596 search results for “cultural heritage” in the Library website
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Urban Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Urban Studies
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Mayke KaagAfrican Studies Centre
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Andrew SorensenFaculty of Archaeology
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Ritanjan DasFaculty of Humanities
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S. ValdezFaculty of Humanities
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Ariëlle ReitsemaFaculty of Humanities
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Jos SchaekenFaculty of Humanities
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Peter WebbFaculty of Humanities
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Lights out, stars on: Daan Roosegaarde on Seeing Stars Leiden
‘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 said: “Oh, you mean: lights out, stars on!” That’s not completely true, of course, because the stars are always on, but his phrase summed up the idea n…
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Vici grants for seven researchers from Leiden University
From research on stellar winds to sign language: an impressive seven researchers from Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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‘American’ Black Power movement was also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
In the 60s and 70s, Black Power groups were also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This is what PhD candidate Debby Esmeé de Vlugt has discovered.
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Shaping the future with stories from the past
An archaeologist as a modern-day shaman. An unexpected comparison Professor by Special Appointment of Public Archaeology Luc Amkreutz will make in his inaugural lecture.
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Share the LUVE
Festival, Graduation Film Festival
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Caribbean Literature - A Reading List
Caribbean literature holds a unique position in the world. Literature produced in the Caribbean region is extremely diverse, not only because of the wide variety of languages spoken, but also due to distinct colonial legacies that exist in the archipelago. Despite cultural specificities, the region…
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Prior Fellows
Overview of the Scaliger, Brill, Elsevier, Van de Sande, Juynboll, Drewes, Isaac Alfred Ailion, Arminius, Van Gulik and Lingling Wiyadharma Fellows who have conducted research in the Special Collections of the University Library.
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From decorative arts student in Leiden to curator at the biggest museum in New York
How does a Leiden alumnus end up working at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)? In the case of Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide, it was partly down to chance, luck, fate. But that was preceded by a unique degree in decorative arts in Leiden.
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Indonesia and Leiden University have a shared history – and a shared future
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will head a delegation that is visiting Indonesia at the end of June. The visit is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ‘Leiden’ institute KITLV-Jakarta. What does this institute do and why is Indonesia important to the University?
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Fifty years of teaching and research in Egypt: ‘Visit to Cairo a highlight for students’
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Thousands of students and researchers from eight partner universities in the Netherlands and Flanders have been able to gain valuable experience in Egypt through the institute. Good reason for a celebrat…
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Digitised Leiden Middle Eastern collections available in Digital Collections
More than 2000 objects from the Middle Eastern collection at Leiden University Libraries (UBL) have been made available online through Digital Collections. These collections mostly consist of written works in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac, but also contain printed works and the…
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Discovery of unknown translation of René Descartes’ 'L’homme' in Leiden Bibliotheca Thysiana
From time to time, manuscripts that have remained hidden for centuries turn up in library collections and archives. In the archives of the 17th-century Bibliotheca Thysiana at the Rapenburg in Leiden, kept in the Leiden University Library, Rotterdam researcher Erik-Jan Bos discovered a hitherto unknown…
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Nanne TimmerFaculty of Humanities
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Eefke de HaanFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
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Carolien RieffeSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Alexander GeurdsFaculty of Archaeology
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Karwan Fatah-BlackFaculty of Humanities
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Jeroen DuindamFaculty of Humanities
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Noa SchonmannFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah CramseyFaculty of Humanities
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Gijsbert RuttenFaculty of Humanities
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Dario FazziFaculty of Humanities
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Miko FlohrFaculty of Humanities
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Connect & Preserve: Preserving digital-born information
Webinar, Q&A, discussion
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Evening of the Middle Eastern Collections & Middle Eastern Library
Arts and culture
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Roos van OostenFaculty of Archaeology
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Giles Scott-SmithFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Corey WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
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Luuk de LigtFaculty of Humanities
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Literary Leiden - the reading list
Leiden fulfills a special role in Dutch literature: as a setting for stories as well as a place of work and residence for leading authors. It is the city described by Willem Bilderdijk as "O Leiden, Flower of Cities," but depicted far less glamorously by F. Bordewijk. The same city where Boudewijn Büch…
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Veni grants for 22 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 22 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Peter AkkermansFaculty of Archaeology
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Mark DriessenFaculty of Archaeology
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Mirjam de BruijnFaculty of Humanities