September 2019In collaboration with the Fotomuseum Den Haag, Leiden University Libraries organizes the exhibition Photography becomes Art - Photo-Secession in Holla...
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Renovated Social Sciences Library officially open 03 September 2019With a resolute gong beat by Kurt de Belder, University Librarian and Director of University Libraries, the completely refurbished and updated Social ...
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Freshly ground coffee and free digital newspapers 03 September 2019Yes. 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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Leiden University launches new platform to create community around ancient Egyptian texts 28 August 2019
In a joint project, the Département des Antiquités Égyptiennes Louvre (DAEL), the Leiden Papyrological Institute, the Leiden University Faculty of Hum...
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Winners of Fellowship for Digital Scholarship sponsored by Elsevier 21 August 2019Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Scaliger Institute are glad to welcome the first two Fellows for Digital Scholarship in fall 2019. The Fello...
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Get Started! 15 August 2019During the first few weeks of the academic year, Leiden University Libraries extends a warm welcome to new students in the library. In the Get Started...
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Special objects for special guests 19 July 2019The top Asian pieces from the University’s Special Collections were on display at special popup exhibitions for ICAS11 delegates on 17 and 18 July. An...
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ICAS Book Prize awarded at opening ceremony of the Asian Studies conference in Leiden. 17 July 2019The 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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Library service during renovation 16 July 2019From 22 July until 20 August approximately, the carpeting in the Information Centre Huygens on the ground floor of the University Library will be repl...
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Over 55,000 Pages of Medieval Manuscripts now available online 04 July 2019The 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 Books 02 July 2019Utrecht 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 Indonesia 02 July 2019The 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 Leiden 04 June 2019A 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 World 23 May 2019The 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 buildings 13 May 2019Seven large reproductions of works by Rembrandt on seven Leiden University buildings reveal the relationship between the painter and the University. R...