1,527 search results for “de world van tales en culture” in the Library website
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World Heritage Status for Letters from Indonesian Women's Rights Advocate Kartini
UNESCO has recognized a large collection of handwritten letters and the archive of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904) as documentary world heritage. Kartini opposed gender inequality in feudal Javanese society, including forced marriages, polygamy and lack of education for women.
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Metje Postma
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Donation of personal archive and collection of Leiden Sinologist Robert van Gulik
The family of the famous diplomat, sinologist and writer Robert van Gulik has donated his personal archive and part of his collection to Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The collection and archive provide insight into the life and work of Robert van Gulik, who became known to the general public for…
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Hora est! Exhibition reveals the ritual world of earning a PhD
A dissertation covered in hot pink faux fur, antique prints of PhD ceremonies, a pot encrusted with sealing wax: the Hora est! anniversary exhibition at Oude UB takes you to the ritual yet idiosyncratic world of PhD ceremonies.
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler
Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian government during the Covid pandemic. German Arabist Beatrice Gründler will also receive an honorary doctorate for her work in the field of Oriental Manuscript…
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University Libraries acquires 16th-century Chinese imperial edict from Robert van Gulik’s collection
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been able to acquire an extraordinary Chinese manuscript at auction in Hong Kong. It concerns an Imperial Edict (dated 1582) from the Ming dynasty period, at one time part of the former collection of well-known sinologist and author of detective-novels Robert van…
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Felix AmekaFaculty of Humanities
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Leila DemarestSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree: ‘It’s high time to discuss the ritualisation of the past’
The annual commemoration of the nation’s war dead on Dam Square and at Waalsdorpervlakte, the Dutch apologies for historical slavery and the Cleveringa Lecture itself: our relationship with history is often ritualistic, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree will say in his inaugural lecture on 27 Nove…
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Siddharth DivakaruniSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Asier Hernández AguirresarobeFaculty of Humanities
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Karel Berkhoff
Faculty of Humanities
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Sara PolakFaculty of Humanities
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Online exhibition - The world’s last picture writing: Naxi Dongba manuscripts
Manuscripts that look like a comic book, that's how you could describe the manuscripts of the Dongba people from China. The manuscripts are one of the last examples of a so-called pictographic script that can only be interpreted by Dongba priests, shamans, who have knowledge of the ancient Dongba cu…
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The Comics Canon - Graphic Novels at Leiden University Libraries
Graphic Novels and Comics have developed from pulp status to an entirely self-contained medium. This form of storytelling is not limited to stories of superheroes but has been used, molded and reshaped to display historical events, classic stories and autobiographical memoirs. But where should you begin…
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Arent PolFaculty of Archaeology
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Alexander MohnsFaculty of Archaeology
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Jac AartsFaculty of Archaeology
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Marie KolbenstetterFaculty of Archaeology
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Iris Jongejan
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Gido Oude KotteFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Rosanneke EmmenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Niek ZondagFaculty of Law
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Marco VisserFaculty of Science
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Top 450 continues: lawyer Lizzy van Dorp is the 100th entry
Lawyer, economist, politician and women’s rights activist Lizzy van Dorp is the 100th entry in our Top 450. Who or what is your favourite?
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Mia Dambach
Faculty of Law
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Jeroen van ZoolingenFaculty of Archaeology
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Marijke Kooijman
Faculty of Humanities
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Rowie StolkFaculty of Law
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Tom BarkhuysenFaculty of Law
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Katharina RiebelFaculty of Science
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Anne HeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Erik DanenFaculty of Science
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Wouter WagemakersFaculty of Humanities
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Dutch research institutions and Elsevier initiate world’s first national Open Science partnership
VSNU, NFU, NWO and Elsevier have agreed publishing, reading and open science services to support Dutch research and innovation ambitions.
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Janine PrinsSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Sarah BozuwaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Sarah SmithSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Wiebe RuijtenbergFaculty of Law
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Eric MulderFaculty of Archaeology
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Irna HofmanSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Emily Elizabeth GdulaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Roxane HeidenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Colin EwenFaculty of Humanities
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Merlijn van WeerdFaculty of Science
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Martijn DefiletFaculty of Archaeology
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Bram IevenFaculty of Humanities
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Rik LettanyFaculty of Archaeology
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Mink van IJzendoornFaculty of Archaeology
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Monique ArntzFaculty of Archaeology